. >> can you tell from the live lookt is goingo be a frigid friday. you probably can't tell. it is trusme. we walked outside to get into the building and it was cold. >> we put the temperature on the screen. tell.n >> 29 degrees out there. it feels colder thanhat. if you bundle up, make sure you have t extra layers because you need them today. >> the cold weather comes as we prepare for another blast of wintry weather. many of the roads in our area have been pretreated ahead of tomorroget we want to check in with chuck for a look at the forecast. get us ready. >> you have all day today to get done whatever you need to get done. any snow chances don't alive until noontime tomorrow. and our s

. >> can you tell from the live lookt is goingo be a frigid friday. you probably can't tell. it is trusme. we walked outside to get into the building and it was cold. >> we put the temperature on the screen. tell.n >> 29 degrees out there. it feels colder thanhat. if you bundle up, make sure you have t extra layers because you need them today. >> the cold weather comes as we prepare for another blast of wintry weather. many of the roads in our area have been pretreated ahead of tomorroget we want to check in with chuck for a look at the forecast. get us ready. >> you have all day today to get done whatever you need to get done. any snow chances don't alive until noontime tomorrow. and our snow chances remain very, very high. i was hoping that we could move up in theefinite category. but for the time, it is just very likely. 70%, ha80%e that everybody gets an inch. your best chances of seeing a accumulating snow is for spots here. there's a better likelihood at more snow i st. mary's county, than in hagerstown, maryland. remember the first snow we had on november 15th, more sn

mueller knows miat we don't, then yot get a little more incentive for house democrats to seriously looktment. but at the moment, it is premature. the house democratic leadership don't want to talk about it. articles oimpeachment has been introduced by congressman brad sherman, longtime democrat from los angeles, but it w unlikely thl go anywhere, because the republicans control th tonate and there are not the votes in the senatemove him from office even ifim he wee ached. rajini: we are only into the first week of 2019 and who knows what the rest of the year will hold? thanks for coming in. reid: thank you. rajini: a lawyer for paulal whelan, the .s.-british citizen charged for espionage, by russia, is appealing his detention without bail. wart moscowritain agaiaying a diplomatic chess game. his multiple nationalities have increased the focus on his case. from moscow, the bbc's sarah rainsford reports. sara: paul whelan was with a wedding party at this top end moscow hotel, but he never made it to the ceremony. heas arrested, charged as spy. russia's security service implied he had been

just ahead in our next half-hour, we'll take a lookt the bill muriel bser is planning to send. >>> despite talks of an extended government shutdown, the market soared. the dow rose more than 750 points and there were multiple pieces of news that helped drive the surge. among them, a robust jobs report. mopes trade talks were progressing with china. and today, the fed chairman said that he plans to be flexible with interest rates this cing year. it's friday and that means rain in the washington area. >> every friday means rain, right? it seems that way. q notte here yet though. take a look at the currentit cons. temperatures, upper 40s. we got a lot of traffic out there but at least they don't have to conten with rain. the system still meandering to the south and west. we're expecting the rain tolo me inr to dinner time. the temperatures will drop into the low 40s. the rain that's moving in will come in periods. it will come in and out. pretty heavy around midnight. we'll talk timing. en this is rolling out. the good news is it is not a washout of a ekend. i'll explain all of that. >> all r

let's take a lookts e and show you what's going on. beautiful sunrise earlier this srning at 7:22. we had the coming up, and it was just a beautiful morning. now, we'll have a mix of sun and clouds as we continue through you can see some clouds out there right now. now, as we ctinue through the morning, 31 degrees is our temperature right now. we'll top outer into the u 30s by the time we get into the early afternoon. ihink by this afternoon, low to mid 40s are possible. you can see the temperatures, little on the chilly side. most areas below that freezing mark. just know,o here is going icy spots out there. our friends at wtop already said thers been a few accidents out there this morning. possibly tune into them at 103.5 to see if icy spots are coming out of your neighborhood. watch for that thirn g. watch for snow on tuesday. we'll break it down coming up in 15 minutes. >>> weill stick around for that. thanks, lauryn. 9:01.he 35 day, longest government shutdown in american history, coming to an end. >> i will sign a billo open our government for three weeks, until february 15th

it's a -- can be considered a -- we lookt it as a public health risk. >> reporter: in chicago theur merc reached 23 degrees below zero. lake michigan and the chicago river frozene scenrom the air looked like something from another planet. people who had to venture outside covered every inch of skin or paid the price. >> feels like your face is about off.eel trust me you don't want to do that. >> reporter: hospitals are seeing a ris in frostbite, which can happen in a matter of minutes. at least nin deaths are being blamed on the weather. wednesday police found a university of iowa student dead behind a campus building, the wind chill 51 degrees below zero at the time. some people in michigan are asked to turn down their thermostats after a fe at the gas plant threatened the supply. >> i know that weather hardly fades us but this is an unusual time. >> reporter: the good news is temperatures are on the rise over the weekend but nhat could ew problems. >> drama warming would potentially causelooding as all that ice melts. >> reporter: while there's guy.s that one >> enough, man, enough. >>

and life-and-death issues like heroin ander fentanyl, but lookt this, new poll, nbc news, "wall street journal," looks like nancy pelosi is bearing more of the blame for shutdownal government and speaker pelosi's approval is at a whopping 28%, making her the least popular politician of those surveyed. and tonight, the president holds all the cards. the american people want a secure border. the president knows that he can and most likely will lawfully declare a national emergency assuming that democrats refuse to negotiate in goodme faith. i am pretty secure, because this president has shown that he likes to keep promises, he is very tenacious. and if he does not get it that way, he is going to do it on his own. mark my words, i would say 99%. just guessing. now he also knows that by overwhelming margins, the american people do not want any border deal that includes amnesty, green cards, or a path to citizenship. why should we reward illegal behavior? there are people that want to come in legally, shouldn't they get the first shot? he's fighting harder than any republican president ever

here is a lookt live doppler 7. you can see clear skies with hardly a cloud around. a nice view from sutro tower, matter of farkt. currently readings are in the low 50s in san francisco, oakland, mountain view and san jose and morgan hill, which is below 50 at 49 degrees. here is the view at half moon bay where it is calm, chilly and breezy as most locations are right now. in fairfield we have low 50s in concord and livermore. one more live view from our camera. you can see the breeze blowing on the embarcadero. window and chilly with gusty d with the in the higher temperatures dropping down to or below freezing. a chance of rain developing this weekend under milder conditions. a wind advisory is in effect for the bay area mountains and hills, elevations above 1,000 feet until 10:00 tomorrow morning. gusts could reach 70 miles per hour in the higher elevations. that, of course, could produce down trees, power lines and even power outages. until 9:00 tonight the wind advisory is in effect for the bay shoreline, coastal areas and most low-lying areas, even in those are

. >> lookt a that.ere's molette green way look at the streets in prince george's county. >> reporter: it's the side streets and the sidewalks that have been the big concern today on this day after the snowstorm of 2019. as you can see,his sidewalk is pretty good butome people are going to have to walk in the streets because you get on to this part of the sidewalk where it's much more slushy and icy and you can see that road crews havereated it a little bit but as you go down here, you got more ice,ou have to take your time because the concern is that you'll fall and hurt yourself. the good thing is, in prince george's county and we're in the highatesville area, is schools have been delayed a couple of hours to give the sun a chance to work and some of the treatment a chance to work, but be careful toughout the day as sidewalks and your neighborhoodb streets can a little tricky and of course getting on to i parking loand out also a big concern of the day. that is the latest, that's the scene from the hya

here is a live picture the outer lookt richie road.r for updates as you head out the door this morning. >> that looksbad. >> you know, you hate to see that so early in the morning knowing it will be a rough go even with the feder government closed traffic like that is hard to imagine it would be possible. >> that's why people g up so early. >> this is why people go crazy driving to work. >> the service that we're providing, your lovely smile. >> we thank you. >> let's hea more from the youth choir. >> that is the news for today. >> "today show" is next. eny your day. make it a great wednesday, everybody. . >>> good morning, backs to the wall. the . >>> good morning. backs to the wall. the president and the democrats dig in. >> how much more american blood must we shed before congress does its job? >> duelling prime time addresses. the president claiming a democrats claiming it'ss politics. >> we don't govern by temper tantrum. >> today the two sides meet again as paychecks for hundreds of thousand dolls are about to stop. >>> snowy wea

lookt this.so this is for russian children.u ow when you want to tattoo your kids? [ laughter ] but you don't want it to last too long? [ laughter ] just, you know, like a week? >> seth: it's crazy. because i feel like here you e, just do, l frog on the back of their hand and it lasts, like, until the next bath. >> yeah, but also -- if you -- [ laughter ] if you get your kid a tattoo like that, they're not doing anything you tell them. you know what i mean? >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] >> like, if russian kid gets a tattoo like that, and needs to be like, "mom, you know the permission slip that i needed you to sign? i forge it." [ laughter ] "i go on field trip as -- by myself." >> seth: it's a skull.ku they put a on him. >> it's terrifying. >> seth: you -- congratulations on your "comedians of the world" special. >> thank you very much.>> eth: it's fantastic. >> thank you, buddy. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: and i didn't think -- so it's ose-captioned. >> yeah, it's close-captioned, n so they

let's take a lookts e and show you what's going on. beautiful sunrise earlier this srning at 7:22.eautiful morning. now, we'll have a mix of sun and clouds as we continue through you can see some clouds out there right now. now,

lookt thisine from clinton, maryland towards manassas.vy snow moving up i-95 towards the beltway. this will be in the d.c. metro area in 25 minutes. farther south, take a look at what's happening over towards portions of calvert county. very heavy snow. here's ntingtown, extremely heavy snow there and farther downe south that's where the rain-snow line. everybody in this area seeing all snow. that will continue all through n the day and yice the rain-snow line creeping up to parts of southern maryland and reports of sleet and freezing ain and watch out towards extreme parts of southern maryland as well as st. mary's county and parts of the northern net. look at the upper level l still spinning back here. all the moisture to go, and i'm telling you once again we're in the sweet spot s for thisrm because all of this comes right across our region. not up towards philadelphia. they are almost done, but for us we'll see it all day long, so that's why we had the winter storm warning in effect until 6: when our weather advisories farther to the

you will no matter what, , lookt the benefit side cpia retirement age for other thing thing. >> to maximize the benefit you just raise the cap. >> at the penn state these are your choices but i think the real important thing is the sooner we make those changes, the more the people who depend on the program will be re-shirt of what the going to get. you need to look at the revenue side, spin aside, retirement age side. >> icn people out of college up to the next in debt. we have to find a way to provide social security at the end of their working lives. i think it's a basic speed is i would add there will be other needs as a social contract hasn't updated as the economy changes. one thing is clear we will be needing to learn to our entire careers, will not stop at 18 or 22 or 25. the. there are other needs that are being pushed out as were focusing on that one piece of the social contract, a lot of investments we have to think about as well. >> i seen that at the state level where we have restricted federal funding for infrastructure, roads and bridges and things like that. that i go to my t