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at noon, upper 50's to near 60 and let to mid 60's away from the coast and breezy temperature in the mid-50's and brick there and headed through the evening hours, it will be mostly clear and upper 40's at the coast and mid-50's for the rest of us. kristen? >> thank you, new this morning, pope benedict is making the last appearance in vatican city before he officially steps down tomorrow. tens of thousands geared to hear him this morning and we are talking to the faithful with our reporter live from rome. nick? >> good morning, kristen. a historic day in rome, the first time since the middle ages a pope decided to stay goodbye. he told all the tens of thousands of people, "the church has eye and light," and he admitted the church has gone through difficult times. >> the final audience and farewell to the faithful. pope benedict xvi and his last ride in the popemobile and the last public speech. never has there been a bigger crowd. the church has had joy and light, he says, and also it has had difficult moments. the crowd arrived from all over the world and three students from santa b

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s. moving forward, the weekend, tomorrow, there you go, temperatures in the let to mid-60's and more sunshineday and monday and back in the low-to-mid 60's and possibly a few upper 60's. have a great weekend. sue? >> we have first reports of an accident coming into san francisco from the peninsula, north 101 at vermont and the right lane is blocked, we will follow-up in the next report but traffic is getting heavy but no major delays as you make your way toward the macarthur maze but find yourself in some company and when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza everything is moving nicely, and train one is about 5- to 10-minutes late with no other mass transit issues this morning and road work out there, nobody, road work until 6:00 this morning. various lanes are blocked there. kristen and eric? >> beyonce wants the whole world to know she is ready for super bowl sunday. ♪ the land of the free >> ahead, the private performance to cast away any doubt on her singing abilities. >> but, first, the southern california church leader facing a new backlash for alleging hiding priests accused of child >

tonight, it will be warmer mid-30's to low 40's and let to mid-40's away the bay. headed to our beaches, walk out for sneaker waves this evening through sunday morning, tomorrow, temperatures are cooler because of the "dim sun" and tuesday, wednesday, thursday, cooler, yet, as we start to bring in a chance of rain. >> do we need chop sticks or fork? >> on 280 in san jose if you travel to 101, it is a rough one again this morning. yesterday we had a problem with a big rig and today it is an accident at 13th and old oakland. traffic is now at a stand still and the app shows traffic back before 286, 880, and it is a 20-minute ride in the northbound direction. this is a free app at apple app and google play to help with your commute. slow from antioch to pittsburg and 20 minutes to concord and slow from the central valley but not too bad but over the amount pass, it is picking up as you move forward and over 25 minutes into dublin/pleasanton and ace train number one is still delayed but other mass transit is on time this morning. >> our super bowl week coverage lives f

if you are headed out with the umbrella, possibly upper 40's to low 50's in most areas with let to mid-50's around monterey bay. partly sunny with a few breaks and showers develop this afternoon. a chance of thunder so lightning, also, and small hail and mountain snow and a dry and warmer weekend. now, the initial cold front is moisture starved so that is why the rain was so light. the energy that comes behind it is bringing colder air with more energy in it and a little bit more moisture in this and you can see the radar runs under the cold and that is sliding down our way. we will get a burst of heavy rain unlike the steady rain that we had this morning, especially in san francisco, it rained for about an hour. so, here is the cold front moving out of the south bay and we get a break for better part of the afternoon and in the evening, showers develop in the north bay pushing ashore by 7:00. at 9:00 they are in the heart of the bay area sliding to the southeast. here comes the low overnight when we have the best chance of thunder. if you hear something while you are sleeping or it wa

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if you are headed out with the umbrella, possibly upper 40's to low 50's in most areas with let to mid0's around monterey bay. partly sunny with a few breaks and showers develop this afternoon. a chance of thunder so lightning, also, and small hail and mountain snow and a dry and warmer weekend. now, the initial cold front is moisture starved so that is why the rain was so light. the energy that comes behind it is bringing colder air with more energy in it and a little bit more moisture in this and you can see the radar runs under the cold and that is sliding down our way. we will get a burst of heavy rain unlike the steady rain that we had this morning, especially in san francisco, it rained for about an hour. so, here is the cold front moving out of the south bay and we get a break for better part of the afternoon and in the evening, showers develop in the north bay pushing ashore by 7:00. at 9:00 they are in the heart of the bay area sliding to the southeast. here comes the low overnight when we have the best chance of thunder. if you hear something while you are sleeping or it wake

our temperature now is into the 30's. let me show you what is going on. there's the beginnings of what is now huge storm over the next couple of days for the mid-part of the country. there is tucson. see the red areas? they are areas that may have blizzard conditions overnight. lookit that band of snow right now around which to talk living up through central parts of kansas. it is a wild night in parts of the mid-part of the country. there will be 12 to 24 inches of snow over the next 24 hours in the for the mid-part of the country. 23 in kansas city. the high temperature here was 40 degrees. right now it is 27. it does not feel at 27 with the wind. look at the temperatures in minneapolis. you can see that boundary in the mid-part of the country where the storm is and that is the area all the way from kansas city even in toward indianapolis better under a winter storm warnings. some ice storms and freezing rain in the parts of northern arkansas. once again as so often has happened this winter when there is a big circulation of a storm it into moving to th

s. we have rain in the forecast tomorrow, especially in the morning hours, and let to mid 50's and scattered showers for friday and dry and warmer on saturday. kristen and eric? >> 6:14. happening today in washington, dc, secretary of state john kerry will be sworn in to office today. vice president biden will give the oath. john kerry started on monday where he received a warm welcome. he succeeded secretary of state, hillary clinton, the former massachusetts senator says protecting american diplomats is a top priority. president obama is headed to israel this spring, meeting with prime minister binyamin netanyahu, in the first trip to the country as president. the white house says the president will also visit the west bank and jordan. white house press secretary carney says that the two leaders will discuss several issues including the threats posed by iran and syria. >> beyonce's show may have been a hit with viewers but not everyone is a fan. >> the people for the ethical treatment of animals is now blasting the star saying she showed way too much animal skin on sunday, her outfit made

inland valleys we are in the 20 and let to mid-30's elsewhere and not as chilly at noon and brighterround 58. have the heavy coat, temperatures are falling quickly, and from 4:00 to can we drop ten degrees and in the 30's later in the evening hours. sue? >> we go to san jose and the department looks like it is serious, southbound 87 the ramp to northbound 280 the ramp is blocked calling for two not bed tow trucks so the cars are not driveable and badly damaged. we will follow this. the alternate is 101 or highway 85 to 17 at this point. again, southbound, 87 the ramp to north 280 and oakland 880 that is blocking the right lane. kristen and eric. >> in san francisco, repairs are lands after a

s. let's go. >> reporter: they call this extreme recess, an event put together by a non-profit called dreams kids. >> hi? >> and children with special needs get to skate. >> and they know -- they know area rock stars. >> reporter: the forward gave them a ride. jack teen had his jersey signed by the goalie. >> i have something called arthroglycosis, where i guess your giants error -- joints don't develop and i can't bend my knees very far. >> reporter: he's been in physical therapy since he was two weeks ole. >> the day he was born, neigh said he may never walk. to see him skate and run around. >> i like how they take the players and let them meet normal people like us. >> and this event comes at a time when the caps are struggling and they have the worst record in the nl -- nhl. you see the smiles in this room and you wouldn't know it. >> and it puts things in perspectives and you find out what they're going through and who snapped you back to reality. >> and this is stalld -- started two, three years ago and this is about being with my buddy brandon. >> bend your knees. >> reporter: cassand

s. let's find out how the roads are. so far things seem ok. >> as far as having complaints about the road conditions, we have been ok but volume. it is 6:00 and the maryland trip out of frederick, here we go. a couple more lanes open, we are doing ok. if you hit the road running out of clarksburg and downtown 118, you all right. virginia troubles on 66. it crashed in centreville between 234 business manassas and 29 -- left lanes blocked. plan for extra time. but we lanes are open. back to you. -- the beltway lanes are open. >> in prince george's county, police make a quick arrest after a murder in hillcrest heights. >> demand appeared to be high on drugs approached a 30-year-old victim while he was pumping gas around 1040 p m on branch ave. the victim ran as the gunman chased him and shot him. the man and a dying at a hospital. if police say their efforts to taser the suspect had no effect. they were able to make the arrest and recover the murder weapon. another been tough day for suitland high school students as they de

s elsewhere. 36 in los gatos. we will run under partly cloudy sky mostly in the let to mid 60's away from the water and in the mid-to-uppere our first look is clear, with no delays as you move southbound, no road work this morning. caltran starts their road work tonight. it is clear there. we have road work eastbound 580 with three right lanes blocked, the reverse commute, until 11:00 this morning and westbound is looking good. mass transit shows everyone off to a great start. road work through oakland southbound 880 for half an hour. >> fremont police have arrested two people, one for a carjacking that turned into a police chase in union city yesterday. the driver smashed the stolen mercedes into a tree, and hit six other cars. a woman sitting if her car was hurt when the suspect hit her. an 18-year-old man and woman both from oakland were arrested. >> the search continues for the prime suspect in a shooting on the las vegas strip that killed an oakland man. this man is 26-year-old m.r. harris who shot and killed a rapper kenny cherry on the strip after early morning altercation. the mazurati crashed into a taxi and that

and over the next three days we will see a warming trend with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50's and letmid-60's for the rest of us. >> we are giving you an update to oakland northbound 880 at oak, and this is the ways app just getting an update with a red line extending into san leandro making your way northbound on 880 and this is a nice shot to show you bumper to bumper traffic headed northbound. elsewhere, we will look at the drive times, under 25 minutes for the 880 drive northbound, highway 4 bunching up from antioch and backup at the bay bridge toll plaza with a stall westbound right lane at the off-ramp. game over for intent cafes where you can gamble online for cash voting in favor of an emergency 45 day moratorium on new cafes in the city. the cafes sell internet time and offer access to games offering cash prizes. right now the city has two of the coffees and new ones are blocked until they can revise the zoning regulations. hayward issued a cease and desist order to close the club. >> we are 15 minutes away from robin roberts' west coast "good morning america" return and she

and fairly widespread 60s for tomorrow afternoon. 40's & '50's. letfor the bay shore. and across the coast. 60s and palo alto. sunnyvale. for the in the valleys we could see a mixture of low mid-60s. 60s in pleasanton. 60s for the east bay shore. temperatures will still be breezy. 60s in ocean beach and it will feel cooler. 60s and san francisco in the range for 60s in the north bay. a look get your extended forecast not much changing. but we will get a warming trend. 60s in the '70s friday will be the warmest for the, the saturday, and some sea breezes could return with even rainfall! we will keep you posted as we get closer. >> no more yah hoo at home workers. why the change in the fall of, next. and the fall out, next. developing in the south bay.that's basically the message for yahoo employees. an internal memo was leaked - indicating a new company policy that will not allow employees to work from home. it said in part: to become the absolute best place to work, communication and collaboration will be inportant, so we need to be working side-by-si

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s. >> let's bring you up to date on your morning commute. we are still tracking an accident in howard county. 95 is developing a delay just past white marsh. in belcamp, we have an accident on mercedes drive. we have some delays on the west side. 55 as you travel south on 95 down to the fort mchenry. 54 and southbound 83. we will start to tap the breaks down to the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. we should see plenty of sunshine into the afternoon. we will make it up to 50 this afternoon. it will be a little on the breezy side. most of the rain will be down along the gulf coast. maybe some showers in atlanta. sunshine in los angeles, 66. stay with us. >> thank you. time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked, would you trade in your morning cup of coffee for a mountain dew breakfast drink? >> we will post more answers on our website, wbaltv.com. 6:52. 45 degrees at the airport. >> here are some stories you'll find at 7:00 a.m. on wbal plus. it is an ill-conce

s around the bay and to the coast. thursday we have more cloud cover but that is the warm air coming in and you can see friday is still the warmest day with let to mid 70's away from the coast and sprinkles are possible in the north bay on saturday night and sunday with snow showers at the same time in the sierra. have a great day. sue? >> we will take a look at the west shore freeway, the commute takes you through richmond and to berkeley and emeryville past the university overcrossing and you can see head lits moving at the limit with no delays moving toward the macarthur maze and light conditions south 101 through marin county, this is beyond lucas valley road and north san pedro with no delays. we have good news in the oakland hills the early accident west 580 has been cleared out of lanes and the traffic is slowing nicely. otherwise, we have road work on the peninsula embarcardero road to shoreline if the lanes for another 10 minutes until 5:00. crib -- kristen? >> the court will hear arguments that could strike down key parts of the voting rights act challenging the 1965 law that made voting a reality for blacks in the south. it won ext

s. let's begin with tony. >> so far so good. things will change this afternoon. 32 in chestertown. we will see the rain it developed during the middle of the day. it will be mostly rain. i will talk more about this storm when i come back in just a few minutes. >> good morning. we are seeing some delays on southbound 295 around 175 as you travel down towards 32. it is getting heavier on 95 between 100 and 175. south on 95, eight minutes from the 895 split to the fort mchenry. we are up to speed on the north and west side. we have a delay at baltimore national pike. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> disturbing allegations against a teacher's aide. >> anthony farris is accused of having relations with a student. kim dacey has more details. >> good morning. anthony farris was the assistant football coach at joppatowne high school. he is accused of having a four- month-long relationship with a student. anthony farris was working as an inclusion helper when he was accused of having a sexual relationship with a student. his conduct allegedly took place in one of the bel air high

attorneys general are set to bring action against s&p. let'sto david faber on the story. >> i want to make sure people understand. it is the department of justice. not attorneys general in the states here. it is an unprecedented action by the federal government that seems to be about to take place. specifically against s&p. no other rating agency is involved here as far as at least i'm aware from my own reporting. it would be the doj filing a case in the state of california against s&p essentially alleging fraud. when it rated 30 separate cdos in the first half of 2007 and rated those cdos as aaa. it would be a civil case although they would be using criminal statutes. they would be prosecuting under the afria act passed in 1989 to deal with the outcome of the snl crisis. but has been revived recently by prosecutors in the cases they brought and settlements they have gotten from some of the big bank bs in mortgage related matters. but here we are many years past the credit crisis. and it does appear that finally s&p is in the sights of federal

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. >> we'll get the nationals, capitals and redskins and parade down pennsylvania avenue s let's do somether and reagan national is in the 30s t got cold overnight. temperature falling back in the 20s and 30s. 34 in annapolis. 30 in leonardtown. 28 in salisbury. getting a little fog east of the bay. and some cloud cover and once again a sprinkle or two or even a couple of flurries as temperatures have fallen become. we are not expecting anything accumulating this morning. 32 in fredericksburg. 33 in hagerstown and in martinsburg. want to show you the winds. not much of a factor at the moment but as our next sort of clipper moves to the east, our winds will pick up behind it. it will be a little breezy at times today with winds out of the north and west 10 to 15. there is your cloud cover and i mentioned a few sprinkles or flurries and again, we are not looking at any accumulation out there. i don't think enough to even wet the roadways. but yet, the last in the series here of clipper systems has been coming through. this will do it and then the pattern will start to kind of change a litt

s. >> let's go to our live camera. a lot of people on the scene of 29 and maryland.n shut down 45 minutes. icy conditions. everyone is forced off the road at four corners. let's go with another direction of the camera. crews are putting down sand and salt. we are also seeing a little bit of traffic -- no, we are still not seeing traffic here. this puts the jam onto 70 making the approach on to -- on 270 putting the traffic on other freeways. >> drivers not feeling the love on this valentine's day. we will get to the thursday expressed. >> we will get to a live round of today's top stories. >> south african a lesbian oscar pistorius -- olympia and oscar pistorius -- olympian oscar pistorius has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend. >> u.s. airwaves has sealed and $11 billion deal to merge with american airlines. it will go under the name of american airlines but be operated by the u.s. air ceo. there will be expanded service along the east coast, including right here at reagan national airport. >> in alexandria, people are still here in alexandria virginia w

the surgeon said a rupture appendix let's get s. ghanem to confirm that. we went to the same hospital and filled a seven page form. we made the obvious point that we felt the same form 15 minutes before but i know you've all been through it. we then had to go to the emergency room where just for fun while they were waiting for the room i said if i want to pay for this out of cash what would happen? and it really was the equivalent of saying i have a bomb strapped to my chest and leg going to blow up this hospital unless you perform this appendectomy for free. [laughter] the panic, but this belief of what is cash? [laughter] and then of course because he was in pain and i thought -- the surgery was delayed because they had no way of tracking. they have someone work back and forth. he was in a lot of pain and so they gave him morphine or they tried to. the pharmacy was firewood guess 20 yards away from here where he was having the operation and it took an hour and a half to fill it out. i imagine many of the people in this room a variety the use gun-control

so spending of going through time, let's check out abc2's most accurate future trend. i will put it in motion and you can see around this time tomorrow we will see a little bit of change in the forecast. there it comes out of the wet working its way towards the east. there's the snow and the rain. all this will lift up to the north and together we will have a wentry icy -- within they icy mix -- within theory ice -- wintery icy mix and we will do it all over again. we will show outseven-day. this is what we are -- you the seven-day. this is what we are working for today. 38 degrees by wednesday and the 7-day forecast brings another wintery mix friday night into saturday. let's check the abc2 timesavertraffic. >> reporter: 2 degrees manchester? it's freezing this morning. and we do start the day off with a crash in baltimore county. it's in dundalk on wise avenue and merit boulevard. on 695, the key bridge is nice and clear and up to parkville at har foreroad -- harford road, everything is moving along. 11 minutes from 83 to the 5 -- 95 and the outer loop will be nice a

>> well, in the very short-term, it will be limited impact, but as the days ghooes on, you'll s people let offf the federal government. you're going to see defense workers let off of their jobs. you're going to see the federal bureaucracy if not grind to a halt be limited in its ability to protect us and keep things moving. it's going to be a real difficult time and it's happening at the worst time when the economy took a hit the last quarter. when it's vulnerable. what we need to be seeing investments in the economy. it's t it's a bad thing for the nation. the only thing almost as bad is if you kick the can down the ro. >> do nothing. >> judd gregg, how do you see it? >> the same way governor rendell sees it, which is it is a severe way if t.o. get spending under control. but it was set up for one purpose and that was to force the administration, the congress, to come to an agreement and it represents a true opportunity for the two parties to get together here and replace the sequester, which is a $1.2 trillion across the board discretionary cut. the changes that have to be made in entitl

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first, let us talk about tomorrow morning. 30's in napa santa rosa, concord.itely colder than what we saw last night. as for the afternoon high temperatures. we should see 50s for the most part. low 50s for the coast 60s near santa rosa. the satellite and radar showing clear skies. on futurecast. here is that marine band of rain. through the north bay and by noon to the golden gate bridge in the east bay. and to the south bay it will not be a big rainmaker but it could bring us some snow to the sierras. dry but things will cool down as we see those lingering showers pushing through. as we go towards the weekend, dry however, some chilly mornings. >> pam: newtown kids choir will sing on this year's grammy preshow. the children will be interviewed by american idol host ryan seacrest via satellite. and will collaborate with singer carly rae jepson. the grammy performance follows sunday's appearance by another group of newtown children at the super bowl. jennifer hudson joined a chorus from sandy hook elementary school to sing "america the beautiful" before the ga

and if so, whow big of a worry s that? let's bring in the fed whisperer himself. he's live from d.c. >> hey, mandy. >> what has the fed been whispering to you? >> ah, i don't know how i feel about the fed whisperer line -- >> how about blue horse shoe? >> a couple of things, i think bernanke is going to do three things in the next couple of days in his testimony. one, keep his options open. the felt's got a meeting coming up, march 19th and 20th. he doesn't like to get out in front of his committee. he's not going to come out and signal a big change in policy in the next couple of days before he has a meeting with his committee. it's important to him to keep his options open. at the same time, there's two cross currents he's got to navigate. one is, when he talks about the economy, i don't think he can signal that he's very satisfied with how the economy is doing. we still have unemployment at 7.9%. you want to see substantial progress. they haven't seen it. so, dissatisfaction on the economy front. but the third one, and we've been talking a lot about this lately

tonight, we will have mid-to-upper 30's in most neighborhoods and let to mid-40's around san mateo and have high pressure developing and the offshore wind was developing last night. and new it will be a mild to warm land breeze the expire week. look at the temperatures jumping one to one to two decks and we are in the mid-60's to near 70 on friday, but, still warmer than average saturday and sunday. >> clear, beautiful picture of the san mateo bridge moving from hayward toward foster city you can see the tail lights bunched up toward the high-rise. but not a bad drive. a pretty morning. everyone is at the limit eastbound to hayward. busy here at south 680 the walnut creek area, headlights and tail lights rather, brake lights by the 24 junction so it is slow there. the albany area, east 580 the accident is cleared. mission boulevard on-ramp to north 680, the accident is cleared. the drive times are busy over the altamont pass and 680 from 580 to 101 to san jose, there is the san mateo bridge commute, under 15 minutes. >> ahead, five things to know before you go. >> the >> as we are read

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let you know in a few minutes. where are you this morning? 35 degrees right now with the wind chill of 33. temperatures reaching the mid 40's this afternoon. that's the latest from here. let's check on traffic with jamee. >> newschopper 7 finding pretty much good news. the problems in maryland, virginia, or the district. 66 has a little volume in manassas and centreville. just volume coming towards the vienna metro and up to the beltway. vre this morning discovered they had a broken rail, so they stopped all the rail traffic on vre, but they could not single- track because there was a broken-down freight train on the other track. the freight train is starting to move adds four miles an hour, but it is holding all the are retrains for at least 20 minutes. a big delay. -- holding all vre trains at least 20 minutes. >> a police officer was injured and another man in the hospital. john gonzalez is on the scene at 13th street with the latest. >> there is an active police investigation behind us still in upper northwest d.c. neighbors tell us the family moved into this on two years ago. from what we can see there are children's toys on called to

losing effort in super bowl history 49ers lose 34-31 continuing our post game coverage -- let's check in with kron4's j-r stone. he's live out in new orleans. j-r heard from some of the 49ers players after the game. j-r.has to be a tough night for the team. >> reporter: this team did not celebrate that it did not celebrate getting to the playoffs or winning playoffs this is a team that wanted to the super bowl and did not get it. >> sometimes things are not meant to be. we all went out there and played hard and got the ball down there and in positions. >> we get the jitters but if we did not. >> we kept taking baby steps. now it is the super bowl. i just felt that we were going to win it. we are not corn to have this team like this every year with all of these weapons on this team. >> the only thing that i could be disappointed is not winning this team. >> this seemed like it was all for nothing. >> they came out and the place that we usually made were not made tonight. the plays... we will tip our hats and we know that it is going to be a battle. and the showing of the pride and the character of thi

s. and look at tomorrow. widespread 60s. this warming trend will continue for the week as i mentioned. tomorrow, pretty mild. and let us take a look at neighborhood by neighborhood. 30's. now, for those afternoon highs check it out. palo alto, 60s in san jose. low 60s for the east bay. 56 however, in richmond. 57 degrees. upper 60s in places like santa rosa, napa. a look at your extended forecast. boy. that extended forecast. even the low 70's in some places. we will stay mild for this time of year. >> this just in to the kron 4 news room this suspect inf a bank in fremont. this is in a new work motel. this bank is in fremont. --and this suspect-inside of this bank. they fled in a bar room pickup truck with an undisclosed amount of money. and led police to this location and newark.. police have cleared much of this area at this point. we will keep you developing on this. this footage was courtesy of our abc seven helicopter partnership. . well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was record

let's check out abc2's most accurate future trend right now. and it shows you exactly that. will have sunshine today. then we'll have some clouds beginning to move in as we go into friday. and we'll stay dry during the day but then new system work its way in here bringing us rain and also snow goes back into motion just like the last few storms. on the backside wrapping up with some snow across the area. no accumulations really maybe about an inch again off towards the north and west you go. but for today, this is what we're expecting. that high temperature coming in at 47 degrees. so it's going to be a nice valentine's day. valentine's night looks like and clear for the most part. just a few clouds but chilly coming in at freezing. we will have the new system coming in for the weekend. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynette. we are following several accidents big problems in anne arundel county. where a crash has shut down 97. the northbound lanes at route 32. use richie highway. and there's another crash

s. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. let's check on some of the area roads. 295 checking in southbound near 100 at 55 miles per hour. so far so good on the northwest corner of the beltway at greenspring. 11 minutes on the north side. this is mcdonough and looking pretty good other than a buildup in volume as you get closer to the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> it will be a chilly day today. partly cloudy with temperatures in the 30's. the wind chills are in the teens and twenties. that is what you want to dress for. it will be a cold morning. a mixture of sun and clouds. high near 38. >> thank you. 5:12. >> you might see more google on the streets. the my be setting up shop in a brick and mortar building. >> the postal service wants to sell your clothing. that is coming ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! my bowl, my spoons! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios has whole

s well let's talk about this with l.t. set of she joins me now live in london sara tell us what happened today. well an interesting case bill but a complicated one and one that ultimately saw university graduate kate riley and forty year old jamison wilson succeed in their claims that their unpaid work scheme that they were they to take part in was indeed a little for them but it was taking place in the court of appeal today and the argument was that the surrounding issues will legally flawed so they were successful and a small but significant victory now the law is that that ruling say it could mean that thousands of people who have their benefits stripped from the under similar circumstances in this government program could reclaim that money that could leave the door open to the millions of pounds compensation that would be footed by the taxpayer of course that's cruising a lot of concern that the d.w.p. is saying that they are not going to be coughing up any cash whatsoever in our teeth done its own investigation into

that again by the close, we may have the first two-day winning streak for the dow and s&p in about two weeks. don't let that get you down. because the s&p is still up about 6% year to date and half of the s&p 500 components have hit new 52-week highs so far this year. those are, i think, some pretty good stats. let's get straight down to bob pisani. bob, what are people talking about down there? what is main theme of the trading day? >> you notice we got into february. we have 70 points moving the dow. since february, we are basically flat. two problems. we are in february. number two, guidance is on the choppy side. particularly the global guidance. look at u.s. gypsum. play on housing recovery. great comment. our results, strongest we have seen in over three years. continuing to see signs. housing recovery. wait a minute, take a look at the stock. to the down side. problem here, they have another business. ceiling tiles. you the tiles you see in your offices? that is very poor. commercial business very uneven. stocks down a little bit. big truck engine maker. big global truck engine maker. this is wh

there are stocks moving within the s&p 500. >> let's talk about gold. for while you couldn't lose. but today it was breaking up below the 200 day average. a lot of people say it will drop further, will get uglier for gold? >> i think that it could. the 200 day moving average was a support for so long. now that we have closed below, it is resisting. you know, don't be surprised if we see gold at the 1600 level. we haven't seen in a long time. i'm kind of surprised. with the moves that japan is making, the dollar is actually kind of the strong currency, if you will. that is probably why we are seeing weakness right now. liz: okay, that becomes the question mark. where is the real strength? david: brian, thank you for coming in. okay, we have had this for a week where the market can't get a clear indication. individual stocks is a different story with regards to blackberry and whole foods, some are rising, some are falling, but the overall market index. how much longer will we see this? >> well, i think it depends. the big picture, it's just funny to my look at the commentaries coming

low-to-mid 60's through the central valley and 48 in tahoe and let to mid-60's around san diego and losngeles. >> northbound 101 from morgan hill to san jose area, plan for delay with a hit-and-run accident northbound. it is off to the shoulder, but this could rubbernecking going on in the south bay. bart is on time and rain 523, the capital corridor, is experiencing delays from sacramento because of equipment problems but they are not saying how long. caltrain, right new, on time. >> it is 5:54. a big change in education. california 8th graders are no longer required to take algebra, the state board has decided to end the 15-year-old policy of requiring 8th graders to take algebra one, california has moved in line with what most other states offer something called common core curriculum and can still take algebra or another math class as long as the school office the courses. critics fear that struggles schools will eliminate algebra altogether for eighth graders. >> we have been left behind in the world as far as education standards. we will lose our place unless we keep a rigorous re

s well let's talk about this with. she joins me now live in london sarah tell us what happened today. well an interesting case bill but a complicated one and one that ultimately saw university graduate kate riley and forty year old jamison wilson succeed in their claims that their unpaid works that they were made to take part in was indeed a little for them but was taking place in the court of appeal today and the argument was that the surrounding issues will eagerly flawed so they were successful and a small but significant victory now the law is that willing say it could mean that thousands of people who have their benefits stripped from the under similar circumstances in this government work program could we claim that money that could leave the door open to millions of pounds compensation that would be footed by the taxpayer of course that's causing a lot of concern that the d.w.p. is saying that they are not going to be coughing up any cash whatsoever in our teeth on its own investigation into the work program it'

but first let's look at abc2's most accurate future trend and it goes into motion things looking good for today and then another system try to work its in way in here friday evening. once again that rain/snow mix is possible. and then on the backside wrapping up on saturday morning, well we can be seeing some more snow with this. again not going to put down a lot of accumulation. very similar to the storms that we've had. 47 degrees for this valentine's day. so it's going to be clearing and milder. and then by tonight, you have those big plans, 32 it's going to be a little chilly and just bundle up as you head out and about. but all the love is going to keep you warm right? 52 degrees into tomorrow. we will have the rain snow late. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynette. well hopefully your sweetheart will do the duty of going out there and scraping off the windshield because you will need to leave yourself some extra time. unfortunately we have a crash on 95 blocking two northbound lanes right now at the harbor tun

while s&p's parent mcgraw hill stock dropped by 24%, moody's is also down by 20% since this news broke. let's questions right up front. first, is there a smoking gun inside s&p? or is this political pay back for s&p cutting the u.s. debt rating back in 2011? here's what the attorney for standard & poor's floyd abrams told david faber on cnbc earlier today. >> i don't think anyone knows. is it true that after the downgrade the intensity of the investigation significantly increased? yeah. i'm sure the government would say that it had nothing to do with it. we don't know why. >> but it did increase after the downgrade. >> yeah. >> but you don't though wt tho'. >> how could i? >> eric holder addressed that at his press conference today. >> they did what they did assessing what the credit wor y tth worthyness was of this nation. we looked at the facts, the law, the investigation that the great prosecutors and civil lawyers put together and made a determination that the filing of these lawsuits was appropriate. but they are not in any way connected. >> joining us on the phone is tom curran. let's w