. >> under mostly clear skies, temperatures will fall into the teens across most of the mid- atlantic. the belfort furniture weather center, 28 degrees at reagan national, 23 hagerstown, 18 degrees elkins. the bigger story is the wind chill factors, falling into the single digits. we will fall into the teens with the wind out of the board at 10- 15. another cold day ahead, plenty of sunshine. are you ready? we have a warmup on the way. we will look at the extended outlook in a few minutes. >>> people who were out and about tonight cannot escaped the frigid temperatures. john gonzalez is live in arlington. >> many people are not enjoying the weather. from dead car batteries to people stuck on the potomac river, people are feeling the effects of the cold weather and it times is proving to be very dangerous. d.c. fire and ems says this has been an extremely -- they have been very busy rescuing people from the potomac and they're issuing a stern warning. the only safe ice is at an ice rink. >> people forget how cold it gets here. >> this is the coldest it has been this early in the d.c. a

mid-atlantic, same story. 19 in new york, only 1 did he grienz boston.en you factor the wind in with the temperatures this is what it actually feels like when you step outside. minus 1 in the nation's capital. minus 5 at dulles, and only 0 in baltimore. so you have to bcareful, as i mentioned. hypothermia another issue to be dealt with with this kind of condition. yesterday we struggled to get to 30 at national. didn't make it at dulles or baltimore. temperatures some 13 to 14 degrees below seasonal. a bit of up-slope snow showers across areas of our west. that left anywhere from four to six inches of snowfall. a winter weather advisory in effect from tonight at 6:00 until 6:00 a.m. on monday. andhat's the areas here in the brighter blue. elsewhere, it's a windchill advisory until 6:00 a.m. on monday. they're still talk another two to six inches of snowfall possible. we're not alone. take a look at temperatures across the country from the midsection all the way down the mid-atlantic. those temperatures very much on the cool side. a ridge of high pressure

the jet stream is going to buckle a little bit in the mid-atlantic region which means it is going to push to the north. tomorrow we're going to see high temperatures warmer than today. we'll be in the up r 40's to around 50. at the same time there is a little dip in the jet stream. moving across texas developing an area of low pressure in the gulf of mexico. you see the direction of movement here. this area of low pressure will develop in the gulf of mexico and right up toward us over the weekend stand you recall, that's what happened back in december when we had that big storm. the difference is this time there is no cold air for this to play with. it is going to be mostly rain instead of snow for us. 45 today. lots of sunshine. same thing tomorrow. it will turn a little bit cooler on saturday but still dry with a high temperature near 42 and then the clouds will ticken up on sunday and a good chance for rain. a couple of flakes possibly mixing in late sunday night into monday morning but even then i think it will be mostly rain. really this is not going to be a big deal. don't worr

satellite-radar composite for the mid-atlantic.ere is snow falling in western and central pennsylvania. extreme western maryland will see a little more snow during the course of the day and muh of that area got snow yesterday. hence the school delays out there. for us, for today, here is what we're looking at. i won't rule out snow for us today. a few flurries. nothing accumulating but a few flurries here and there. still windy at times. that will be your main story. cold with localities of clouds around. high only about 32 degrees. then, for your five-day forecast, here is what we're looki at. again, below normal temperatures for the next several days. we're going to see highs only in the 30s this week. thursday night into friday, the models are suggesting a coastal storm will form. some of the models are keeping that storm to our south so it would not impact us very much. but there is always a possibility that might not be the case and we could see accumulating snow. right now, the chance of that, 50-50 thursday night into friday

we have cold temperatures through the tennessee valley, ohio valley and then in the mid-atlantic. we're seeing that chill in the air. that will be a factor through the night tonight into tomorrow morning. here's what it looks like closer here. 24 degrees in salisbury. 25 in baltimore. 24 in d.c. 22 in hagerstown. seven in oakland. the windchill factor is making it feel like minus 11. it's pretty chilly at this time. clouds will gather as we go through the overnight. a few flakes might work their way into the forecast. tomorrow we may get a few snow showers across the area with cold air in place. we've got this area of low pressure that is bringing down the cold air out of cannad aas well as pafrts the great lakes around cleveland. looking at a snowfall in pennsylvania. buffalo, they're always used to that. we may get a few flakes. temperatures across the region, looking at cold temperatures in the north. that will be sustained through the night tonight into tomorrow. futurescan showing not a lot of activity, as far as precipitation over baltimore. like i said, a few snowflakes may

exceptionally windy weather across the mid-atlantic and up and down the eastern seaboard and current temperatures are already on their way down to the low and mid 20s. single digit wind chills out there early this evening. those will still be out there first thing tomorrow morning so the weather service issued a wind chill advisory from the western suburbs to the shenandoah valley and off to the west of the west virginia panhandle and portions of western maryland and the wind chill values will be in the single digits above zero. snowfall? a little light snow, especially far northern maryland and southern pennsylvania. most if not all of the snowflakes will dry up before they get to washington though it will still be plenty cold. current temperatures and wind chills won't be much improfrd as we get through tomorrow. not as bad of a d but wind can chills in the high teens and low 20s as opposed to upper single digits. the big area of low pressure over the gulf of maine moving away but that sets the stage for high arctic high pressure to come in from the

you take a look at the highs today, and anywhere across the mid atlantic, that was it at the water'sal cold stuff here. these are the wind gusts at the top of the hour. obviously these have died down some. and as we go past sunset. but now, these are really beginning to unwind just a little bit. it'll still be breezy tonight. and still a breezy day tomorrow. pwhráus rei. they won't feel warm in anyway. a little less brutal, i think, as you head out there through the day tomorrow. it feels very brutal for them. and a little snow up there in western pennsylvania. not going to affect us any time soon. that is a windy day where they will begin to die down, especially as we go into the day on tuesday. you'll notice the big difference there by tuesday afternoon. and our forecast model, keeping it cloudy around here and tomorrow, the chance for some light snow. particularly out in the western part of the state. but we could see a few flurries for them by tomorrow afternoon. and remember, first thing tomorrow morning, heading back to work or school with the wind, it'll feel much more like th

here's comcast sportsnet's mid- atlantic's jill sorenson. >> for our last practice we could play head. >> yea! >> we do head coach. >> reporter: this is fun for demaris smith the executive director of the nfl players association by day and a coach for his 10-year-old son allen and his baseball team in silver vince, maryland, by night. >> tag -- in silver springs, maryland, by night. >> tag him! >> reporter: the intensity and passion you see here is smith's day job as union smith named the successor to the late and edge legendary gene upshaw in march, the man everyone calls dean has not slowed down. >> i've been on the job six months. i've probably been on the road three and a half, four months solid. >> reporter: he was seen as an outsider to get the job with former players as the front runners. his background as a trial lawyer was far from the experience of an nfl player. >> i definitely think that's a positive that he was an outsider, you know, guy coming in, he doesn't have all the connections or, you know, any preconceived notions of what was happening before and, you know, can he

some very cold air in place in the mid-atlantic and down to the south.oly moley, omaha is 14 degrees below. normens, 37 degrees. little rock at 25. wichita, 12. this is certainly the coldest air of the season in parts of the country. and we will continue. look at how much of the nation is cold. crazy. dallas, 27 degrees. it is warmer in dallas by only three degree right now. currently, here a look at the satellite-radar. a lot of clouds across the central and southern plains. a lot of clouds across much of the eastern u.s. across the mountain states, things look good but in the northwest, it is cloudy. today, 32 degrees is the hi. all of these temperatures below normal. thursday night, folk are talking about -- or ask me about snow, snow, are we going to see snow? there is about a 50%chance right now. what i can't tell you is how much snow and frankly, there is a chance that most of that snow would not impact us. so we have to do a lot of fine tuning with that one but yes, a threat of snow thursday night into friday. >> did you call me frankly? >> no, i

look at the mid-atlantic to seaboard. the temperatures on the cool side and we're looking at the windchills, you factor in the temperature and the wind this is what it feels like. 8 degrees in the district. one in hagerstown, dulles and baltimore. that is what we're talking about. the weather is dangerous in terms of the temperature and windchill. hypothermia a reality. he temperatures in the teens and with the winds again, continue to see the windchills in single digits. struggling to make the 30 degrees mark at national airport and didn't make it at dulles or baltimore either. we're not alone. look at the country. you can psycho where the cold airportic air is. and the northeast. the snow we talked about with the winter weather warnings to the west, pushing in from areas from ohio and to the north of us los angeles and that is when we're going see a chance of flurries through into the extended period. so far totals from 6 to 10 inches of snowfall. the coldest air sticking around this season so far, a ridge of high press

and here is a look at mid- atlantic.mperatures, look at boston at 12 degrees and 15 in new york. 4 in pittsburgh. now the winds are light to breezy. anywhere fm 7-13 miles per hour, even 16. but the windchills are single- digits in many locations including 7 at national airport. and to the far west, a windchill advisory in affect. there it's going to feel like it's minus 5 to minus 10. this ends at 10:00 on sunday, today. the winds there are very strong. more details on the warmup in my five-day forecast. back to you. >> gwen, thank you. >>> coming up next in the buzz bin. a first for charlie sheen since his domestic violence arrest. details are minutes away. >>> a 911 call and shedding new light on the death of eric casey johnson.  >>> topping the buzz bin this morning, iis back to work for actor charlie sheen. he filmed his first show since being arrested. he stars in the comedy two and a half men. his wife told police he put a knife to her throat but the actor denies that accusation. >>> new details a

for us here in the mid-atlantic, bright sunshine, but it's a chilly sunshine, no doubt about that. the polar plunge, at least one more night with record-breaking cold down intohe great state of florida. for us, won't be breaking any records, but nonetheless, it's a cold day to be on the outside today. that northwesterly wind will stay around for much of the late morning and early afternoon hours. that takes the winds away overnight tonight. we're watching a chance of a low pressure area zipping in through late monday, early tuesday. could bring some conversation snowflakes to the area. file that in your memory banks for monday night and tuesday morning. probably just flurries here in e washington area. might get some light snow in the higher spots north and west of town. the extended forecast, 34 today. 37 tomorrow, 37 once the snowflakes are gone tuesday afternoon. wednesday, mostly sunny, an above-average day coming up for wednesday, thursday, and friday. and then some colder weather and maybe a chance for some precipitation next weekend. >> this is one of the wettest winters i c

when will mother nature release her icy grip on the mid-atlantic region and the northeast? you're watching msnbc sunday. >>> right now on msnbc, break news. the u.s. embassy in yemen has been shut down after ongoing fears of an al qaeda attack in the region. >>> weather warning. a record cold snap in parts of the country. the weather channel forecast is ahead. >>> new pictures as an unhappy elephant runs into a crowd. we'll tell what you may have set him off, whether anybody was injured. >>> also, how hollywood plans to top a monster year at the box office. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm david chuter in today for alex witt. we'll have all those stories. >>> plus, the big changes coming to your credit card account. >>> first up, this sunday morning we're following breaking news. an active threat by al qaeda has forced a closure of the u.s. embassy in yemen. the suspect in the christmas day plane bombing attempts as he got his marching orders from al qaeda in yemen. an emerging front in the war on terror. all 500 u.s. embassy employees in yemen have been instructed to stay

we think there will still be delays here across the northeast, even the mid-atlantic, but they'll be lesser, maybe 15 to 30 mibz. and then cleveland and pittsburgh due to sma-some lake effect snows, we'll talk about this weather system, what we can expect for tomorrow, as well as another arctic blast coming up a little bit later in the show. don? >> i want to get back to cnn's chief business correspondent ali velshi on board a plane at newark. ali, how much longer are you hearing now? >> reporter: we've been here for almost two hours now. flight 1800 from continental from ft. lauderdale. alina gave you the picture inside the airport. i'm on the other side. i wasn't one of those that was able to get down fast enough for us to get out of the plane. so while alina was outside, i'm on the tarmac. we've been told by the captain when we landed that we'd be an hour to an hour and a half on the plane. now it looks like he just said to us about ten minutes ago that it might be another hour. there's just no information because what's happening is since they're not allowing any planes to leave

. >>> new details this morning on the winter storm that is affecting all of us in the mid-atlantic regioneast. a foot of snow is already on the ground in maine, with more on the way and this as temperatures from the south to the plains drop to new lows. meteorologist alex wallace joins us live from the weather channel in atlanta. alex, good morning. >> good morning to you. you said it all there, david. it is cold, cold and that's the big story here for us. want it take you up towards the ice box of the u.s., international falls here in minnesota, that dropped down into the minus 30s this morning. in fact, the past couple morning we've been talking about some record lows here. so very, very cold stuff, indeed. we're not going to warm up a whole lot across the country as we head through this afternoon. we're talking about highs here for us across portions of the plains, in the 20s. all the way down into the south, miami, well that's a bargain, 65 for at least the folks in the northern plains, but even for the folks in sf south florida, that's pretty cold. should be in the 70s. boston around

the southern and central plains will be hit pretty hard with some snow, but in the northeast and mid-atlantictates, we do see a very big snowstorm in the middle of february with possible blizzard conditions in new england. >> wow, okay, so, long and very kind of deep winter for so many. how about the rest of the year? does it look like to normalize itself or no? >> mother nature likes to go with the checks and balances at us, but farmer's almanac long-range predictions shows april wet but warming up, and then it's going to really warm up and july's really going to be a hot one. so, if you can hang on, july's the month to take vacation. >> if you like it really hot. >> true, true. >> the rest of us are like, not so much. so, you're saying april rains, summer and then how about the fall and the winter? are we looking that far ahead yet or do you have to come up with the next forecast? >> actually, 2010 farmer's almanac contains weather through december it looks like a pretty warm summer on tap, fall looks pretty nice and we don't divulge too much of the winter until next august. >> good. we'll

here's comcast sportsnet's mid- atlantic's jill sorenson. >> for our last practice we could play head coach. >> yea! >> we do head coach. >> reporter: this is fun for demaris smith the executive director of the nfl players association by day and a coach for his 10-year-old son allen and his baseball team in silver vince, maryland, by night. >> tag -- in silver springs, maryland, by night. >> tag him! >> reporter: the intensity and passion you see here is smith's day job as union smith named the successor to the late and edge legendary gene upshaw in march, the man everyone calls dean has not slowed down. >> i've been on the job six months. i've probably been on the road three and a half, four months solid. >> reporter: he was seen as an outsider to get the job with former players as the front runners. his background as a trial lawyer was far from the experience of an nfl player. >> i definitely think that's a positive that he was an outsider, you know, guy coming in, he doesn't have all the connections or, you know, any preconceived notions of what was happening before and, you know,

. >> focus on the mid-atlantic and pushing up north. that snow mash is prlt well dried up.ise here. winds aren't as strong. at the airport, officially, 20. 30.29 the pressure. that's higher up. also cold, dense air sitting overhead. pasadena 21. fort meed. randallstown only 19. doesn't show up there. i have the report. got the call on the other side of the bay. feeling like 13. feeling like 1 degree when you factor in the winds. satellite picture, no clouds here or in new england. that's yt game will be played today. northerlyly wind also keep us chilled. the next weather disturbance will come out of the north plains and push the high to the south keeping us cold a couple more days and increase the clouds by sunday. ravens game today, plenty of sunshine and chilly conditions. 22-25. wind chill will factor about 10-15 degrees. seven day forecast. freezing tomorrow. sunset to overnight showers. tuesday, dry and 37. wednesday, 42, thursday, 46. by saturday and sunday, we'll pick up some cloud asnd ma maybe a little rain or snow. many consumers looking to clear their debt and h

in the mid-atlantic of bermuda wallace's boat caught fire and sank.from a lifeboat. ♪ it was a magnificent spectacle. the dax had had completely burnt away. as it heaved and rolled and the swells of the sea presented its interior to us, a liquid flame, a fiery furnace tossing r elentlessly on the surface of the ocean. i thought at the time that all the reward of my four years of deprivation and danger was lost how many times had i dragged myself sick with malaria into the jungle to catch a glimpse of some rare or beautiful species. how many places where no european foot but my own had trotted would have been recalled to me by the rare birds and insects they had furnished to my collection? now everything was gone. i had not one specimen left to illustrate the wonderful, wild scenes that i have beheld. but wallace's resilience was incredible. no sooner did he make his way back to england he financed a new expedition, this time to malaysia. he wrote a fantastic book about the home of the orangutan, the home of the birds of paradise. he was the first euro

in the mid-atlantic, offer bermuda, wallace's boat caught fire and sank. a fiery furnace bobbing and tossing, relentlessly on the surface of the ocean. and i -- i thought at that time that all the reward of my four years of deprivation and danger was lost. how many times had i dragged myself sick with malaria in to the jungle to catch a glimpse of some rare or beautiful species? how many -- how many places where no european foot but my hone had todayen would have been recalled to me by the rare birds and insects they had furnished to my collection, and now, everything was gone. and i had not one specimen left to illustrate the wonderful, wild scenes that i had beheld. but wallace's resilience was incredible. no sooner did he make his way back to england, at the financed a new expedition, this time to malaysia, wrote a fantastic book about the home of the orentanf, the home of paradise. he was the first european to study apes in the wild, not always with their cooperation, as you can see. he had a very interesting and productive life after that. one of his

lot of those are employees who work with the government in the mid-atlantic business. when we walked into a member of congress's office, they are new york based, we have 800 employees in new york city, to leverage those employees from time to time who are not only speaking on behalf -- it is the magic word constituent. when you are speaking -- this is what you are talking about, grass roots. if you come at it from all angles to influence policy, here is where microsoft or my company is on this issue, you have your employee who references that company but there also a constituent of there's, that becomes very critical and can make a big difference in your lobbying campaign. these are the things you can't rule out every day but there may be issues and there will be issue on an annual basis that rise to the level where you want to go to your employee base and will you call your member of congress, when you send an e-mail or twitter or go on facebook or come to washington and help us lobby on this issue so they can put that constituent hat on. >> i have a question with reg

everybody from the plains off to the northeast down to the mid-atlantic are dealing with significant wind. that is due to this coastal low that is going to bring lake effect snow showers but also storm that you mentioned to northern new england. he it is on the radar and you can see a few bands of lake effect snow that will ramp up over the weekend. a lot of snow will come down, one to three inches, but the big snow maker is this low pressure system that is sitting off to the coast. it's going to deepen as it continues to move to the north. snow will get heavier, we could be seeing blizzard conditions from portland up to bangor. but the meantime it will cause significant snowfall from new hampshire all the way up to parts of main. >> so the darker shades of blue we could see a foot plus by the end of this sunday. we'll keep you posted. >> julie: okay, domenica davis, thank you very much. >> gregg: one of the big questions in the failed christmas day terror attack, where were the trained air marshals. coming up, we'll be talking to a former air marshal on what could and should have be

back here in the mid-atlantic typically cold for january. not going to set any records.ss a cold bundle up morning. wind chills are in the single digits at this point in time. high pressure building on in here over the next 24 to 36 hours. as a result that gusty northwesterly within that's out there will start to ease up by later this afternoon. after the sun goes down tonight the wind will die away quickly. that will set up a cold start on your monday morning. but tomorrow afternoon and evening, a little alberta clipper zips our way, bring clouds back to our skies tomorrow afternoon and a chance of a little light snow in the mountains monday night late and snow flurries here in the washington area first thing tuesday morning. doesn't look like anything in the way of accumulation but nonetheless conversational snowflakes possible monday night and tuesday morning. for today sunny and cold. wind chills hanging in thor teens to near 20. highs today up in the low to mid-30s area wide. your extended forecast calls for more cold weather tonight into tomorrow. clouds come back

my district has one of the most historic landscapes in the mid atlantic's. we have some the most productive farmland in the united states. valley forge, chester county, one of william penn's original three counties. the tradition of preserving the land and being good stewards of the earth has been passed down from generation to generation. we are not against progress, but we want to protect our heritage. having the needed energy to turn on lights and heat water is critically important to the quality of life of every american. however, the natural environment of communities contributes to quality of life as well. we need to make sure that all stakeholders are included in deciding where and when of these lines are cited. dialogue and compromise are key in the issue. it is critical to strike a delicate balance between the crucial needs of the country while maintaining open space areas that make the country beautiful and unique. as the committee continues to pursue this issue, i hope that we will hear from all affected parties. mr. chairman, i am grateful for th

here's comcast sportsnet's mid- atlantic's jill sorenson. >> for our last practice we could play headead coach. >> reporter: this is fun for demaris smith the executive director of the nfl players association by day and a coach for his 10-year-old son allen and his baseball team in silver vince, maryland, by night. >> tag -- in silver springs, maryland, by night. >> tag him! >> reporter: the intensity and passion you see here is smith's day job as union smith named the successor to the late and edge legendary gene upshaw in march, the man everyone calls dean has not slowed down. >> i've been on the job six months. i've probably been on the road three and a half, four months solid. >> reporter: he was seen as an outsider to get the job with former players as the front runners. his background as a trial lawyer was far from the experience of an nfl player. >> i definitely think that's a positive that he was an outsider, you know, guy coming in, he doesn't have all the connections or, you know, any preconceived notions of what was happening before and, you know, can he come in and kind of

we are seeing cold, not just here in the mid-atlantic, check out minneapolis right now. these are temperatures, not windchills, 9 below, and even down in miami, 45, atlanta, not so hot. atlanta, how about 18 degrees. sky watch we will take a look right now and see if there's anything in our future to worry about. you know what, i think we're starting off 2010 on a pretty good note al albeit a cold one. in major storms in the system. these temperatures will get up to around freezing for the daytime high for today. clouds and radar throughout the day today. we will see overcast skies with peaks of sunshine here and there. we will will call it an invariably cloudy day. the rain will push through. and we will see more sunshine tomorrow than we have today. the forecast on the eastern shore, we are call it around 33 degrees, partly sunny skies here in central maryland, maybe a flurry or 2, as we said flu 32 and in western maryland the forecast looking like this, with sunshine and 27 degrees chance of a snow flurry or 2. seven-day forecast, today 32 degrees, overnight low tempe

here's comcast sportsnet's mid- atlantic's jill sorenson. >> for our last practice we could play head coach. >> yea! >> we do head coach. >> reporter: this is fun for demaris smith the executive director of the nfl players association by day and a coach for his 10-year-old son allen and his baseball team in silver vince, maryland, by night. >> tag -- in silver springs, maryland, by night. >> tag him! >> reporter: the intensity and passion you see here is smith's day job as union smith named the successor to the late and edge legendary gene upshaw in march, the man everyone calls dean has not slowed down. >> i've been on the job six months. i've probably been on the road three and a half, four months solid. >> reporter: he was seen as an outsider to get the job with former players as the front runners. his background as a trial lawyer was far from the experience of an nfl player. >> i definitely think that's a positive that he was an outsider, you know, guy coming in, he doesn't have all the connections or, you know, any preconceived notions of what was happening before and, you know,

to build a high-speed train from philadelphia to pittsburgh, which would link the mid-atlantic corridorthe midwest would cost between 20 and $25 billion alone. a couple of weeks ago vice president biden had a meeting with six governors. it was a very interesting meeting. the governors are pushing for their own projects, 100-mile project. the midwest governors said they had a plan to link the midwestern cities up at 100, 110 miles per hour. governor kain said that there is a plan to link richmond and washington with 110 miles an hour. we can't make this effort building 100-mile an hour train systems. or else we are truly consigning ourselves to be a second-class nation when it comes to transporting our citizens. we have to look at the bullet trains. we have to look at improving. if we did the work we need on acela and amtrak we could go from new york to washington in one hour 30 minutes. we could confine or shuttle. by doing that we would improve east-west air traffic all over the eastern seaboard. we should not be flying people 500 miles or less. we should be putting them on a high-spee

and again, a lot of those are employees who work with the government in the mid-atlantic businesses. but it certainly becomes news when we walk into a member of congress office and say our new york cases that we have seven or 800 employees here in new york city. it's important to utilize in rutledge those employees from time to time who are not only speaking on behalf of the company, they're speaking on behalf of the magic word, constituents. you know, and when you're speaking and he gets back to a duel will talk about and grassroots. if you're coming at them from all angles and you're trying to implement a policy under saviors for a microsoft and here's where my company is on this issue. at design time, you got your employee who may represent that company but they're also a constituent of theirs that, you know, that becomes very critical and can really make a big difference in your lobbying campaign. again, these are the types of things you can't dwell it every day. but there may be issues and there will be issues on an annual basis that rise to the level where you want to go to the