most of this is north of the mason-dixon line.e of this is coming down as it wintry mix in pennsylvania. we're not expecting any wintry weather. just rainy weather. there are the showers along the east. this is with a cold front. a bit of an interesting trend with the temperatures. we may see the temperatures drop down as we head towards sunrise. we will detail that in just a minute. the cold front is sitting back to the west side. we're still in mild air. the coldest air is in the central tier of the nation. a huge blizzard in central kansas. this storm will be pushing north and east. we will stay in the mild air throughout the entire week. you can see the cold temperatures. 21 in minneapolis. 40's and 50's ahead of the front. these are the temperatures we're seeing in the mid atlantic. 51 at the inner harbor. 46 in college park. these are morning temperatures. it is about 20 degrees warmer this time today than yesterday. i do want to timeout the futurecast. we had some rain early on. scattered showers are possibility through the

go north around hagerstown to the mason/dixon line where you see that area in blue.e'll zoom in here. this is where you're seeing the light flurry actions. no major accumulations are expected. but you might encounter some of this the farther north you are here. this will be dying down the next couple of hours. you'll see mostly broader areas. you can see again, a little bit of the flurry activity that will be right around the border here. then we're going to see a mostly cloudy condition for you overnight. and tomorrow, just a chance for, well, a passing isolated shower. right now, temperatures in the lower 40s. and that will be in arlington. 42 in d.c. 41 in college park. and davidson, they will also be in the lower 40s. we will all get down into the 30s once again overnight. so you know, mild over the next couple of days. then much colder. cloudy and cold tonight. and friday, mild with some clouds. new year's weekend, they are also mild. then dry arctic air arrives. not a bad idea to get out the humidifiers this weekend once you see our seven-day forecast. here is

you can see a couple of showers at 6:00 tomorrow night, mostly across the mason dixon line in pennsylvaniaesting thursday midmorning we might get some showers and maybe a few moderate showers, one or two that linger later in the day and then we'll watch late friday to see what happens with this moisture down to our south. for the most part it's a pretty set weather pattern. the showers that come through thursday with a temperature of 56 degrees we expect to keep moving. we think that front will start to stall out down to our south and keeps us chilly for the weekend. >>> governor martin o'malley is waiting for lady gaga to return his tweet. gaga has spoken out against bullying, a cause first lady katie o'malley has championed. the governor sent her an invitation to dinner on twitter. so far no response. >>> wire down in the web center with sarah fraser from hot 99.5. everyone has been talking on the glee chat about the christmas episode. what were the highlights of tonight's she's? >> loads of music. they did pa rye version tonight's show? >> loads of music. they did mariah cary's versions

but just around the mason/dixon line on the northern areas, east of the blue ridge. some of the grassy surfaces, you might see a little white coating. but most of it has moved on out. still the snow is falling west of us and parts of pennsylvania and new york state. right now, temperatures, chilly out here. a low of 40s around the town. and 34 in gaithersburg. we have milder weather for you coming this way. i've got that including your new year's forecast when i come back. >> all right, thank you, anny. >>> when the stories got started, we saw a flurry of activity on your wusa facebook page. >> some asked questions of the snowfall and that will be the case. showing you this picture of the snowfalling. hopefully we'll see that and we also sent our look on out here where they sparked a lot of light-hearted conversations. jonathan? >> reporter: yes, that's right. we were brave. we ventured out into the elements. it wasn't for the faint of heart and the snow that came down just a few days after christmas. all kidding aside as you mentioned, the snow came down from freder

a little coating of snow up near the mason-dixon line last night. it really raced quickly away from us. to pennsylvania into westmoreland county, pennsylvania, they had three, four, five inch totals same with tucker county and grant county had five or six inches. 25 in leesburg is the current wind chill. feeling like 33 in fredericksburg. feels like 9 in garrett county. 35 on the bay at the naval academy with the winds gusting to 30 miles per hour. partly cloudy skies. a sustained wind at national out of the west-northwest at 20 miles per hour. that barometer is going to quickly rise. you may have an achy knee or something because of that. look how quickly the storm is racing away. snow is on the back side through parts of the superior new england. they'll pile up. behind the storm, windy conditions are following the storm as it exits stage right. we'll go through the day and say good-bye to the winds with high pressure building in from the west and southwest giving us a clear, cold night tonight. our cold suburbs will be down in the mid-20s by tomo

also around the mason-dixon line. we can still see flurries around town. we might see some again tomorrow night. so it's a slight chance, but the chance is there. right now temperatures 42 in downtown. we'll cool down a little bit more into the mid 30s. gaithersburg down to 36. winchester 32. i don't think most places will cool down that much more. in fact, most of us should be in the 30s. we won't be seeing 20s like early this morning. the national picture, here is our next system in the plains dropping in some snow in north dakota and then also south and then parts of the upper midwest we're looking at the showers. this will eventually make its way over, maybe giving us some showers on friday night. late friday night. we're talking light stuff. here is a look at the satellite radar for our area where we just see some scattered flurries go through the area earlier this evening. now, we're expecting mild conditions with some clouds friday. hard to believe after these chilly temperatures. new year's eve forecast, it is looking mild. i think some places coul

the isolated sprinkle possible to mall in the potomac highlands and near the mason- dixon. 57 of thursday with a chance of late-day reign. >>> 95 in maryland looks good. no problems on the b-w parkway. metro will says everything is open and running at normal service systemwide. looks good allen of southern maryland virginia, following along the same vein. -- looks good out of southern maryland proceeding little bit more action in springfield. >>>-- seeing a little bit more action in springfield. >>> 32 degrees. >> coming up next on this tuesday morning, who is back in court. >> next anderson, the amazing melissa mccarthy. yeah, i'm married. does it matter? you'd do that for me? really? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. ell she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more peop stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ ♪ >>> there it g

about 1.25 inches near the mason-dixon line.bout 1 inch in the rest of the area. 48 degrees will be a high temperature and gusty tomorrow and cooler and no big temperature changes anytime soon. >>> we had a report of a broken down vehicle eastbound on 66 after 50-fair oaks. that will be slowed despite the lighter than usual volume. you want to move over to the left for the time being. we will go over to 270 montresor road which is looking good right now. you continue down to the beltway and that is looking good down in springfield with some volume northbound but not quite as heavy as we normally see. accident-free incidence on 395. >>> police in utah say a woman who was held hostage for several days and a home was probably saved because of facebook. police say she hid in a closet with a laptop and posted on facebook that she and her 17- month-old son would be dead by morning they were not rescued. someone called police and one of the neighbors say she is glad that facebook was there. >> another tool that is now available to peop

there could be a couple of flurries and maybe some light sprinkles along the mason dixon line.he next storm system will be coming out of the plains. it brings a slight chance for precipitation. dry conditions in the southern half of the nation. a wintry mix in chicago. we will stay dry for the next 24 hours. the next storm goes to the north and does not have the moisture from the south as we head into friday night and saturday morning. things are looking good for the new year's eve holiday. temperatures will be in the 30's and will start new year's day with sunny weather. >> an update on wednesdays water cooler question. mother's breast fed their babies at target. one woman said she was treated rudely when she tried to breast feed her child at target last month. target said that guests are welcome to breast feed in private areas of the store and they can use a fitting rooms to nurse their children. >> one girl said she wanted shoes to deliver to the needy for christmas. she asked for 100 pairs of shoes to donate. santa made his first delivery a week before christmas for her to

there is still snow along the mason dixon line here toward delaware.west, watching this area here, coming through the mountains, most of the time, this falls apart as it makes its way to the east of the mountains. we could see a flake in hagerstown, martinsburg, frederick. that will be about it. this is part of a bigger storm system moving through. a weak storm system. it's enough to give snow showers that will move through tonight. that is going to help usher in some warmer air. it's on the chilly side out there now with the clouds. tomorrow, ahead of another storm system, we are going to warm up nicely with a southwesterly wind tomorrow. 10 to 15 miles per hour. a mixture of sun and clouds during the day. ahead of the front, 5:00, tomorrow afternoon is going to be spectacular. a nice friday afternoon to end the week, maybe a shower late friday night into early saturday morning. most of us won't see that. saturday, the storm moves out. we get mild again. once again, looking at partly sunny skies. a nice day saturday. better saturday night and into sun

to our north, northern maryland, southern pennsylvania, along the mason- dixon line, could see some snowrs up there later on today. maybe a few sprinkles and some snow showers. we don't expect anything here in our area. there is your big picture of what is happening in the eastern u.s. current conditions being reported at reagan national airport, 33 degrees. relative humidity only 59%. your winds are out of the west at five miles per hour. so much calmer than they were yesterday. the forecast for today, partial sunshine this morning. more clouds building in in the latter part of the day. a cool day. highs only in the mid-40s. we'll have more details on that forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you. >>> meanwhile, we are following breaking news this morning. a deadly accident in silver spring. >> university boulevard is still shut down between piney branch and patton drive. sherry ly is there on the scene. >> there were three young women we are told in the suv when it crashed here on university boulevard. you can see it just back there. it is up on a wall. two bodies we're to

here comes that rain into the mason dixon line, and there could be delays later today and this evening. right now the only airport showing a delay, about a half hour in atlanta on the east coast. on the west coast we have a delay because of low clouds and ceilings in san francisco of about an hour. again there could be storms this afternoon and this evening, a bit of severe weather. the tornado threat is very low, maybe some straight-line damage. which brings us to the forecast for the final few days of 2011. the sun will be back out in boston. the plains in good shape today, and the storm track will continue to bring rain and mountain snow into seattle, portland and the northern rockies for probably the rest of the year. but the 80 degree weather in most of florida is going to be ending today, chris, and will be back to about 70 degree weather, which is still not too hard to take here in late december. >> thanks so much, mike. >> a check of stories some other people are talking about, yet another tragic twist in the heart-breaking morning fire that killed two grandparents and their th

a little coating up toward the mason dixon line.snows that really fell were up here in western maryland, garrett county, grant county, preston, west virginia. those areas picked up from 5 to 10 inches of snow. temps down to 36 in washington. 32 for winchester, hagerstown. still in the mid-30s, tappahannock, la plata. cambridge has dipped into the 30s as well. with the winds this morning, gusting 21 in town and 29 at andrews air force base, we have wind chills down in the 20s and low 30s with high temperatures today in the 40s. normal high is about 49. a little bit below normal at 45. let's go to monika, timesaver traffic, talking about some road closures and new incidents developing. >> there are new incidents developing. in the meantime, let's go to some video from overnight. this road closure down in upper

few showers around the mason/dixon line. that's bit to the north of baltimore. we will stay dry this evening. that will not be the case tomorrow morning. lot of rain between pittsburgh and out towards philadelphia. along i-76 here. but down towards the west of us, charleston starting to see some shower activity. most of this is on the lighter side. all of this coming from that monster storm that was outs to the west. blizzard conditions. this storm was super strong. but now it is really weakening and just kind of going away. it is going to continue to make its way our way. you can still see bringing up moisture from the south. that southern moisture will make its way in here during the night tonight into the day tomorrow. expect shower activity tomorrow. do not expect a washout. here is the frontal boundary across the area. it moves back to the north as a warm front overnight into the day tomorrow. and very mild air ahead of this and maybe rather windy conditions, upwards of 20 to 25 miles per hour winds during the day tomorrow. that will help to produce tempera

pennsylvania up to new york have a better chance of seeing showers than down here south of the mason dixonine. as we head into tonight, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. quiet tonight. tomorrow morning, pittsburgh, back toward lexington, kentucky. a line of showers there. that approaches us toward the middle of the day. with showers. and then that pushes through during the afternoon. we clear out some tomorrow night. that front really doesn't get through until overnight thursday night into friday morning. behind it, drier and chillier, maybe some mountain snow showers and we hope though because ski areas want to open this weekend. at least they can make snow if it is cold enough if we're not going to get any from mother nature. tonight, we're down in the 30s and 40s, tomorrow, mid to upper 50s. friday, 50s. it will be dry, partly sunny and the weekend, chilly. but dry. look at the highs in the mid- 40s. nighttime lows 20s and 30s. let's go over to monika now. how is it looking outside? >> i was planning to take my son skiing in pennsylvania. >> call and make sure they're open. they're planni

here is newt gingrich predicts that the real battleground will be south of the mason dixon. >> do you have to win iowa to actually beat him in new hampshire? >>. no the record, in fact, is that if i do win iowa, which i hope to do, it makes it harder to win new hampshire because the average new hampshire -- i'm not going to let people in iowa tell me what to do. >> if the split goes to you and new hampshire goes to romney south carolina is going to be a battle ground. >> it becomes a big deal. >> big deal indeed. they began trading barbs today. there is a long history of republic battles. looks like battlefield again,. >> shepard: shep have you been reporting for quite some time that speaker gingrich doesn't have much of a ground organization in some spots. >> well, as a matter of fact, south carolina it's quiet good in iowa and new hampshire it has been lacking and we have been reporting on it extensively today i threw it to the speaker and he conceded the fact. >> governor romney has the money, he has the establishment. he has the internal structure. >> you don't. >> i certainly don

north of the mason/dixon line. most of us have stayed on the dry side today. we told you to take the umbrella today in case. you probably didn't need it. i bet you will need it during the day tomorrow. we have a better chance of rain there. here is the rain we saw along the frontal boundary and just to the north of that front. a few showers back towards west virginia. we will see a couple of these try to move over the mountains but not going to be able to do so. you need the storm to produce a little bit of instability. that storm is out towards the west. you can see it spinning out here and ahead of it we have a lot of moisture. that's the moisture that's going to come in during the day tomorrow. expect to see shower activity during your wednesday. it is not going to be a washout. what we will see is very warm temperatures, gusty winds, upwards of 25 miles per hour. and we may see a rumble of thunder or two. best chance of that south and east of washington. there's the front. right now across the area. tomorrow here comes the area of low pressure. that's goin

moved away from a situation where being a republican just told somebody was born north of the new mason-dixon line. every fight in the old days was bipartisan. in the 1950's and 1950's and 1970's, the liberal republicans of friday conservative republicans. everything was a compromise. the compromise between a lot and a real lot. now we have two parties that ron reagan help sort out. if you are for limited government you are of a republican and if you are not you are a democrat. there are almost no republicans that will for tax increases. the two parties are going in opposite directions. if somebody wants to go east or west, what is the compromise? there is no compromise. if you want smaller government and the one larger government, what is the compromise text somebody wins and somebody loses. this fight we are in the middle of, because they help to their no increase position, we won and they lost. or you paying attention in 1982 and 1990 when you cut your head handed to you and 2011 with a low tax limited spending people want. what is the difference? we took tax increases off of the table. >>

as far as the rain goes, shower activity towards the mason/dixon line. that's about it. you have to go out to the west and towards west virginia to see the shower activity that's going to be affecting us. this is what that huge system that was bringing blizzard-like conditions to the west. however, for us it will be much less of a storm system and i'm just expecting shower activity during the day tomorrow. front will lift to the north tomorrow. here comes the area of low pressure, very mild air out ahead of it. expect showers tomorrow. but not a washout. could be a rumble of thunder as temperatures will be nice and warm. and then on thursday, well, why not add another storm? thursday afternoon we will see the clouds increase and rain moves back in. some of it could be heavy at times on thursday night. and here's the next couple of days. we are talking about the next four days first. 62 tomorrow. 60 on your thursday. with chances of rain. then 53 on friday. 48 on saturday. here's that christmas forecast. right now we are going for 51 and rain and that could be a very wet

as soon as it crosses the mason-dixon line, half the white men stand up and say hey, what is this? these guys have to go back in the segregated car. a fight ensues because some white men say hey, these guys are software country. the small incidents were happening all over and they would quickly become larger incident later. the second major thing that was happening seems counterintuitive come but sharecroppers, the quintessential cotton and better 1990. cotton, which they would always take their cotton to be weighed and would be ripped off almost invariably. even if they were getting ripped off, they still made a lot of money relatively. and so they were able to buy cars. they were buying close. they were buying land and they could. this caused a lot of friction throughout the south. there were efforts in some parts of the south to organize into cooperatives. the black farm, black sharecroppers do not cause tremendous tensions. and thirdly, there were -- the migration was out of control. the great migration had a gun before world war i. but once world war i began, immigration europ

they do not believe in going past the mason-dixon line. [laughter] c-span: and what do the -- what do they think of their brother that is. visible? >> guest: i think -- we will talk about it very much. we just kind of make jokes and have fun. my oldest brother calls we often saying things like i mean, he's a big obama supporter, said he says you know, take it easy on my president, whatever that means or, you know, don't be so critical. so he will offer story suggestions or column suggestions for me, and i listen. but i think they are proud. and i -- there have before me as i have before them. and they're amazing people in their own right. c-span: and three years of writing this column, what column has struck the biggest serve? >> guest: it's a strange lot of things. one was a column about dating, which strangely enough, i did -- i have no idea that it would strike such a nerve with people. c-span: what did you say? >> guest: i mean, i just marked something that some other people have marked another ways, but that it was called the demise o

association of the races in alabama than i would say that any large industrial state above the mason-dixon line. now when you talk about segregation, we have supported, in the past, a separate school system. but as far as working and mingling and living close together, we have done more of that than the people of any other region in the country. one reason we have had more peace in our region has been that people of all races are needed and wanted in alabama. so i still stand for the right of the people of alabama, through their elected representatives, to determine the policies of their school system. >> joe reed, we want to get your reaction to governor wallace speaking in 1968. >> if he is talking about desegregating public education, it is because of jerry frank m. johnson, who was the architect, who did more than anybody else. then we had the lee vs. macon decision, which accounted for 100 schools. it cannot be attributed to anything governor wallace did. it is a tribute to the fact that the federal government and black leaders, the naacp, and other organizations, went out and risk ev