and it could bring us some snow north of the mason dixon line and maybe even as far south as hagerstown on christmas eve into christmas day but not a factor in the forecast this weekend. it's just colder out there and it feels colder with the wind of course. taking a look with the michael & son weather camera. it's 40-degrees and the dew point is 19. a cold and dry atmosphere and that windchill, the winds out of the west northwest at 20 right now that's giving us a windchill in the low 20s so it doesn't feel like 40 degrees outside right now. overnight tonight, it will get very cold. but it's going to be less windy. that's the good news and your first two weather headlines here. sunday looks really nice. but there is that possibility of rain for santa as he's making his deliveries, right now it's 40-degrees in downtown d.c.. 41 annapolis and 39 easton but a lot of folks are in the lower 30s like cumberland 32. hagerstown 34 and mid 30s in leesburg and frederick and gaithersburg also at 36 degrees. check out the windchills it feels like 23 in couple bier land right now. -- cumberland. it

west of the especially2 to 4 inches possib -- west of the mason-dixon line across the mason-dixon line, 2 to 4 inches possible. atwest of the metro area, one or two inches possible. >> this is rockville pike, southbound 355, heading south of the beltway, into the works on where the water main break is south of that near cedar lane where only one right lane is getting by. this is just south of the beltway on a 355, stop and go into the work zone where they are working on the water main break. you may want to take an alternate towards downtown bethesda. we still have an accident on northbound interstate 95 at the occoquan, which is still blocking one left lane with delays up from dale city. after that you are good up to springfield. back to you. >> thank you. we're learning more about by the national park service wants to terminate the lease of a georgetown landmark. the parks service says jack's boathouse has been operating on a month-to-month lease since 1982. it was not under the name of the current owner. the agency wants a concession contract. there were told to leave in january, bu

that is the statement story up toward the mason-dixon line. let's take a look at those temperatures. right now, a chilly, cold for julie, 41 degrees at reagan national. 38 at dulles. yesterday's highs were in the 40s. today, we are going to be talking about a day where temperatures are close to seasonal. so spotty showers are what we're speaking about. as we move through into the course of tonight, lows are going to be kicking around into our 40s in the overnight hours. so not all bad. as we move through into the course of the day, can't give you much in sunshine at all. mainly overcast skies. 51-degree for your daytime high. >> i think you kind of have to put like an asterisk next to the temperature. it is like, for julie wright, cold. you know what i mean. >> not cold for the canadian. >> you know what we're talking about. we have to put that in there for you. >> i'm a beach girl so anything like below 70, it is cold. i heard somebody on twitter talking about rain in hagerstown right now. as you were saying, some height showers. expect that

montgomery county, frederick county, closer to the mason- dixon line.ere is your forecast. 45 is the high temperature. quickly sliding down 330's. -- sliding down to be 30's. i think we will be in the 30's, just above freezing. warmer than yesterday's. we may have of you out morning sprinkles northwest of washington. otherwise, a dry day near 50. that is average. noticed the bumpy day temperature-wise. we will get shot down into the 40's. >> why can that not be on sunday? >> timing is not on -- timing is never perfect. >> you are too kind. >> here is what is coming up -- the stars are shining bright. the grammy nominations are out. we will tell you who got the big knots and to was notand john muhamed's ex-wife is speaking now. today, she will talk to katie >> one wisconsin teenager proving that beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. the dread ugly christmas sweater is a big deal for the 18-year- old, who bought as many as he did find. he got them at three shops and yard sales across six states. he is selling them online. >> wow. >> the nominees fo

a few light showers here to the south and to areas of the west near the mason-dixon line as well andockets of freezing rain here and there popping up especially to the northwest. we'll keep an eye on that. we are talking just very spotty and light in nature. some of you will only see a few sprinkles. some of you won't see anything at all. this is not a washout situation at all. i do anticipate seeing a little bit more of this developing as we move into the late overnight hours as well. what we're dealing with is spotty showers late into the course of tonight and the overnight and the overnight lows are going to be kicking through into mainly the 40s president-elect you much everywhere. we'll see a few lower temperatures but otherwise not bad. also looking at this moisture developing into some fog as well as we move through overnight and into the hours of your morning. the time we get through into the midday today, more clouds and less sun. we'll be approximately 49- degree. our day tomorrow high today will be exactly where we should be, seasonal as we head through to the low others.

a little bit of paint showing at the mason dixon line. a little bit of snow baby -- maybe mixing into these areas. nothing i am terribly worried about. it is very light and very foggy. our temperatures are better this morning compared to yesterday. that is the good news. 38 degrees at dulles. 39 degrees at reagan national. let's take a look at our express forecast for the rest of today. cloudy skies, stray showers, and by noon, we will dry up a little bit. at 47 degrees. we do have a chance of showers returning this evening. saturday and sunday, the weekend is on our doorstep, but unfortunately, the clouds will remain. rain will linger into early next week. >> good morning. we are off to a quiet start. the only problem i see is the construction still clearing in the georgetown area. it is not causing any delays. they're pretty much on schedule. check this out 395, across the 14th street bridge, this is important. no construction, nothing blocking either direction. this is good. beltway, tysons, beltway silver springs, lanes are open. the

by this evening, 5:00, most of this will be north of the mason- dixon line. then we're going to watch the next storm system really start to take ship as we head into tuesday night and wednesday throwing the rain and maybe some early snow our way. but this is going to be a rain event for the most part for us here in washington. 43 rain this afternoon. some mix north and west. tonight back in the low to mid- 30s with areas of fog. rain will end by midnight. tomorrow 48. so a decent tuesday with rain and wind on wednesday. perhaps an early mix west of town. thursday looks windy and saturday night may be the rain ending as a little bit of snow. 5:18ing timesaver traffic -- 5:18, timesaver traffic. >>> a chilly commute to be sure but not a whole lot more to talk about on this christmas eve morning. volume nice and light. you're without company as you make your way along the main lines. normally cars are pretty well packed in on the outer loop at new hampshire avenue but traffic flows freely with plenty of space between the cars a. great ride from college park towa

usf with the 12-point lead, mason-dixon close, but they still lose. a.u. played sixth ranked kansas today, losing 89-57. hard to talk basketball when everybody wants to talk about the redskins. >> i think some fans are coming down. >> the tickets are still pricey. >> $1200. >> if they included a big thick >> virginia woman says instead of finding a new high pad in frof a box of packaging, she got a bunch of notepads. she said she got the runaround from walmart until she called the media for help. the family got an upgraded ipad for their troubles. they're encouraging other people to double check before they leave the store. >> ipad, notepad not the same thing. >> not quite. >> at least she got it taken care of.

the threat of showers really moves into pennsylvania along and north of the mason-dixon line for tomorrowtomorrow night, even into saturday morning we're looking at potential showers north of us. sunshine saturday afternoon. so temperatures will be going up into the 50s tomorrow and 60s i think by saturday. 46 today. tonight we'll be about 35. maybe a few upper 20s north and west. could be an early shower tomorrow so that's changed from this morning. still i think we'll be milder. low, maybe mid-50s. but low to mid-60s saturday. that shower threat mainly north and west. by sunday we're looking at low 60s. still a shower threat. so the redskins and ravens game at fed ex field will be mild. you can also watch it right here on wusa at 1:00 sunday. a mild morning. chance of storms. turning cooler on tuesday and wednesday. it's petline thursday. this is angela robinson from the oldies but goodies cocker spaniel rescue. this is lulu celebrating the holidays. >> she's forward some snow. she has a little hat and scarf on here. >> she's beautiful now but when you got her, she was kind of a mess. >

away to freedom, and one of the things that struck me is that although we tend to think about the mason dixon line and the ohio river and once you got to the other side, you were free, and i tended to focus on the first half of the nationtives, the experience of enslavement in the south, that when you got to the other side, a very powerful thing was the gray areas of freedom and how procare yows life was in the so-called free state, and how many runaways felt the need to either go to canada or britain because there was no way of really achieving freedom because of the fugitive slave laws, and so these were really important. looking at the e emancipation statutes pass by individual states, and recognizing that basically they didn't free anybody with a rare exception. they only freed the children of slaves, and only when they became adults, depending on the age and gender and the state in each particular case, and then the very gray areas when courts seemedded to -- seemedded to be okay with former slaves indentured. some enslaved, emancipation by the statutes, ended up signs multiyears, if not

a mix of rain, sleet, and snow along the mason-dixon line.d and brandi, back to you. >>> it's not just alabama we're talking about. tornadoes have touched down in other areas. parts of rural louisiana, mississippi. a lot of different areas in the south being hit with the severe weather. >> absolutely. we're not just talking about tornadoes. cleveland is bracing for a major blizzard. stores that were open there on christmas, started to empty out. salt trucks are ready for the storm. but this is no ordinary storm on its way later this morning. they're expecting nonstop snow for three hours or more to give you a sense of how severe this storm is going to be. >> hunker down. >>> and a series of avalanches in california's tahoe resort area has claimed a second life. veteran ski patroller bill foster was buried for about eight minutes after the intentionally started avalanche got out of hand. a snowboarder in a separate resort also died in an avalanche. the area got several inches of snow over the weekend, creating dangerous conditions. >>> in newt

winter weather revised rates issued for the potomac highlands already, along the mason-dixon line, across much of west virginia. that is 2-4 to be expected there. you can really see the rain/snow caught off. very little cumulations expected east of the metro. we will see heavier amounts year in the range of 1-4 inches. you have to get to the mountains if you want anything more than that. maybe around an inch in d.c. just a fair amount of clouds expected today throughout the day. and then the system moving in late tonight into the morning. you will be waking up to snow. that is coinciding with a rain/snow line. we will likely see a mixed in d.c. roads will be fine by late in the day. , today, 39-43. cloudy skies tonight, snow developing overnight, 25-32 degrees. a mix on saturday morning, drying up late in the day. just breezy on sunday. looking good for the rest of the week ended to the new year. let's check on traffic with steve. >> we start with an accident northbound 95 in virginia at the occoquan river on the left side of the road, causing delays from the prince william parkway -- act

metro stays clear but we are seeing steadier downpours along the mason-dixon line to the north. overnight clouds stick around but the rain tapers off. temperatures will stay in the 40s tonight. then tomorrow the partial clearing i talked about is going to help boost our temperatures out of the 50s and, yes, into the 60s. not bad for early on in december. we are forecasting quite a few changes as we head into the coming week ahead. so here's what you need to know for today. high temperatures right around the lower range to middle 50s for reagan national. we should see a few of those upper 40s off toward the north but still not bad for a december day. tonight's temperatures mieldz by comparison to -- mild by comparison to what we've been through. most of us in the 40s. we shouldn't see any of -- we should see 30s early on saturday morning. it looks like we stick with a green alert for saturday and for sunday. temperatures will be a little milder as we head into the beginning of next week. although we have a slight cooldown for that sunday game between the ravens and the redskins.

you can see a few flurries the area, especially toward the mason-dixon. temperatures in the 30's.is in >>> we didn't get to see any of the images from new jersey yet, so we go first to linda's picture. she sent it on facebook. a beautiful pasture with the fresh snow. next up, oh, such a nice sunrise in north carolina. thank you for sending in photos. please send more. snow, ice, i don't care what it is. just send them @ginger_zee. >> whatever pictures you have send them over to ginger. all right. ginger, thanks. >>> we are just a day away from the start of new year's celebrations. here in new york they've been testing dropping confetti from the big times square ball drop and out in california, volunteers are in a feverish rush to put the finishing touches on one of america's other great new year's traditions, the annual tournament of roses parade. brandi hitt joins us to show us how it's done. good morning, brandi. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. what a fun assignment. if you've ever wondered what it takes to build these floats, we went to work and got our hands dirty. ♪ everyt

here, we're seeing a pocket of heavier rainfall close to the mason dixon line, then spotty showers hereughout the course of the day, this is what we'll be dealing with. back to our maps again, please. we'll end up seeing showers off and on here and there with a little bit of drizzle and the clouds. and so you just have to anticipate it. colder air pushing in behind a stronger front that's going to move our way. you can see how the temperatures are here. but in the meantime, that frontal system moves north as a warm front and all this warmth from the south is what's going to impact us. we are going to see a big temperature difference, but where the cooler air is now, they are dealing with a lot of snow through areas of the upper midwest. they have had a lot of blowing snow there and just dealing with blizzard-like conditions in some of those locations. for us, we are dealing with just the rain and it's going to be sticking around a little bit. so that stationery frontal system will move to the north as a warm front. moving into monday, big boost in those temperatures. that's where we're

there's also some self of the mason-dixon and i wondered if each one of you could take the edge admiral buchanan and the federal it may be on the mississippi first fleet to defend new orleans and then to defend memphis but if you would talk a little bit about the senior command of the confederate navy. >> buchanan was an old sea dog that joined the navy during the war of 1812. that wasn't unusual. he was still a teenager and that was pretty much difficult for the were found that he would join as a teenager and learn on the job, so she had been a naval officer for almost half a century by the time the civil war that broke out and we were talking about loyalty. here is a border state individually born in baltimore actually, but he grew up in pennsylvania which is clearly a northern state. his wife was from the eastern shore of maryland which is a very pro southern slave oriented economic culture so he did struggle the two sides and he was conflicted about what to do in terms of his loyalty. in 1861 there was a riot in the streets of baltimore said on the baltimore massacre. he assumed mar

along the mason-dixon line north of interstate 80., back to you. >> thank you, andrew. >> you talk about the tornadoes. this storm has potential to be one of the christmas day tornado outbreaks on record. and now there's more danger as andrew just mentioned as the storm moves east. >> and the blizzard, very dangerous. when you hear law enforcement put out the warnings that say if you don't have to go on the roads, don't go on the roads. sometimes we take that for grant it. but these warnings are there for a reason. if you don't have to be out, if you don't have to be traveling, stay home and enjoy the holidays with the family. >> good advice right now. >>> that same storm system dumped several feet of snow on california over the weekend, causing avalanches. and now we're told a second person has die. veteran ski paroler bill foster was burr yesterday about eight minutes after the avalanche got out of hand. a snowboarder in another resort also died in a separate avalanche. the tahoe area ended up getting several feet of snow over the w

it also, however, is noticeably above the mason-dixon line. it is doing much better.ow there are whole parts of the country where it's not good to be gay. >> it was so ground breaking for, you know, for a serious moment for president obama to come out on this even if he was shoved by joe because he breaks ground for so many different communities. you have the president saying this. that's huge. you have a person of color saying this. then you have a muslim coming out. we are not what you think. >> that's definitely true. >> it's not true that the president is muslim. >> i think, you know, like i want to celebrate all the victories but we know your audience agrees with the victories because they are terrible monsters. >> some of them. >> i want to say to mostly democrats watching, sorry, i think it's time we stop supporting any democrat who can't get on stage next to a homophobe and say you are ridiculous. they are saying it's going to ruin the sanctity of marriage. you are the only one that can ruin your marriage. they act like if gay people can marry in all the unite

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accumulations one to two inches west of town and that is especially up towards hagerstown and north of the mason-dixonas we head on into the afternoon and evening hours. as the moisture pushes through, it will become more of a rain- snow mix from the beltway to points south where as southeastern portions of the viewing region will see predominantly rain for the later morning and afternoon hours. in all, it is fairly overcast skies. we're starting to see some haze and, yes, a wet pavement at regan national airport and a little bit of overcast skies. we are mixing with that rain and snow through the 9:00 hour. by 12:00, we shift over to all rain. the temperatures not budging too much. we're sitting at 39 degrees at this hour for regan national. we should make it to about 40 degrees by noon and then holding that temperature fairly steady into the afternoon and all -- and in all it will be partly cloudy overnight tonight. here is what you need to nee as you get out and about on this saturday morning, temperatures are in the 30s. for most of us we are freezing and seeing only a parent rain- snow mix and te

but farther north, north of the mason dixon line, it is all snow. and it will continue to snow. and sometimes we say snow makes snow. because if the ground is covered in snow, the air above it stays cooler. if the air is cooler, you have a chance of rain or snow, what will it be? you have this ripple effect, one thing after another effect and so more snow heading even into new york city for tomorrow night. now, there is rain now moving into new orleans here, baton rouge seeing very heavy rain, could get a little flooding here, some quick flooding, it will go away quickly. here across parts of mississippi, alabama, even into atlanta, rain coming in, and then along that line, right where the snow is now. don, would you believe, 65% of the u.s. right now is covered with some type of snow. inch or more. 65%. the most we could get at all last year was 45% in february. 48%. we're better than that. and really, you know, it is just starting. this is winter, just starting. the snow does move across the north anywhere from north of memphis right through evansville, cincinnati, columbus, o

even today of what racism really is and what it is about to come everything below the mason-dixon line not new york. if you lived in tomorrow night what, elsewhere in the heartland you may think there is not part of the story. part of the chicago race right it use see a young black man who has been stoned to death after a 13 year-old boy has been murdered at a beach because he swam across the cochlea's color line. african-americans ended up homeless. but you describe the idyllic racially integrated hyde park now the home of the first family. bombs going off two years before? what is going on? >> guest: it is fascinating because phoebe phoebe, her great-grandmother lived in hyde park. that is a big deal. somebody recommended to me the chicago commission study of the race riot when i discovered the bombings to african-american moving into hyde park there was a campaign to move them out realized my goodness. >> it was not parlor conversation but propaganda. remarkable. i cannot remember how many that began before and continued after. it was a striking time. talking to her relatives i lear