snow accumulation near the mason-dixon line and high elevations out west.that's where we could be talking accumulations. frost advisory in effect this morning until 9:00 a.m. for western virginia and northern maryland. 36 in hagerstown and frederick 38 in martinsburg, 34 in cumberland. 43 in the district and south of the metro in the low to mid 40's, 46 in lexington park along the water, 44 in quantico. we will have some holes in the clouds this morning, partly cloudy conditions to start the day, and increasing clouds. becoming cloudy as we going to the midday and especially afternoon and evening. rainshowers in arkansas pushing down to the gulf coast, that is the area of low pressure. there is a weak system that will track east and quickly developed off the north carolina coastline as it interacts with warm waters of the gulf stream and a strong appeal level energy coming through south-central canada. that will help that system rapidly strengthen later today and/or tomorrow. that will give us rainshowers and some areas of snowfall. the highest likelihood o

there is a risk of power outages on the mason-dixon line and towards winchester. the marine corps marathon sunday in washington, left over deafness. it will be cold sunday morning. good news for trick or treaters and i will be updating everything. we will keep you posted 24/7. >> i think the runners like that kind of weather. >> hot cocoa. >>> sunday's game for the washington redskins could make or break their year. they have to slow down the high- powered offense of the buffalo bills. [ man ] i got this citi thank you card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes, i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ keep on going in this direction. take this bridge over here. there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] write your story with the citi thankyou premier card, with no point caps, and points that don't e expire. get started at thankyoucard.citi.com. >>> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers -- moving you forward. >>> game 7 of t

wait until tomorrow when it's freezing north of the metro area close to the mason-dixon line.w 50's tomorrow. chance of showers on saturday, when grain possible.

up north and west of town, headed to the blue ridge, up to the mason dixon line, in pennsylvania, could be tough traveling there. the system hit colorado and texas, and it's coming across the mississippi valley with rain, but it will form a coastal low it will deepen and throw the moisture to us. we will have snow in spots. as far as the precip times, look like it is all snow here, frederick to haggerstown, shenandoah valley, rain and snow. pink is the rain ending, and that's south and east of town, mainly rain on this event. i don't think much of a chance of snow. how much? i'm thinking the meet metro a trace to an -- immediate metro, a trace to an inch. frederick to western loudon county, and then the light blue stripe to the mason dixon line and into the mountains 3 to 6 inches in the highest elevations where it will be colder longer and the snow is not as melting and come pressing as -- compressing as much. low 50s at best, maybe in the upper 40s, and tomorrow, it's going to be a chilly day. raw, 39 and the snow north and west. sunday, 49 as we recover into the 50s by halloween. mon

not just accumulations, but on the ridge tops and points north of town along the mason-dixon line we could be measuring about 6 inches of snow by the time this is over. i love the futurecast because it shows a few areas of rain moving into town later on this evening close to bedtime after dinner time tonight, and a few light showers through the night as well. by tomorrow morning, the areas of yellow, that means heavy rain. off to the west, and zero valley west virginia, western maryland, northern ireland purple indicating areas of mixed precipitation and snowfall. close to the backside of the storm by tomorrow afternoon locally run the beltway we will have a little snowfall as well with just a frosting on the grass. here is the time line. increasing clouds this afternoon, 52. a few showers this evening and night. tomorrow morning, and a heavy cold rain. the wind will pick up as well. this is the timeline for the metro area, by the way. billings will change to snow fall a lot sooner northwest of town. -- things will change. temperatures will be dropping down into the 30's. the big que

otherwise areas crossing over the mason dixon line into southern pennsylvania. other than that, the shower action is down in northwestern virginia. we have seen a little development near raleigh, north carolina and we will likely see that development as well in southern virginia. because we're getting a little bit of sunshine down there. petersburg is 80 degrees and partly cloudy at this time. but with the type of atmosphere that we have right now actually it is fairly moist and tropical, but the cloud cover is keeping our temperatures at bay. but with this atmosphere, that sunshine will likely trigger some storms to our south. they will march north throughout the afternoon and into the evening hours and even overnight. do not be surprised if you hear some thunder and we might have isolated downpours. and you tomorrow we will have this dip in the jet stream. when we get a trough like that he can add to unsettled weather and cause showers and storms. that will swing through tomorrow. 74 at the warmest this afternoon. that will be locally and within that sunshine.

outside right now, the doppler radar showing a few showers around town mostly up near the mason-dixon line and back in western portions of maryland. but there is more rain on the way and a lot of us potentially tomorrow morning. look at the rainmaking its way to the area. some of it falling apart but look at the rain around cincinnati. that is a train of moisture making its way our way. looking for showers tomorrow and rain tomorrow morning and you will need the coats. will the get cold. and i will update your snow chances in a few minutes. >> thanks, doug. >>> we are learning that an iphone app helped d.c. police catch thieves in two incidents today. the first involved a man robbed in franklin park. they took his cell phone too. his wife in pennsylvania was able to use an app called find my friends to watch every move the robbers made. the app allows you to map the location of other iphone users. police were able to arrest the thieves 15 minutes later. >> i'm impressed and amazing that the metropolitan police department responded to quickly and didn't just say there is nothing we can

looks like across northern maryland or closer to the mason/dixon line.hrough into wednesday. thursday, better chance of that with another system that will stall out, and we're back to drier conditions the end of the week, but much cooler temperatures. big drop, 70s into the 50s for daytime highs. >> feel better. >> thank you. >>> a tool is being called a job killer. a bill in the house could force companies to use it. casey stegall is in los angeles with a closer look tonight. >> reporter: getting food from here to your dinner table is no easy feat, and one most people don't think about. >> don't understand how hard it is here to work. come out here in 100-degree temperature in the sand, pushing a wheelbarrow 40 pounds. >> the people willing and able to do the work is the work force we have, is mostly the hispanic coming across the border. >> reporter: oftentimes they're coming across illegally. according to the pew research center, estimated 8 million illegal immigrants were employed in america last year, or about 5% of the country's total work force. t

a frost advisory in effect over the mason dixon line. watch out in portions of washington. you could see temperatures dipping down to the upper 30s tonight. doppler radar, no rain to talk about. we're not going to talk about that rain really for the next few days, probably right on through the weekend all because of this guy right here, this area of high pressure going to sit over our region, it's going to move to the east tomorrow and settle over the region for the weekend and allow temperatures with plenty of sup shooip to warm up rapidly saturday and sunday. both days could be near 80 degrees across the area. we're looking at one of the best weekends in the last couple of months as far as the dry conditions go and the temperatures go, and the amount of sunshine we're going to see because we're not going to see much in the way of cloud cover. that's one thing for sure. tomorrow morning, clear skies, a cool start. jacket again. 40 to 51 degrees with the light winds. tomorrow afternoon, temperatures will climb quickly as we warm up from 71 to 75 degrees. we will call it a f

that until 8:00 tonight. 2 to 3 inches closer to the mason dixon line. elsewhere, we'll see less than an inch of snow still continuing. and then as we take a look for our freeze warning in effect. that area you see in greenish there, that is in effect from 9:00 tonight through 9:00 sunday morning. the freeze watch and freeze warning in effect. definitely have to take care of your vegetation. 37 degrees at dwi. winds are a factor as well, getting gusty and that's going to continue and as we head through the overnight hours, is this all going to taper off. our overnight lows will be in the 30s. i'll have more snow totals for you later with my full forecast. back to you. >> thank you gwen. of course as you saw, the further west you go, the more snow we are seeing. >> and frederick, maryland, is getting the heaviest snow in our area. we should be cueing the christmas music with the scene behind you. >> that's the thing about this early snowfall. as much as you hate to say it, it is a pretty sight. snow on everything. but the good news is, most of the roadway

along the mason -- annapolis 44 degrees and along the mason dixon line they posted frost advisories. tonight chilly enough for us under clear skies and light winds, d.c. and inside the beltway dropping to 50, lower 40s for the suburbs. friday lots of sunshine, warmer than today, nice light wind, hard pressed to find a cloud. we have been living large this week. yes, i do believe we deserve it as well. front royal will go from 72 degrees friday, d.c. 73, la plata there with us, fredericksburg 75 degrees, chantilly 74. now for the weekend the east coast will continue to shine under this huge ridge of high pressure that is again a disturbance a hospital, some very heavy air suppressing the -- aloft, some very heavy air suppressing the clouds keeping the rain at bay and it will be warm probably getting up closer to 80 degrees on into sunday. for saturday lots of sunshine, 77 degrees, sunday about 81 degrees and we'll even keep some of those lower 80s going into the three-day weekend for the columbus day holiday. it's chilly, dulles 49 degrees, frederick 45, most everybody else still in t

the day, by the evening, we cannot rule out an isolated showers closer to pennsylvania, near the mason dixon line. the next chance of rain is late tuesday and wednesday. we are getting another could break from the rain showers. we will not lose the leaves and the wind because they have not really changed color jet. -- they have not really changed colors yet. >>> thank you. it is now time to give away our vip trip for two to the country music awards. >> the winner gets airfare hotel, and two tickets to the cma. congratulations to sean wieland. >> the next to the weight is $700 of groceries delivered to your door by peapod. we will announce the winner next friday on abc 7 news at 5:00. >>> coming up, cab fares that could be going up in the jurisdiction. >> plus, a church fight comes to a head in court. >> why do we need a new version of >>> the "footloose" remake is in theaters this weekend. >> does this of version have the right moves? arch campbell has his review. >> new movies include a bird watching comedy with steve martin and remakes of a sci-fi classic and a remake of one of the most be

mainly near the mason-dixon line. otherwise, mainly wall-to-wall sunshine. ridge of high pressure will hang around through the next several days of the way through the weekend and will break down by early next week. 69 today with sunny skies. low 70's tomorrow. 80 degrees with sunshine by 70. >>> water main break and an accident and heavy traffic in virginia. let's begin with newschopper 7 over the baltimore-washington parkway a common response accident before 198. someone was injured in that crash. northbound b-w parkway before 198, traffic getting by to the right. video of the water main breaks in ortiz d.c. on south dakota avenue north of monroe street. south dakota avenue closed in both directions between 18th street and 20th street. this is video. they have turned the water main off. they have been able to isolate the source of the water. now they will have to do the repairs. , let's go to virginia. plenty of our neighbors on the road. 66, 95 across the 14th street bridge, no accidents reported. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:21 52 degrees. >> the nat

the winter storm watch tonight into tomorrow, northern maryland near the mason-dixon line. park, northern faulkier county, you could get into issues tomorrow afternoon, but as the storm system that is coming out of the mississippi valley will head to us. we will be watching that. the cold air is in place to the north, and the moisture will come in, even though it's early, really early, still in october a snowstorm for the mountains and parts of the northeast. here this morning, i notice the blue. it's snow breaking out near the snow chute in west virginia, and some of the higher elevations into this evening. the rain south, and it moves in overnight. i think we will start wet tomorrow. some of this may actually be farther east than what we are showing. during the day on saturday t depends on how quickly the cold -- it depends on how quickly the cold air moves in. this blue may be farther south and east, and then we are going to be going into the evening hours, seeing the rain change into snow in the metro before the storm pulls out, and right now, i'm thinking there could b

freeze watch in effect close to the mason-dixon line later on. much cooler tomorrow. >>> looks like a pattern where they saw the green line moving along with the rain, that's where we have wet pavement this morning. no accidents to report right now as far as the drive in virginia along 66 and the beltway. looks good across the wilson bridge. at the american legion bridge, moving nicely. here is the beltway at river road. now 270 near clarksburg, all the way down out of frederick and through germantown and in rockville, rain and road spray. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:12 57 degrees. cracks coming up on this thursday, an interesting study on electronic book readers. >>> welcome back. we want to a check on our top stories. opening statements in the brittany norwood murder trial began with a bombshell. her lawyer said that she did killed jayna murray pack the bethesda lululemon store in march. if her attorney said she lost it during an argument and did not plan to kill her co-worker. >>> investigators believe a howard university student shot and

north of the mason-dixon line and from frederick county west, as you can see, all of those counties, locally around the baltimore metro, north and west of the city, a winter storm watch. south and east of us, along the coast, a coastal flood advisory. can be some strong winds. can cause some flooding at time of high tide, right along the ocean city area down there along the shore. there could be pretty rough weather. >>> tim williams has a look at what we can expect and when. tim? >> as bob just showed you, you know, the watches and warnings are going into effect here very soon. and for good reason. the national weather service has identified that these snow storms coming through could present some travel problems. and that's why watches and warnings are issued. what we're looking at is a mostly rain event. primarily a trace to an inch on eastern sides of the 95 corridor. transitioning again to 1 to 3 inches to 95 corridor, across the city. and lower portions into howard county, even to montgomery county. a quick changeover, 3 to 6 inches, carroll and all the way out to far western m

from the mason-dixon line to the north towards richmond, virginia to the south, temperatures now midbing quickly with all that sunshine out there. no threat for rainfall. closest rain drops still north of pittsburgh. that's where they're going to stay for today and for most if not all of tomorrow as well. so a beautiful sunday afternoon coming up. plenty of sunshine. 6:30 this evening the sun goes down. it will be a very cool night once again. temperatures with mostly clear skies overhead. drop into the 40s, to near 50 once again overnight tonight and into tomorrow. tomorrow, some of these clouds across the upper midwest will start to sneak in. for today, high pressure and sunshine and mild. more clouds further to the north. this is by 7:00 tonight. so you folks in northern maryland, southernmost pennsylvania, dimmed out sunshine later in the day. still relatively mild. this weather front comes through tomorrow morning. it will turn our winds around. we may have a few extra clouds around. so sunny and beautiful today. temperatures up into the mid-70s. if you're headed out to fedex fi

primary are the concerns among voters outside of the south about whether he can sell beyond the mason-dixonis is a reminder that if you nominate rick perry there's a lot of cultural baggage or cultural association that comes along with that that may not play as well in, say, bergen county, new jersey, as it does in plano. i think this was not a really good 24 hours for either romney because it reminds evangelicals about the thing they won't like about him. or for perry because it reminds the more secular parts of the party why they may be hesitant about him. >> i think it was interesting with romney. i think that he has to hope that this is baked in, right? in other words, all poll number look at how he's doing and whether he can win are already assuming that these people won't vote for him because -- they know he's a mormon. >> and the social issues. >> right. >> not just the faith, yeah. >> look how quickly the other candidates have wanted to get away from that. the question is how much would this conversation continue to dominate two months from now, three months from now if it's dealt w

primary are the concerns among voters outside of the south about whether he can sell beyond the mason/dixonder if you nominate rick perry there's a lot of cultural baggage or cultural association that comes along with that that may not play as well in, say, bergen county, new jersey, as it does in plano. so i think this was not a really good 24 hours for either romney, because it reminds evangelicals about some of the things they won't like about him, or for perry, because it reminds the more secular parts of the party why they may be hesitant him. >> romt knee has to hope this is already baked in, all poll numbers already assuming these people won't for him because they know he's a mormon. >> and the social issues, not just the faith, yeah. >> and look how quickly they want to get away from that. the question is how much will this conversation continue to dominate two, three months from now if it's dealt with this early on and people move on? probably good for him. i think the question we ask in polls, would you be more likely or less likely to vote for somebody if they're a mormon, is tak

like hagerstown, towards the mason dixon line.umberland, oakland, you can see maybe more than six inches of snow. this is a wet heavy snow. roads not expected to be a problem except hagerstown and west until later tonight. we'll stay with you all this morning. go to wusa9.com for more updates but for now back to "the early show." side effects include nausea, dry mouth, and constipation. is today your day? talk to your doctor... and go to cymbalta.com for a free 30-capsule trial offer. depression hurts . cymbalta can help. >>> in this morning's "healthwatch," fish fraud. a stunning new report by consumerreports magazines finds that many stores and restaurants are substituting cheaper fish than what you ordered. joining with the details is consumer reports editor in chief kim. i'm not surprised there is some fraud out there but the level here, 20%, a fifth of all the fish you're getting isn't what you think you're getting. >> i sure was surprised. we went to 55 stores. everything from supermarkets to restaurants to specialty fish st

south of the mason-dixon it might as well be brazil, so part of it is that we consistently be paid as though the only backwardness is occurring in the south, even as it becomes the center of labor-stripping rights. we do not talk about that as a midwest problem. what is wrong with those midwesterners? we do continual to shame the south and that way. >> there are several questions, and basically what they're all asking is could you give -- familiarize people more with what the process was about? >> i was not sure how much the real historians had done on this, but from the end of the civil war until the election of 1876, the union armies were occupying the former confederate state. in their occupation of the former confederate states, they were ensuring black citizenship was protected, that they could vote, hold office, that some nominal level of integration were beginning to occur, even some integration populist political movements were beginning to occur. of course there were many white port workers who did not benefit from a system of slavery. you could imagine the economic solidarit

this stuff is rotating up towards the har forward and mason dixon line. showerses 55 degrees.three awill remember fire at a tire shop. monique griego stays on the story. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, the man aired was an employee at the tire shop. 35-year-old jason hicks is facing arson charges, one week after a 3-alarm fire destroyed the tire store where he worked. the flames injured a person and sent smoke in to the county. ruben maxwell who owns the shop next door, says he wasn't surprised, he called police several times toel deal with hicks. hicks is facing criminal charges this morning. >>> thank you very much. investigation is underway after police shoot a man responding to reports of a armed person on st. victor when the man aimed his gun at police, an officer fired shots aftelling him to drop his weapon and he did not. the man was taken to the medical center and listed in critical condition. >>> five people injured in a car crash in baltimore. it happened when two vehicles collided in the lock hern section. all the injuries are considered life threatening. speed

most of the clouds staying across the northern half of the mason-dixon line.wn late tonight, early tomorrow. it will lay down to our south tomorrow and start to retreat back to the north as a warm front during the day on tuesday. that's when our rain chances start to sneak back up by late tuesday afternoon and especially tuesday night. for today, no concerns. nice and sunny. &mild. low to mid-70s around town. if you're headed up to fedex field for the 1:00 kickoff between the eagles and the redskins. go 'skins! 27-3. that sounds like a good score. and ravens at 4:00 in baltimore. 73 for that kickoff. zero percent chance of rain. i'm not good at predicting the score of the ravens game, but i know i want them to win. anything that comes from texas as an oklahoma man, we don't want to see texas win. there we go, the extended forecast. rain chances back by late tuesday. wednesday looks like the washout of the week. and the early lean on next weekend looks like sunshine to me. >> all right. did oklahoma win yesterday? >> they got one over kansas, yes, indeed. it's

if you live down south of the mason-dixon line you're not accustomed to seeing the northern lights but might want to look up now. these are areas restricted, the lights, seeing them to the northern states. the aurora borealis seen in places like georgia or oklahoma. the scientific name is corona mass injection. the reason for a citedding a rare storm of the surface of the sun. the solar winds blowing the gases farther than usual. my winds would call that, daddy, that looks so pretty. such an event has happened probably usually happens one every three to 10 years but again if you live down south, you don't normally get a chance. so go outside and take a look. jon: helps to get away from the cities too because you get light pollution in the cities. makes it easier to see. >> absolutely. see more down in those rural areas. a lot of people are posting their pictures on places like facebook and twitter. that is where we got some of these pictures. jon: get our viewers to send them into us as well. rick folbaum, thanks. >>> student loans, student loan debt i should say is set to hit a record

[laughter] south of the mason dixon? it may as well be brazil. [laughter] we behave as though the only backwardsness is in the self, even when wisconsin is involved with labor-stripping rights. we never say anything about getting those midwesterners to get their cultures together, but we do that with the south. >> can you talk about what this compromise is about? >> i have lost it a bit. from the end of the civil war until the election of 1876, the union armies were occupying the former confederate states. in their occupation of the former confederate states, they were making sure that black citizenship was protected. that black men could vote, hold office, and some nominal levels of integration were occurring. even some integrated populist political movements were occurring in the early 1870's. of course, there were many white, poor farm workers but did not benefit from a system of slavery. in this context, the freedom to imagine economic solidarity with formerly enslaved people -- in 1876, basically you had something very equivalent to the bush