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. ♪ puffs plus lotion is more soothing than common tissue, and it delivers our most soothing lotion forry nose issue. a nose in need deserves puffs plus lotion indeed. to give your cold a comforting scent, try puffs plus lotion with the scent of vicks. >>> another fairly mild december evening. another round of showers moving this way. wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist tim williams and bob turk are updating the forecast. let's go outside to tim. >> hello, denise. with one less than one away from the actual calendar beginning of winter. we're still looking at temperatures going up to 60 degrees. tonight, we're going into the mid-30s. tomorrow, again starting off in the mid-30s. we'll see clouds increase through the day. there will be a chance of showers tomorrow night into friday. but we're still on the warm side of all of that. and tomorrow's high, right around 60 degrees. for the next five days, we send it in to bob. >>> all righty. 59 tomorrow. yeah, chance of showers. not a great chance. but it will rain probably late in the afternoon. 42 tomorrow night. s

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puffs plus lotion is more soothing than common tissue, and it delivers our most soothing lotion for every>>> so when is an employee not an employee? the labor department is cracking down on businesses that call their workers independent contractors in order to deny them wages or benefits. >> now, the issue historically is linked to low-paying jobs but now it is hitting the middle class as john blackstone reports. >> i have been everywhere from maine to spocane. >> reporter: dutch prier has taken pride in being a truck driver. >> take care of your equipment, your equipment will take care of you. >> reporter: last year he signed up with a company although he drives their trucks, shippers transports calls priors an independent contractor, not an employee. >> i am not classified as an employee, but as an independent contractor. but i have little control over the success and failure of my company. >> reporter: despite his so-called independence, prior works exclusively for shippers which dulls out his daily routes. he has seen his paychecks dwindle and none of thetection s protections he would

we are still not being able to show gels and liquids and lotions. we haven't been allowed to wear underwear on the planes for three years. >> nick, have i to have my lotion. >> speaking of lotion, how did you know i got beat up last night? >> s and n brings on alec baldwin. my guess is he gets rei'dules when "30 rock" plays on flights. he is making money from. it julie, you said the airlines are too tough with people, and you said it was a steb word es on a power trip. first of all, don't say stewardess. >> airline attendant. >> it is easy to blame them for something like this, but they are just enforcing the federal law. they don't get to choose. they don't get to say this federal law is stupid. i am not going to enforce. it. >> don't tell me you don't think when an airline stewardess does presidency a celebrity they don't try to make a name for themselves? >> the celebrities probably get better treatment. >> i agree with that. >> and it has never happened to me. >> are you absolving all of the machine of any resmons built? -- responsibility? >> i

puffs plus lotion is more soothing than common tissue, and it delivers our most soothing lotion for every nose issue. >>> time, now, to check "the pulse," the stories you'll be talking about today. and we had not heard much from sarah palin lately. but that could soon change. the former alaska governor is pitching a new reality show, based on her husband's championship snowmobile racing. >> her old show, "sarah palin's alaska," went for $1 million an episode. but so far, no network has expressed interest in this latest venture. >> they said in time, they would go for a second season. but the ratings were good enough to justify a second season. >> not at $1 million an episode. >>> next up in "the pulse," 'tis is time of year for cute family photos. but this one from a mayor in puerto rico is a bit puzzling. >> it shows san juan mayor jorge san teeny, in front of a tax determineny scene. the photo ended up on one of our favorite websites, awkwardfamilyphotos.com. >> my family's from puerto rico and san juan. i didn't understand it, either. mayor santini said he was promoting a wildlife muse

. ♪ puffs plus lotion is more soothing than common tissue, and it delivers our most soothing lotion forry nose issue. a nose in need deserves puffs plus lotion indeed. to give your cold a comforting scent, try puffs plus lotion with the scent of vicks. >>> welcome back to eyewitness news saturday morning, i'm gigi barnett. >> i'm tim williams. here at the bottom of the hour, the temperatures are in the 40s. unusual, yes. pretty calm when you go outside. we have clouds out there. a stray shower moving across parts of the area. when that comes through, if you see any of that at all, it will be the last bit of rain through the day. we don't expect too much. a little on the eastern shore, but a calm and quiet inner harbor, that will be rocking and rolling tonight. others with sun throughout the day. the clouds will break. mostly cloudy skies tonight and lows around 34. then tomorrow, 57 degrees. mild and sunshine heading into the first day of the new year. the complete first warning weather coming up. >> all right. thank you, timp. >>> now, here is what people are talking about this morning