meagan?matter what kerry does he is sort of tough on because he has mccain and graham's endorsement? >> presumably. there is something he could do, but he does have friends. he is one of the senators in the era when people still had friends on the other side of the aisle. i think it's quite likely that is he going to go through if -- and then scott brown, it looks like, is going to be our next senator in massachusetts. >> maybe. we'll be talking about that in the next block, which is a great segue. thank you, meagan. p.j. crowley, unfortunately, my friend, as usual, we don't have enough time to ask you all the questions. thank you for joining us. >> a pleasure, alex. >>> the latest 2016 buzz is not necessarily about hillary clinton or chris christie, but another notable face that has reached similar highs and lows. witness argo versus -- we will examine ben affleck's senate prospects coming up next. i always wait until the last minute. can i still ship a gift in time for christmas? yeah, sure

meagan is off today. she is getting right side for the new year's and tomorrow, the new years as well. someone else who has his ticket punched ready for the party tonight is mike masco. what are you doing tonight? >> what am i not doing tonight? nothing. i'm going to be in bed by 8:00. watch the rocking new year and rock myself back to sleep and back here tomorrow morning. living the life. maryland's most powerful doppler, clear overhead. eldersburg 26. baltimore 33. the deal is, it's a cold morning across locations. the clouds this afternoon will be in place. it's mostly cloudy skies, temperatures struggling to get to 40. going in to 2013, cloudy, we are dry. could be a spot shower that develops by tuesday afternoon, new years day. we will talk about that coming up. it doesn't look like a big deal. it's a cold start. new years eve, the clouds are around, man, does it get cold. the arctic attack moves in later in the week. we will talk about that forecast in a little bit. let's talk traffic with loren coo

meagan is off today for this, the final day of 2012. how are things going to be out there weather wise? first, got to know how it's going to be today. here is mike masco. >>> we will do a lot of clouds this afternoon, a cool note. look at the temperatures, 27 baltimore, stevensville, easton be 1. a wind right now. making the temperatures feel like it's in to the teens in spots. manchester, one of the spots. 21 baltimore. chilly start this morning, that will give way to clouds today. if you notice on the satellite picture, a lot of broken clouds across the region. that's the deal towards the afternoon hours. temperatures around 43 degrees. it's a bitter blast as we head in to the end of the week. more coming up in a little bit. now a check on traffic early, loren cook, problems? >>> fortunately the jfx is clear heading downtown. no problems whatsoever. everything remaining up to speed on 95 through the fort mc henry, harbor going to be in great shape. on the beltway, here is a live look outside, the west side, traffic along, no problems

rick: senior producer meagan. she is pricing the show. nephews, liam and luke. ainsley: you're great executive producer lauren peterson, her nieces morgan and jenna. how pretty. clayton: lauren and her wonderful family as well. michael tomero from fox light. spending his christmas however. rick: yeah. clayton: he is watching "fox and friends" on his plane in the vacation. ainsley: that is awesome. rick: can't figure out what we're doing. ainsley: clayton is scratching his neck. clayton: got a rash. rick: thanks a lot. ainsley: thanks for everything you do for us. get this, travel safely. clayton: thanks, michael. we want to check in with santa. he has been here all morning long after the long night of delivering gifts to all the sweet little boys and girls and how are you holding up this morning, santa? >> i'm doing very well. but i'm ready for that rest. clayton: you have 30 minutes left of our show answering e-mails and tweets from viewers around the country and around the world. steve wants to know, he tweeted, what is the top speed for your sleigh? get up to