. ♪ [ boy ] to dad, love sam. [ mom ] say "merry christmas." [ boy ] merry christmas. [ female announcer hallmark recordable storybooks. [ boy ] charlie brown spotted a small, scraggly pine tree. ♪ >>> mef snow brought out happy pandas, they were very excited to see the white stuff falling. they liked eating the snow. >>> according to the national weather service, a major winter storm is heading for r the southwestern great plains, blizzard like conditions expected across new mexico, texas, oklahoma, kansas and colorado as much as a foot and a half is expected. some how, it's going to excite the pandas, but we won't get anything like that here. no shot of a white christmas here in maryland. >>> are you happy about that? >> i want snow. >> you are with justin and that. okay. i wouldn't mind having a white christmas. now doesn't look like we are. the snow is contained to around the four corners of new mexico, rain in to texas. closer to home, high and dry, it's going to stay that way through the rest of today. the only thing i think we could be getting is maybe rain possible as we go throu

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. ♪ [ boy ] to dad, love sam. [ mom ] say "merry christmas." [ boy ] merry christmas. [ female announcer hallmark recordable storybooks. [ boy ] charlie brown spotted a small, scraggly pine tree. ♪ >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> news or not the w0r8d panama ex-- world, panama's exruler arrived to the country and was forced out years ago when the u.s. removed him from office. the 77-year-old manuel noriega was expect to head to prison to serve time for crimes committed during the rule. he is going to be housed in an individual cell in a medium security facility in the form -- and he has been in france since 2010 after spending two decades in an american prison. >>> and mexico media outlets reports two deaths following a earthquake in southwestern guerrero saturday night. the 6.5 magnitude quake rattled buildings and knocked out power in the capital about 200 miles away. no reports of major damages to the capital. but several areas are in thedark. >>> and in china saturday, there was full moon and then there wasn't. early saturday morning the western part of the u.s. was treated to a

. ♪ [ boy ] to dad, love sam. [ mom ] say "merry christmas." [ boy ] merry christmas. [ female announcerlmark recordable storybooks. [ boy ] charlie brown spotted a small, scraggly pine tree. ♪ >>> mayor stephanie rawlings blake and office of of promotion and art pronouncing details for the new year's eve spectacular present by baltimore sun. it's at the baltimore visitor's senter. >>> a hundred mid at safeway stores had remain open around the clock 86 hours leading into christmas. some stores are going to be open christmas day. some are opening as early as 7 and others by as late as noon. all stores close on christmas day by 5. >>> officially winter sort of it's 12:30 tomorrow morning. it's the longest day of the year for those south of the equator but shortest day of the year for those in the northern hemisphere. >>> obama administration will announce new expected lilts on mercury emissions from coal fire plants. business leaders opposing the measure say it's going to cause blackouts and kill jobs. >>> and attorney general eric holder and dignitaries will attend a memorial today markin

. ♪ [ boy ] to dad, love sam. [ mom ] say "merry christmas." [ boy ] merry christmas. [ female announcerllmark recordable storybooks. [ boy ] charlie brown spotted a small, scraggly pine tree. ♪ >>> thursday morning, the state of iowa cited the january 3rd caucus will host the remaining candidates tonight beginning at 9:00 p.m. a surging ron paul is now second says his campaign is peaking at the right time. >>> a new report shows nearly half of american public schools did not meet the federal achievement standards this year. according to a study by the center for education policy more than 43,000 schools did not make an adequate progress number for the year 2011. >>> a record number of americans, nearly one in two, have fall noon poverty or scraping by on earnings, classified as low income. the latest census data indicates shrinking middle class, unemployment remains around 9%. >>> a third grader taken away from his mother because of his weight and placed in foster care is now in his uncle's custody. during foster care his weight dropped to 92 pounds. >>> a phony ad on craigslist in octo

. ♪ [ boy ] to dad, love sam. [ mom ] say "merry christmas." [ boy ] merry christmas. [ female announcer hallmark recordable storybooks. [ boy ] charlie brown spotted a small, scraggly pine tree. ♪ >>> president obama will visit fort bragg, north carolina. one of the installations that deployed thousands and is helping to close down iraqi military operations by the end of the month. the president and mrs. obama will thank returning troops and all military families for their service. >>> environmental groups filed a suit in federal court tuesday challenging the first oil and natural gas leak spills in the gulf since last year's bp oil spill. the groups allege that the federal government is not prepared to handle a repeat of the april 2010 disaster that killed 11. >>> one in 45 children didn't have permanent roofs over their head last year. a new report shows more than 1.6 million kids in the u.s. were homeless in 2010 and that was up 38% between 2007 and 2010. >>> the representatives last night passed legislation to extend social security payroll tax cuts and renew jobless benefits for lo

. ♪ [ boy ] to dad, love sam. [ mom ] say "merry christmas." [ boy ] merry christmas. [ female announcer hallmark recordable storybooks. [ boy ] charlie brown spotted a small, scraggly pine tree. ♪ >>> we come back. the live holiday-side the studios. citigroup plans to lay off 4500 workers during the next few months. company spokesperson says it's part of ongoing efforts for expenses. city employees more than 2,000- - egg cubes me 267,000 employees worldwide. -- excuse me. 267,000 employees worldwide. >>> transunion is expecting to see the number of people 60 days or more late on mortgage payments to rise slightly in the first quarter of next year. but then, it says the rate will likely fall the rest of the year to around 5%. >>> you may have noticed while shopping online free shipping is harder to find. smart money magazine says most websites placed restrictions on the free shipping. amazon.com, it is at this . clay 25 dollar -- at this . clay 25 purchases and penny and ll bean and gap require minimum purchases as well and one way toget around that is do a search for free shipping codes

. ♪ [ boy ] to dad, love sam. [ mom ] say "merry christmas." [ boy ] merry christmas. [ female announcer hallmark recordable storybooks. [ boy ] charlie brown spotted a small, scraggly pine tree. ♪ >>> looks like you'll get to keep that $40 in your paycheck. i'm linda stow. when the vote is expected on the payroll tax cut extension. reporter: a warning for parents this morning after a 3- year-old boy is struck by a bb gun. the full story coming up. >>> and are we there yet? the holiday headaches that come with travel. we're going to take a look at what could befall you on this holiday weekend. good morning, maryland. i'm charley krauss and it is friday, december 23rd. let's get a check of that forecast as it could be affecting your travel plans. say hello once again to meteorologist justin burk. >> good morning, charley. we got the wakeup window at the bottom

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. ♪ ♪ [ boy ] to dad, love sam. [ mom ] say "merry christmas." [ boy ] merry christmas. [ female announcerllmark recordable storybooks. [ boy ] charlie brown spotted a small, scraggly pine tree. ♪ ♪ . >>> here are the updates in the first morning's weather. >> good morning. the dense fog advisory in effect for much of the area until 9:00. then we will start to see the temperatures up to about 60, that will be by tomorrow with the rain in the forecast and the temperatures up about 64 and look for 50 on wednesday an the rain will clear out and the sun will start to return and then we will go from 46 to 48 to 42. >>> another check on the oweds, here is more from traffic control. >>> good morning. if you are just about to head out, the big problems will be on 95, an accident on 95 south bound, just in the area of the white mar s h and another accident on 29 and one on east monument and another problem on 95, that is south bound at 895, it has been on the left shoulder. the speeds on the beltway, the west side outside loop average and there is 95 at 395 and there is a look at 29 and 108 and one

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