. >>> tonight in new england new england -- tonight in new england crews are stairing at another work of snow. work began just outside of boston. beantown is expected to get two to four inches. places like new hampshire and maine could see close to a foo. nothing like a light coating some of us saw this morning. what can we expect tonight? hopefully nothing like that in our way, wyatt? >> most of us did not see snow. an earn or two of slush that quickly melted by mid-morning but we have the chance, a few more flakes could fly overnight. let's take a look at maryland's most powerful radar. i wish i could tell you that's an april fool's. i cannot. you see a much more active radar pitch. these are not heavy showers. we have snow showers, sleet showers back out to western maryland and beyond. thrp lea not heavy but they are numerous and mr. track steadily in our area as a clipper system arrives. it will keep things from being sunnier. today was 10 degrees below average. a few rain showers possible. we'll talk about the rest of your weekend coming up. >>> now to the economy, news from lay

this system will wrap up the new england storm, towards the new england area, be a big storm for new gland is kind of what i meant to say there but a wrap around precipitation will still be a plaguing maryland, keeping us damp, dreary and ugly into the day tomorrow. cloudy, i think less showers, but still ugly an then saturday we've got a new disturbance, a weak one, comes in out of the north. that could actually keep us cloudy and kind of a little bit deery saturday, looks a little better. sunday finally drying out and the o's opener 60, could be a few showers. overnight tonight, more rain, brief wintery mix, cloudy through the day tomorrow, still rainy, rainy evening showers tomorrow night. i know. not the -- april showers, isn't that right? isn't that what they say. i wish i could tell you it's an april fools joke. it's not. sunday, looking ahead to next week, temperatures milder but still some showers and storms around. back to you guys. >> the oils don't play until tomorrow, they'll play down in tampa, but it may not feel like it is opening day. the bronx bombers give fans a reas

new englanders hate. there a winter storm warnings in six new england states. it hardly seems like spring. >> this is no april fool's joke. from new england to pennsylvania the sounds and sights of winter are back. >> it is not fair. we have had so much snow already. it does not seem right. >> up to a foot of snow in parts of massachusetts connecticut and rhode island. >> it is more like a nightmare. >> the road crews are putting the plows back on trucks. >> what are you going to do? >> this main ski area closed before the snowfall. now is too late. >> if we had this earlier, we could really use it. >> it is clgging traffic and obliterating roadsidesghns. i cannot wait until it is over. >> it will melt and then we can grow things. >> some towns in western massachusetts are thousands of dollars in the red. new england is not alone. the new england plane could see a foot of snow sunday into monday. >>> there is breaking news on the health of the former governor. a longtime aide can confirmed he is being treated for a slight case of pneumonia. he was admitted to the hospital last night and is reportedly feeling much better. he was sa

new england, northern new england. maine getting really hit hard. forecasters are predicting up to 14 inches of snow up there. heavy, wet snow-covered roadsides and trees, knocked limbs, knocking out power. 10,000 homes and businesses are now without any electricity. dozens of schools were also shut down. >> another bad storm system caused some serious damage across central florida. five tornadoes were reported along with walnut-sized hail and flooding. 70 mile an hour wind gusts ripped through this mobile home park in sarasota. the same gusts flipped small planes over at an airport. thousands of people are now dealing with power outages and damage to their homes. >>> makes us feel like whiners here, when we've been complaining about our cloudy skies, but the weather is starting to clear and that's a good thing for you heading to the cherry blossom festival. the peak bloom ends today. and that's when 70% of the trees around the tidal basin will have their blossoms. this year's peak bloom was shortened from five days to three. >> so will this be a weekend for whining? >> you know, yeah, half a weekend for whining. because we still have some cool air coming in. we still have a couple light showers that could be out there, maybe even a couple wet snowflakes early tomorrow morning. but then we're going to see the temperatures more spring-like as we make our way toward the end of the weekend, and especially starting next week. let's show you outside right now. we to have some sunshine out there, a few cherry blossoms in the distance as we look across the potomac. not a bad afternoon right now, if this was late february. but this is early april. april fools. mother nature playing a joke on us today, as temperatures are where they should be for late february with the current temperature now at 48 degrees. live digital doppler radar showing showers around southern maryland, toward the west, as well, west virginia, just to the south of hagerstown, martinsburg seeing a few showers. but maybe even a few light snowflakes. a great picture out of strasburg, virginia, a facebook picture today, thanks for sending it, whiby the way, beautiful picture of the tops of the mountains covered in snow. a really nice shot. i'll tell you what, a beautiful afternoon across our area when you're seeing the sun. the sun makes a big difference. 48 degrees but actually feels like 22 with that wind out of the west-northwest at 15 miles per hour. we're seeing even higher wind gusts, as well. 44 in hagerstown, 48 in culpepper and 50 in fredricksburg. you add in the wind and get the wind chill. upwards of 30 miles per hour in frederick, manassas, la plata, waldorf leonardtown, hunting town, a very windy afternoon, as well. so much more of a winter day than spring day. and that's not going to be changing very quickly. look at this storm system. here's the big storm up toward the north and west. or north and east of us. but there's another storm dropping through the ohio valley that's going to make its way through our area. you can see the snow toward the west right along the allegheny front and then more rain down south and west. so we could see some of that come in through the area overnight tonight. so expect a few showers, a few sprinkles overnight and into the day tomorrow, as well. tomorrow i think you'll need to take the umbrella with you, no matter where you go, as this area of low pressure slides through the region during the day tomorrow. another very chilly start to the day tomorrow. some areas temperatures around freezing. but i think we'll warm up into the low 50s during the day tomorrow. at least during the afternoon. as that area of low pressure slides by. a couple of showers during the day, but not a washout. sunday, that area of low pressure moves well out of our way. we see a lot of sunshine before another warm front moves through. we could see a couple of showers late in the day on sunday, as milder air starts to make its way back into the region. but good news s i think stunnun is going to be a pretty nice day for the most part. breezy and chilly, 47, dropping to 41 degrees. tomorrow morning, look at these cold temperatures. 32 to 36 with a morning snowflake or sprinkle. that could even be around the beltway. mostly cloudy and cold tomorrow morning as we make our way through the day tomorrow. we'll see those numbers, 49 to 54 degrees, 30% chance of some rain throughout the afternoon, but don't expect too much. sunday looking great, 57. 70 on monday. and the potential for some strong maybe severe storms monday night into early tuesday before things cool back off towards the middle of the week. so we're going to have to watch out for that next storm system. but at least now looking at a little bit of a warm-up. >> all right. i'm feeling the urge to plant. >> you know, a good weekend to do it, sunday a good day to do it. >> thanks. >>> the newest section of d.c.'s river walk trail opened today in southeast. it was completed nearly ten years ag

new england, the new england set sail for the islands, what they thought of as a spiritual wilderness. nine out of ten natives were wiped out by contacts of european diseases, so was the population ravaged with other disease. just as the industrial revolution and the building of the railroads brought in the huddled masses of immigrant the to the united states, the sugar plantations founded by the sons of the missionaries required massive imports of labor from china, korea, jay pap, portugal, and the philippines making this a multiethnic place where every one is a minority, hint the plate lunch. this was air lifted from some church pot luck in air, usa, are served alongside an asian protein like pig, chick, adobo or loco moco, a hamburger patty served with a fried egg and it's the most obvious defect, not enough egg. [laughter] sugar plantation workers used to share food at lunchtime swapping noodles for korea spare ribs and bread. this got passed down evolving into the plate lunch served at diners, drive-ins, and lunch trucks throughout hawaii. in 1961, the they published the rainbow drive-in where i bought my plate lunch. it was an army cook with the 100th infantry battalion, but volunteer soldiers in the 442ndreg mall combat team served segregated troops in europe in world war ii becoming the most decorated unit in military history and earning the nickname the purple heart battalion. their motto was remember pearl harbor and their argument was they were americans, not as the u.s. government classified them and their family and friends. as aliens. they offered food and it reads like a list of what america is supposed to be like, a neighborly mishmash. barak obama, the president of the united states, mentioned his craving a plate lunch and listing rainbow drive as a potential stop. his mother and father met at the university of hawaii. he's our first plate lunch president. [laughter] i suppose the double sided way i see the history of hawaii as a painful tale of native lock come bined with a multiethnic saga symbolized by mix plates in which soy sauce and mayonnaise congeal tracks the history of the united states in general. i'm the descend didn't of cherokees marched at gunpoint on the trail of tiers, but i'm also the descendent of swedish pes cants who lest for kansas and why the plantation workers sailed to hawaii. whenever i eat plate lunch, i think back to the lure of my swedish great grandfather's voyage across the atlantic. i guess the only food he brought with him was a big hunk of cheese and befriended a german who had the only food of saw sac. they shared their food. growing up, i came to know america as two places, a repatience country built on the destruction of its original inhashas been at that particular times and a welcoming country of imgrants who care their saw sac and -- sausage and cheese. they published the poem the white man's burden about the new american empire of island colonies of new peopleses. four years earlier, when they visited washington, d.c. for the first time, he met theodore roosevelt and dragged him to the smithsonian to show off glass cases full of american indian arty facts. he wrote i never got over the fascination of the people more completely than any mod earn race had ever done honestly believed they were a godly little new england community setting examples to brutal mankind. of the five countries the united states invaded and or acquired in 1898, hawaii is the only one that became a state. that said, i have come to understand that even though hawaii has been a state since 1959 and an american territory since 1898, a small, but defiant network of native activists question the legality of both and do not consider themselves americans as ale which is easy to pick up on when they march past you on the 50th anniversary of statehood carrying picket signs that say we are not americans. [laughter] so -- [applause

new england, the new england missionaries to fill to the sandwich islands, a place they thought i was as a spiritual wilderness. just perhaps nine out of 10 natives of the americans were wiped out by context of european diseases, so was the native population ravaged by smallpox, measles and disease, just as the industrial revolution in another brother is brought in the huddles massive immigrants to the united states, the sugar plantation founded by the sons of the missionary required massive imports of labor, primarily from japan, korea, portugal philippines, transforming hawaii into what it has become, a multiethnic miscellanea much every race is minority. hence the plate lunch. two scoops of japanese-style rice and one scoop of macaroni salad seemingly airlifted from some church potluck in anywhere u.s.a. are served alongside the polynesian or asian protein such as kahlÚa paid, chicken, adobo beef or local local, hamburger patties topped with gravy and to friday eight, a dish presumably invented to remedy what has always been the hamburger's most obvious defect, not enough aid. [laughter] sugar plantation workers use to share food at lunchtime, slapping tofu and chinese noodles for korean spareribs and portuguese bread. the habit of hodgepodge got passed down, falling to the plate lunch now served at diners, driving someone charge throughout the hawaiian archipelago. in 1961, delete the kahuku established the rainbow drive-in where i bought my plate lunch. the mostly hawaii japanese-american volunteer soldiers from the 10,442nd minute combat team served as segregated troops in europe and north africa during world war ii, becoming the most decorated units in u.s. military history and earning the nickname, the purple heart battalion. their motto was, remember pearl harbor. their argument was, they were americans, not the u.s. government classified them and their families enemy aliens. rainbow offered menu offering hot dogs, mahi-mahi, reads like a list of what america is supposed to be like, a neighborly mishmash. barack obama, the honolulu point president mentioned once on a trip on his craving craving for plate lunch, listing rate about drive-in is it possible for. it makes sense considering his cans and other met his kenyan father at the university of hawaii and his mothers marriage blessed him with a half in the nations history. he is our first plate lunch president. [laughter] i suppose the devil way i see the history of hawaii as a painful tale of natives live combined with an idealistic of multiethnic symbolize the next phase in which soy saffron mayonnaise peacefully coax it and congealed, tracked with how i see the history of the united states in general. and the defendant cherokees were marked at gunpoint by the u.s. army to oklahoma on the trail of tears, yet i am also in mostly the descendents of european immigrants, notably swedish peasants who left for kansas in the same reason asian and portuguese plantation workers failed to way. whenever i eat plate lunch, i always think back to the lure of my swedish great-grandfathers voyage across the atlantic, supposedly the only food we brought with them on the ship was a big hunk of cheese. then he befriended a chairman whose only food was a big hunk of sausage. the swede shared his chief of the chairman and the german share to sausage with this week. growing up they came to know america has two places, the rapacious country built on the destruction of its original inhabitants and welcoming land of opportunity and generosity built by people who shared their sausage and cheese. in 1899, the reddish poet published his famous poem, the white man's burden, about the newerican empire of the island colonies of sullen peoples. for years earlier, when kipling visited washington d.c. for the first time, he met either roosevelt. roosevelt dragged kipling to the smithsonian to show off class cases full of america's indian artifacts. kipling mader wrote, i never got over the wonder of a people who haven't extirpated the aboriginals of the continent more completely than any modern race had ever done, honestly believe that they were a cuddly little new england community setting examples to brutal mankind. of the five countries, the united states invaded and or acquired in 1898, hawaii is the only one that became a state. that said, i have come to understand that even though hawaii has been estates and 1959 and american territory since 1898, a small but defiant network made it back to this quest of the legality post-development and do not consider themselves to be americans at all. which is pretty easy to pick up on when they're marching past utah down the main

new england the new england missionaries sent sail for the sandwich islands a place they thought of as a spiritual wilderness. perhaps 9 out of tern natives of the americas were wiped out by contact with european diseases, so was the native hawaiian population ravaged by smallpox, measles, whooping cough and venereal disease and the building of the railroads brought in the huddled masses of immigrants to the united states, the sugar plantations founded by the sons of the missionaries required massive imports of labor, primarily from china, japan, korea, portugal and the philippines transforming hawaii into what it has become. a multiethnic miscellaneous in which every race is a minority. hence the plate lunch. two scoops of japanese style rice and one scoop of macaroni salad seemingly airlifted from church potluck in anywhere usa are served alongside a polynesian or asian protein such as pig, chicken, teriyaki beef or loco moco a hamburger patty on top with gravy and egg invented what has always been the hamburger's most obvious defect not enough egg. [laughter] >> sugar plantation workers used to share food at lunchtime, tossing tofu and chinese noodles and portuguese bread that habit of hodgepodge had passed down now served at diners, drive-ins and lunch trucks throughout the hawaiian area. in 1961, the late leader established the rainbow drive-in, the joint on the edge of waikiki where i bought my plate lunch. if he had been an army cook with the 100th infantry battalion, the mostly hawaiian born japanese-american volunteer soldiers and the 142nd group becoming the most decorated unit in the american history and earning the nickname the purple heart battalion. their motto was remember pearl harbor. and their argument that they were americans not as the u.s. u.s. government classified them and their families enemy aliens. rainbow drive-in's menu offering teriyaki hot dogs, mahi mahi reads like america is supposed to be a neighborly mish mash. president obama mentioned once on a trip home his craving for plate lunch. listing rainbow drive-in as a possible stop. it made sense considering his kansan mother met his kenyan forty at the university of hawaii and his mother remarriage blessed him with a half indonesian sister. he's our first plate lunch president. [laughter] >> i see the history of hawaii as a painful tale of native loss combined with an idealistic multiethnic saga symbolized by mixed plates in which soy sauce and mayonnaise peacefully coexist and congeal tracked with how i see the history of the united states in general. i'm the descendent of cherokees who are marched at gunpoint by the u.s. army to oklahoma on the trail of tears. yet, i'm also and mostly the descendent of european immigrants, notably swedish peasants who left for kansas for the same reason asian and portuguese plantation workers sailed to hawaii. whenever i eat plate lunch, i always think back to the lure of my swedish great grandfather's voyage across the atlantic. supposedly the only food he brought with him on the ship was a big hunk of cheese and he befriended a german in steerage was a big hunk of sausage. growing up i came to know america as two places. a rapacious country built on the destruction of its original inhas beenants -- inhabitants and those who shared their sausage and their cheese. [laughter] >> in 1899, the british poet published a famous poem the white man's burden about the new american empire of island colony of new sullen peoples. four years earlier when kipling visited washington, d.c., for the first time he met theodore roosevelt. roosevelt dragged kipling to the smithsonian to show off glass cases full of american indian artifacts. kipling later wrote, i never got over the wonder of a people who having expatriatiated the abridgeneyals saying they were a godly new england community setting examples to brutal mankind. of the side countries the united states invaded or conquered, hawaii is the only one it became a state. even though hawaii has been a state since 1959 and an american territory since 1898, a small but defiant network of native activists question the legality of both developments and do not consider themselves to be americans at all which is easy to pick up on when they are marching down the main drag of honolulu carrying picket signs saying that we are not americans. [laughter] [applause] >> so if you have questions, a microphone carrier wil

some decent snow in parts of new england, especially in maine where temperatures are still winter- like. rain and snow showers extend across parts of new england and upstate new western maryland has been dealing with some wintry conditions. you will see some snow not only tonight but for the day tomorrow as we continue to monitor the progress of a weather disturbance over the ohio valley that still has the swing through our area. it will not pull away until sometime tomorrow evening. another 24 hours of this chilly spring weather pattern. the normal high temperature at 60 degrees, and we fell short of that by 12 officially at bwi marshall. the record high was 88 degrees in 1978. we may see temperatures try and get into the 80's here early next week as a warm front makes its way through, but that is a few days away. temperatures continue on the chilly side of around the region. 46 at hagerstown, and you would think it would get warmer as you head south, but it is not much warmer there. we will see a clearing trend overnight. western maryland still in the rain and snow showers right into saturday morning. the wins have been brisk throughout the day but will dim

new england coast just yet. keep an eye on all this rain coming across the ohio valley. the threat of more rain showers and maybe some snow in the higher elevations tomorrow. up in new england, it is still wintertime. 40 right now in boston with a rain-no mix. -- rain-snow mixed. expect some wintry conditions through tomorrow night and maybe into sunday morning as well. 12 degrees colder than normal. the normal high is 60, and we only had 48 at artificial weather station at bwi marshall. the rain did wash the pollen of the atmosphere. -- at our official weather station at bwi marshall. some rain and snow showers will continue in the western maryland mountains. anywhere from 31 to 38 for the low around here. wins should diminish to --winds should diminish to five-50 miles an hour. as the storm moves away, another one will rapidly be moving in behind it. another round of rain and snow showers will cut across the region tomorrow afternoon. light accumulations possible in the mountains, especially above 2008. mostly this scattered rain showers for our region. a little sunshine on sunday, it will probably be the best day of the weekend for outdoor activities. more rain is moving in to the north of baltimore sunday night. this is a better scenario because the showers are developing and had a warm front which will head for newngland. right now the timing looks perfect for baseball here on monday, with the warm front moving into new england and the skies clearing. we are forecasting temperatures may be even in eight's in some parts of the mid atlantic on monday. winds will increase during the afternoon, and a small craft advisory is in effect. the highest elevations out here could have one to 2 inches of wet snow. scattered rain showers around the bay. the lower eastern shore is still breezy, along with a couple of scattered showers, but watch for the warming trend coming in just in time for orioles baseball. at least 75 on monday as possible. some spots could climb into the '80s on monday with shower activity early in the morning and increasing sunshine through the afternoon. wednesday, partly cloudy, breezy, and a little bit cooler. >> payoff tom tasselmyer and you get the opening day forecast you are looking for. the orioles open this season with more fireworks as they take on the tampa bay rays tonight o

new england and in california. tavis: did it scare you in new england coming out of memphis? [laughter] >> you are right. tavis: especially back then. >> no, i did not. i did what i had to do. i did what i was supposed to do. i had almost no contact with white people. tavis: i can imagine. >> i had a little bit. my uncle had a drug store. he rented from a jewish family right next door. i had a little bit of the conversation in that store with the kids. i knew about issues of race. in fact, i used to sell newspapers. i would gather up the papers and i would have a route in the neighborhood and i would pick up the papers on the corner once a week. i was selling the pittsburgh courier. i realized that i was getting nervous and anxious when i went to pick up the papers to sell and i would take a run to my different clients. if i had a few leftover, i would go around the neighborhood and sell them. i was afraid subconsciously and i sta because i thought there would be a lynching on the front page. -- i stopped doing it because i thought there would be a lynching. that was my dramatic exposure to race. -- traumatic exposure to race. tavis: you have been distinguished as an african- american so many ways, including at harvard. we live in a time where there are still african-americans doing things for the first time including being president of this united states. how have you processed the to the first african-american in so many things? >> a lot of it was the process of history. i wanted to do the best i could with what i was doing and do my best, whether it was sports or trying to be the best doctor i could be. in that process, as there were opportunities to get through the door, i went through it. due to some of my mentors, one in particular, and dr. cobb, a distinguished african-american physician, a doctor at harvard. i had the good fortune of meeting him when i was young. he said, you get through the door but you have to open the door and bring others in. that is what i wanted to do. when i had an opportunity to get to yale. my career mentor gave me a job there. when i got there, i worked with him and talked to him and we encouraged others to come to yale. he won the american academy of orthopedic surgeons at diversity award for educating the first african-american female through yale. carlton west came through. dr. todd said when you get in the door, open it up. that is what i did. -- dr. cobb said that when you get in the door, open that up. tavis: you were in vietnam. there are all of the biases in the health-care system. i want to ask you about how we treat the veterans when they come home. one could argue that we're not as good as we should be. >> i would not disagree with you. we are doing a lot better than what we did with our vietnam veterans as a society. it was unfortunate the way the vietnam veterans were treated. we are working harder on that. as you know, the first lady has an interest in that. the problems are formidable. the psychological problems, the tremendous medical problems, the amputees. i know that medical technology and the trading for and duties is much better than it was. -- the training for amputees is much better. tavis: the health-care debate is not over yet. we will see what comes out of congress in the coming weeks and months as far as the health care debate is concerned. never a more important conversation in my mind than talking about the disparity in the health-care system. the new book is called "seeing the unconscious bias in the health-care system." >> thank you for having me. tavis: that is our show for tonight. thank you for watching and keep the faith. >> for more information, visit tavis smiley on pbs,org. tavis: 20 next time for a conversation with robbie robertson. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve finaial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television]

new england or came to new england, what was it that they said they were doing? they were found in a city on a hill, jerusalem and the settlement that they found it after that sermon when they got off the boat was sailing, not boston. another word for jerusalem. the centers of sailor moved on. what if they go? the christ border into it's not new hampshire and establish their own settlement. salem, new hampshire, less than 50 miles from salem, massachusetts. ceylon, jerusalem, science, the most commonplace means of the united states of america. what is this? the american ideal of the city on a hill as a measure against which we still check the requirements of realism. columbus, went through, abraham lincoln, whose last words whispered to his wife at the theater were, i think i should like to see jerusalem. ronald reagan, his most resonant theme was the city on the hill and always the primordial memory of the holy city. next year kept jewish longing to live until the narrative of enforced de-aspera, question enforce the aspera could be reversed in 1940. yes, jerusalem is the ground zero still of conflict, but this is a let pathways in which jerusalem has been the source of the resistance to violence. i know this history can be recounted negatively. yes, the home of bob what to think income and idea to see and hear through musty

new england or at least born in new england and they were not -- they may have been had a step with the radical republican. you have the radical republican congress, a committed minority forcing through a very extreme social agenda that they believed in so fervently that they made sure to crush all opposition. those amendments, equality under the law, the country thought something should be done for the slaves. some provision should be made but sharing a restaurant? sharing a hotel? sharing a railroad car? was every bit as unpopular in the north as it was in the south. the justices who were appointed, many of them at least after lincoln ran after words were abolitionists and they did not believe in equal accommodations. lincoln abhored slavery but at least during his first term thought blacks were fundamentally inferior. the great thing about lincoln he grew. first person he showed his second inaugural to was frederick douglass. people were capable of growth that it was a widespread view that you were dealing with people who were inherently inferior and didn't want to share with. these justices were out of step with radical republican minority in congress but not mainstream america. >> i would like to take a little time to talk about larry's other works. 50 years ago we were required at stanford university and constitutional law to read the entirety of the federalist papers. they were basically a pitch by the drafters of the constitution about why you should adopt it and the line that stuck with me all these years and applies today more than any others is federalist paper no. 10 which suppose -- should they come with the majority does not hold and minorities are rise our system will fail which is where i think to a great degree we may be headed. i would like to say you carefully obscured my show and tell. this is inherently unequal. the book we have been discussing but this is his first novel called anatomy of deception. it was so good that it was one of our first picks. people take whatever we buy for them and can't get it back and has 100 members. members live all over the world. this book is set in 1885 in philadelphia and has some interesting stuff about the state of the law in a society when it came to defection of the study of anatomy and i should mention also the astronomy said in the sixteenth century which is the book about copernicus' who went up against the status quo and it may be more theological than others. say a few words about this. >> unprepared as i am. i did write it. by wife didn't write it no matter what she tells you. it is a murder mystery set in 1889 in philadelphia. the protagonist is fictional but it has two very famous real doctors, one who was considered the greatest diagnostician ever in medicine. his principles and practices of medicine which he wrote in the 1890s was still in print when my neighbor was in college and william, of the greatest surgeon america ever produced, there was of painter, it does result around autopsies which was frowned on and the 1882 made illegal in a prominent, put in jail for and it is a good read. there are no constitutional issues but there are legal issues that work for any of you who might want it on that basis. the astronomer in the sixteenth century, a plot to kill copernicus to suppress his theory. was a threat to the -- the earth was at the center of the universe with catholics and protestants because this man is unique in an earth has to be unique in the universe. so someone postulating that the earth is not at the center of the universe threatened to create a lot of discord and copernicus was extremely unpopular with catholics and protestants. this was set when the theory was almost complete. it is a terrific book. >> we have five minutes. in 500 years the most dramatic shift from the revolution into print and if you go to germany i recommend the gutenberg museum which is the illuminating experience. what does that mean? larry and his wife have written books about book collecting and passion for books. it is a digital book. a text file. [talking over each other] >> something i was completely unprepared for. i wrote an interesting paper in fifth grade. nancy and i wrote three funny books on antiquated books and it is a remarkable subculture but with -- we came into law the feel of a book. my daughter carried a backpack, 372 pounds. to me, i can't curl up in bed with my candle. bears something about the field of a book and the tactile major of the experience which makes it irreplaceable. i write on a computer and probably revise the book 150 or 200 times before it is done. when i print it out it reads on the page differently than it reads on the screen. i don't know why. not just that i see typos. and i suspect when they become more popular style of language may change because hard cover reading and even paperback reading are very different but different from screen reading. >> any questions about book collecting? there is a comely woman in the back. yes, dear? [talking over each other] [laughter] >> helping arrange all this, had extremely famous grandfather. his grandfather was the new york yankee hall of fame baseball pitcher and john's mother amassed the most incredible archive of interviews. it is a library of congress caliber archive. she wanted to put it together into a biography of her dad and her mother who was a broadway musical comedy star. we worked on this together. it is going into editing and will be out next summer and that is also a terrific book. having not that much to do with me, it was just starting. ago interviews with people who don't give interviews. it is amazing stuff about baseball, america, and an incredible life in california until he died in 1989. i am working on something else. thank you for that question. >> we are in the land of spring training. baseball or whatever it is to bring you back. one of our best selling books is the chicago cubs. i grew up in chicago. this teaches you about life. [talking over each other] >> a tremendous pleasure to have you here. [applause] >> visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here on li

new england, 3 to 10 inches. insomee of the higher elevations in new england, 3 to 10 inches. there is that little area of snow up in north central portions of maryland. all of this is tracking to the east-northeast and it will continue in that motion through the course of the morning and the day. now, let's take a look at what is going on out there as far as our temperatures go. or futurecast, i want to show you that. here what is we are expecting to see during the course of the day today there is your rainfall. there is your snow. by later on this morning, we start to -- i won't say clear out. this is showing some gaps in the cloud cover. this does show us starting to dry out is what i will say. some lingering precipitation up to the north and then you saw quickly there during the afternoon another shower or two could develop in the latter part of the afternoon. i'm hoping we'll get some rays of sun. then into saturday, more moisture in here saturday morning during the course of the day. it looks like much of this remains to our south and then snow out to the west. we have to keep our eyes open. i do think there is a chance of getting some showers through here as well on saturday. temperatures around the region, we are in the 30s for the most part. 38 in washington. 37 in annapolis. 37 in quantico. fredericksburg is at 41 degrees. in hagerstown, it is 36 at this hour. your five-day forecast, today, high around 50 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. more rain, drizzle, maybe a couple of more showers during the day. tomorrow early showers are possible. we are looking for a high tomorrow of about 54 degrees. sunday we think will be nice, 59. monday, warmer, finally. 67. but also some rain showers on monday and then tuesday, even warmer, 70 but some showers and thunderstorms in all likely hood. that is a look at what is happening with the weather. it is time now for ask the weather guys. the segment where tucker barnes and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather- related or other size. tucker and i bothen swroi answering the questions from the kids. -- both enjoy answering the questions from the kids. sometimes they are asking because they are curious. sometimes they need help with homework. hopefully that is in the usually the case because it takes a while to get to the questions. today's question comes from sierra. she is age 8. he asks why can't we feel the earth rotate and why can't we see the earth's moment. >> these are deep questions. >> they are deep questions. here is the deal, sierra. the earth makes one complete rotation on its axis every day. since the circumference of the earth is about 4 hour miles and since it takes the earth 24 hours to make a complete spin, steve, you are the math major. that mean the earth is spinning at a rate of 1,000 miles per hour. you would think we could feel it because we and everything else on the planet is moving at the same rate as the earth itself, we don't feel it. >> before a highton tech graphic there. a picture of the earth. >> if it stopped. >> than we would feel it. if for some reason -- the other thing is the motion of earth is very smooth inform it were bumpy for some reason, we would feel that. and if it stopped, that wouldn't be pleasant. that is why we are all moving at the same rate as the earth itself, about 1,000-mile per hour. >> a nice comparison is what you are sitting in your car and you are cruising along and you hit a pothole. >> when you are in your car not paying attention, reading a back. >> our you're tech, shave -- you're texting, shaving, doing your hair. >> this is another great question. as for seeing the earth's movement. you can't see it by looking at other objects or other people on the planet because we are all some offing at the same speed. but you can by looking at the sky. if you look at the stars including the sun, they rise and set and actually observing the movement on the earth can be done by looking at the sun or the stars. >> because they don't -- we say they rise and set. they really don't. it is the movement of the earth that makes them appear it rise and set. >> so here what is i'm thinking. when you watch the sun set over the water and you see it disappear, that is us moving. >> that is a great example and the sun just sitting there. >> another way to do it. if you watch your shadow change shapes and size during the course of the day and you can detect the movement of the earth. >> or if you have tuck are's life, you could stand there for hours onened and watch the shadow. >> so there you go. no, you can't feel the earth moving but you can kind of see the earth moving in relation to stars in the sky including the sun. that is a great question. >> it's good question. thank you for asking it. if you have a question, you go to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab. there you have it. >> i like that. >> good deal. >>> let's check in with julie wright with a look at traffic this morning. >> you know when else you feel the earth moving? when? >> when i'm running. >> i am getting so many comments from people who are saying you look fabulous and we know you are doing this rus. >> i can't aford to pay for that now. >> can i give you a compliment? when you are running, you are running at least 1,000 miles per hour. we just learned that. . even by standing still. >> it was reported at the end of the ramp for university boulevard to 495, whatever was there has been pulled over to the shoulder. if you are traveling inbound along 66, not only do we slow out in man as is, we have delays fair oaks to 123. beltway slowing at 236 and again at 66. suitland parkway inbound naylor road, accident activity. stay to the right to get by. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> can you say they are one of washington's monuments but only that you can see a certain time of year. >> peak bloom time at the national cherry blossom festival. we are live at the tidal basin for the look at the fun happening this weekend. time now, 6:53. we are back on the other side of this break.  >>> good morning everyone. it is friday. so we're going to play you some rebekah black friday to get newhe mood for the weekend. today we are featuring the middle weekend of the cherry blossom festival. the weather hasn't really been good so far, but we're hoping for better weather, especially sunday. and they have a lot going on this weekend, including the southwest festival, including the arts and music event. and they have the parade next weekend. we're going to talk to some guests about the different things going on. how you can still enjoy the blossoms and the weather while it's nice. and just to get in the mood, i am wearing my pink today. as you can see. >> oh. no. >> just for you. >> oh, my gosh. and who says pink is not a manly color. you look fabulous. >> real men wear pink, right? >> they do. >>> a record for the housing park, take a look, this mansion sold for $100 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representative telephone workers to note england, twa members within what was originally new york and new englandotels and became lies and bella clinic and now monster verizon and in the course of many years of contract campaigns and strikes and joint bargaining we were able to accomplish things that would never have been, could never have been been dictated from the top, getting together with the head of the ip w. or vice versa. these things have to be organic. they have to be based on relationships at the local level that ignore the difference between brand x and machen brand bayh which basically is about how wide the differences among a number of our unions in terms of how they actually function. workers themselves local did workers and stewards can develop union relationships and joint campaigns that really feel more like a workers movement like what we have seen in madison. it doesn't look like people in madison are all marching in line with their respective unit colors. looks it looks like they are all mashed together in the way their labor movement shed and people are not taking first i'm

new england journal of medicine, new england journal of medicine says that there are still disparities in health care between black and white patients, how they get treated. i read the center for responsible lending says if you're black, you have less of a chance of getting a mortgage than, say, a white person whose credit has less of a credit rating than yours. even the bush administration agreed that there's such a thing as racial profiling. we didn't make that up. matter of fact, the police department came out and said, yeah, racial profiling exists. "the newyork times" has done studies which show a disparity between the way african-americans who possess drugs are treated by the criminal justice system and the way whites are treated. but let's talk about one of these myths. they say, well, well, crack is a black drug and powder cocaine is a white drug. white people do crack, they just don't get sentenced for it, they don't get treated for it, or they don't get sentenced to jail. i loved this movie, "the fighter" came out. i don't like the wire, i don't like the way black people are depicted in the wire. that's just me, okay? here comes "the fighter." you've got white crack addicts in "the fighter." you've got cambodian drug dealers because there are 32 -- rudy giuliani when he was attorney for the district of new york, he said there are 32 ethnic groups involved in drug distribution in that movie. that's a quote. and then wintersbone, saw that. rarely do you see the underclass whites depicted, except for on the jerry springer show, all rig

new england. boston is opening up in arlington texas and not at fenway because they have heavy snow and interior new england could get a foot of the april fool's storm. back to the poconos and western pa, self springs is open for skiing tomorrow. the latest openings that they have had. and then they will shut down. we will warm up after this event. again, lingering showers warming to 48. still an issue with snow on the grass and roads northwest this morning. 34 tonight, 52 tomorrow. and rain showers. i will be at the maryland science at johns hopkins university. we will warm to 56 sunday. opening day monday 60. but that comes with rain. kim. >> reporter: we are looking at volume lighter than normal this morning. and that's probably contributing to the fact we don't have a whole lot of major problems on the roads for this friday morning commute. as we look live at 95 coming through baltimore county. northbound and southbound both all clear. heading northbound towards thebellway and 395, no reported problems. southbound on 95 as you make your way towards the capital beltway, all lanes are open. no problems on the bw parkway. looking at the drive times around the beltway, coming across the outer loop no major issues reported there either. we are dealing with one accident at affecting the eastbound lanes of liberty road at millford mill road. now back to you. >> it's 6:56. don't forget about good morning maryland at nine. the hot topic the kegasus. what do you think of it? do you think it's stupid or will bring people into preakness. >> it is getting support from jockey club. we want to know what you are thinking about. the newss.com. what do you think of this guy? >> carroll county, two-hour school delay. it's not a joke. it happens. i am not crazy. >> not a april's fool. >> all right. >> update in 25 and 55 and we will see you then. [ dog barking ] mom! breakfast? in this house? in the morning i can use all the help i can get. that's why i love nutella, a delicious hazelnut spread that's perfect on multigrain toast and even whole-wheat waffles. it's a quick and easy way to give my family a breakfast they'll want to eat. and nutella is made with simple, quality ingredients, like hazelnuts, skim milk and a hint of cocoa. they love the taste and i feel good that they're ready to tackle the day. ♪ nutella. breakfast never tasted this good.

new england today. it was the kind of scene, a lot of people woke up to today. >> an unpleasant surprise some hoping this is the last of it for the season. >>catherine: maybe, people in new england did not expect to spend april 1st shovelling heavy wet snow. it quickly covered the pavement and roads, it was clinging to trees burying the for spring flowers. snow removal trucks were out but it still made the morning to newessy. at least it was pretty in places. this is a country road in massachusetts. it tens of thousands of people lost power after the heavy snow hit power lines. if that was especially true in maine and new hampshire. it also the two spots had the most was roughly 1 ft. of snow. >> is as real or april fools? it's more like a nightmare. >>catherine: not a total nightmare, it seems to be melting quickly, still a lot of people were caught by surprise by the intensity of the storm. >>jacqueline: a different picture here, take a look at this sunny skies people enjoying the nice weather. out for a jog or just relaxing. a gorgeous day but were going to see big changes. a our weekend at a glance, much cooler temperatures expected tomorrow and when your conditions. we will spend the morning with cloud covered by the morning will see a few sunbreaks. we will be in the low to upper 60s depending on where you are. into sunday a few clouds will remain but we will stay on the cooler side. storm track

new england. they have seen in some parts that was area, up to a foot of snow in parts of new england. we have not gotten anything like that. and looks like we are going to see really great weather and improvement, heading into the beginning of next weekend. and of course, we know what that means. we'll have details coming up in your forecast. >> we'll check in on our roads right here. here's kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. >> hi, mary. hi, everyone. some trouble out there in towson. that is closed in both directions between the beltway and providence. all lanes are blocked. to get around loch raven boulevard instead. as far as the beltway goes, baltimore national pike to liberty road. top side inner loop, bumper to bumper to the jones falls expressway. as far as accidents go, quite a few. southbound 795, at franklin boulevard. in the parkville area, eastbound at joppa. reisterstown road at walker. and southbound on the harrisburg expressway, a crash at timonium road that may catch your eye. as far as the city goes, one to report in that area. let's now take a live look. there's 70 at 29. not too bad in that direction. and here's another look, 83 at shawan road. this report is brought to you by the cochran firm. if you or someone you know has confer suffered a personal injury, call 1-800-the firm. >> all right, kristy, thank you. the number of traffic fatalities in 2010 fell to the lowest levels ever. according to a new report by the u.s. department of transportation, traffic death accidents dropped 3% from 2009. in addition, the ratio of death per miles traveled is also the lowest since 1949. the department credits more attention to drunk driving, as well as increased seat belt use. >>> hula your way to a great health. it is a fitness crave that -- craze that is sweeping the nation. >> so with your first hand, you want to make sure you're turning in the direction of your hoop. >> reporter: hearts of pumping at the hip nautica at the beach. >> it's amazing, fun. makes you feel like a kid, hula hooping. i haven't done it since i was like 6. >> for the first time, the study looked at the benefits of hula hooping. they found hula hooping improves cardiovascular health, and muscle flexibility. >> they're the strong correlation between interest and enjoyment and actual commitment to an exercise program. >> reporter: the study also found hula hooping for an hour, burns an average of 420 calories. >> it was

new england. rainy around the great lakes. sunday, more rain in the morning and northeast of new england, rain in the pacific northwest. the heat continues from texas to the southwest. beautiful weather south coast to the midatlantic states with >>> well, we're significantly warmer at this time than we were at this time yesterday morning. 54 degrees right now in oakland. you may not even need that jacket, in places like sunnyvale by noon, climbing into the mid 60s across the bay area. we'll round out the day with a couple of 70s popping up on your weather map today. beautiful weekend. you'll want to get on outdoors if you can. 73 comfortable degrees on sunday. >>> and that's your latest weather. >> thank you, al. up next, what do you wear to the wedding of a lifetime? we all want to know. first these messages. it's a breath of fresh air. newent wants to miss. let's see, there's first steps. first words. first time riding a bike without training wheels. and the first vacation memory that will last till roughly... forever. now, there's a first. tell us what you've always wanted to do, on facebook. [ ship horn blows ] here's to my pants not leaving marks on my waist. achieve small wins with a healthy lifestyle and dannon light & fit. the light fresh yogurt with 80 calories vs. 100 in the other leading brand. here's to 80 calories tasting crazy good. live light and fit. eggland's best eggs. -the best in nutrition... -just got better. even better nutrition -- high in vitamins d, e and b12. a good source of vitamin b2. plus omega threes. and 25% less saturated fat than ordinary eggs. but there's one important ingredient that hasn't changed. -better taste. -better taste. -better taste. -mmmm... [ female announcer ] eggland's best. better taste and now even better nutrition make the better egg. where? it's really good. do you see

new england and the snow reaches all the way down to northeast pennsylvania and near the pennsylvania-maryland line as well. strange storm. the weather is really awful once you move up to new england with this storm. we'll see the south edge of this is pulling away from us, although we'll be in the back wash for the storm today, so it doesn't get rid of the rain chances. then once the storm pulls away for a while, we'll be dry. so today rain this morning that will taper off and then we might see a little isolated shower or two this afternoon and turning much more scatter. then we get sun breaks. insta-weather future cast shows the rain combination we're having right now. even though we tried to break the clouds up, we do see a couple of areas of spotty conditions. we widen things up on saturday. a couple of areas of showers could pass across the area during the afternoon tomorrow. doesn't look -- sunday night we could see a passing shower as well. that sets up a week that's different. rain tapers off today. 50 the high. spotty showers tomorrow with 49 the high. sunday, 54 the high. rain showers possibly monday with a higher chance tuesday and wednesday. so talk about a turnaround. >> thank you, john. time for a last look at our big story, the expulsion of a dozen midshipmen at the naval academy after their use of a banned but legal drug. >> mindy, good morning. authorities say this is all part of an ongoing investigation after other midshipmen came forward with information. the drug is often referred to as spice. it provides a similar high to marijuana. it's a legal substance in the u.s., but now 12 have been expelled for using or possessing it. the latest was kicked out on monday. the navy banned the use of sin net i can drugs in 2005 and last year banned the possession of it. federal authorities banned some of the chemicals used to make these drugs, but the ban is only in place for a year. in the studio, george. wbal-tv 11 newsnk you. time for a look at what's coming up next on the "today" show. here's matt lauer. >> good morning. coming up on a friday, a powerful system that spun tornadoes takes aim in the northeast. we'll get the latest in a live report. also low levels of radiation from japan's nuclear reactor area found in milk here. is it a joke or real what lindsay lohan about tripping. and prince william talks about his upcoming wedding. >> lindsay just paying tribute to the ground. that's all. >> i'm sure that's all. the time is 6:52. 36 degrees on tv hill. >> just ahead we'll take a look at weather and traffic bat >> so what do we have going on with traffic? >> one crash at liberty and millford road. 10 minutes southbound between 95 to the harbor tunnel. but delays are easing from that. a live look at the harrisburg expressway north of mount caramel. watch out for that in the north part of our viewing area. >> speaking of delays, two-hour delay for schools in carroll county. >> a little snow stickin

stretching from new jersey to new england, icy roads causing spinouts, heavy snow brought down branches and power lines. before it's all over we could see up to a foot of snow in parts of new england. conditions are changing rapidly. rick reichmuth is here with the fox cast next hour. >>> and if you want to get a peek at your weekend forecast, it's there at your fingertips, go to foxnews.com/weather, enter your zip code, we'll get you your local forecast. jenna: speaking of forecasts, maybe a financial one, cvs is launching a tweet week, featuring the network stars, commenting live on twitter as the shows run on the air. fox business network's dennis neal is here to talk more about this. so first of all, explain how it works. >> so starting sunday, with the first show they're going to do that on, the country music awards, during the show, a host is tweeting live, during the national basketball championship on monday. they will be tweeting live. this comes from the what are you thinking department of marketing because stars get into trouble all the time when they are utterly unedit ed and say what they want on twitter. jenna: is this to be more provocative? >> it's not enough to sa

new england for today. expect some snow out of the system by saturday morning. now, in our area, no winter weather advisories or warnings to talk about. but for new england, we're talking in through parts of maine and vermont and parts of massachusetts. winter storm warning, the areas in white. they'll get the most snow by tomorrow morning. i'm talking maybe one to two feet of snow locally on the high end of those snow totals. now, we're watching the temperatures. that's why we're seeing some snow in some locations. hagerstown is coming in at 36. gaithersburg, 34. d.c., 38. fredericksburg at 41 degrees down to the south. winchester, 38 degrees. as you're stepping out the door this morning, it will feel colder. especially when you factor in the damp weather conditions. here's a look at the future cast. we've got the snow to the north of us. we're going to see the rain this morning. and pretty much all morning for that commute. may slow some folks down. by 10:00, we should be done. see some more scattered showers going through. may see a little bit of clearing. otherwise, mostly cloudy. then for saturday, another chance for some rain and maybe some snow. the highs for today, it is cold. only low 50s. generally for most areas. here is your seven-day outlook. if you have plans for dinner, definitely layer up. tomorrow, a chance for some weather in the morning and then we're drying out by sunday. 58 degrees. here's angie with your traffic. >> thank you, anny. right now, still have some slick pavement to contend with. overall, i'm happy to report, not affecting many of our commutes as far as incidents and accidents are concerned. let's zoom on into your outer loop and show you where things are slowing down. drivers out this way, using their brakes as we take you outside live. open the door from 95 over to georgia, obviously that delay is growing. back over to the real time graphic, this time, we take you to 270, we're tracking the southbound drivers in the yellow out of urbana. then from germantown road down toward the split, it looks like we're down toward montrose right now, that's where the main jamup is. metro doing ok. vre, fredericksburg line, train 302, you're running 30 minutes behind. marc also problems on the brunswick line. train 874 also half an hour late. coming up in my next traffic report, 95 in maryland, we're tracking it at 6:24. back to you. >>> next in sports, the capitals and blue jackets head to overtime. see how this one ended. >> plus the pomp and circumstance of opening day at nationals park. learn at least one good stat out of yesterday's loss. ♪ ♪ oh, won't you be good to yourself? ♪ ♪ and don't you feel like coming home? ♪ ♪ ♪ it'll be like coming home [ male announcer ] some rooms feel like a fish bowl. but in our roomy suites, you can spread out and live a little. with breakfast, dinner, and drinks included, you'll feel right at home. ♪ la la-la-la-la la la la ♪ ♪ la la-la-la-la la la la my second diagnosis-- i was told to go home, retire, and enjoy the time i had left. to say it was a shock is just a complete understatement. i mean, i don't think there are words. she had put up a really good fight, but it was her time. you... don't have a choice of getting breast cancer. i had no choice. i wanted to do something bigger than myself. that 3-day gave me that opportunity. and i can actually do something to help. i think it's a very bold thing to do. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. i'm sure if it was 100 miles, we'd still walk it. it was a big statement for me of... 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(man) register today for the... because everyone deserves a lifetime. >> a quick look at the rain and the snow. what's happening where as you look at live doppler 9000 hd. we do have areas of light green which means yet we're seeing light rain. head up north toward hagerstown, frederick. the mason-dixon line, we zoom on in to show you we've got some mix right around hagerstown. you go to westminster and around pennsylvania, we're talking about light snow. also, route 7, blue ridge loudoun clark county line also getting reports of the snow sticking to the grass and the highway sign. here's andrea and mike. good morning, guys. >> good morning, anny. in sports, the wizards host one of the few nba teams worse than they are. >> the cleveland cavaliers are in town. they tip off at verizon center at 7:00. >> last night, it was the capitals and blue jackets going into overtime. halfway through ot, d.c. goes three-on-two. jason shoots and scores. caps win 4-3. they're now just one point back of the flyers for the top seed in the east. >> do you love college hoops, this is your time of year. we're 36 hours away from tip- off at the final four and you can bet everyone in richmond, the whole city will be watching! the best story of the tournament so far, vcu rams are making their first final four appearance. the team had its first shoot- around in houston. they have won five in a row. good luck to vcu. >> this is the place to watch the final four tomorrow after 6:00. vcu against butler in the first game. late game, kentucky takes on my uconn huskies. championship game monday night in houston. >> an underdog will make it to the finals. >> that's right. >> orioles begin their 2011 season today. baltimore visits tampa bay tonight. now, the nationals have the day off after opening day thursday. livan hernandez gave up that home run in the second. to jason hayworth. but he was fantastic after that. he retired 15 in a row and the relievers were good. the nats were shut out. >>> and we were all at opening day. the morning team. with the winners of our take me out to the ball game along with screech. with bill callery and his delightful wife, tara. bill has a wealth of information about every player who stepped up to the plate. >> he was absolutely fantastic. they love, love, love the nationals. they know every dlaism they could not have been kinder people. what a great couple. >> it was so great. we were out there in the elements with them. and we had a great time. >> 6:25. coming up, we'll announce this morning, the winner of our ipad 2 give away. >> also ahead this morning, an update on all of the big road projects in virginia. the ones underway and the ones still to come. >> right now, angie has a quick check of your commute. ang? >> a slow ride from 198 down to powder mill. bw parkway checking out just fine. still ahead, a check on district roads. switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. >> a live look at the cherry blossoms in east potomac park. it is cloudy and just in upper 30s, low 40s. boy, that is a beautiful shot still. >> absolutely. as long as the wind doesn't come in and blow them away. thanks for starting your friday with us. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. it is april fools day. howard is off and really, anny is here in for him. she's in the weather center. >> good morning you guys. that's a beautiful shot of cherry blossoms. wind can damage them. i'm sorry to say the winds are expected to pick up tonight and for tomorrow. first, i want to talk about the light rain we're seeing. yes, we're seeing light snow. this is no april fools joke, everyone. it is to the north of us. it has creeped down farther south. so, d.c., we may see a little bit of rain mixed in with that snow but no accumulations expected. here is a look at your day planner forecast for today. we're expecting the precip whether it is rain or snow to stick around this morning and then by the afternoon, we'll be in the 50s. still well below the average high of around 60. right now, it is cold out there. 30s. make sure you bundle up. here's angie with your traffic. >> halfway through the 6:00 hour, right now. no major tie-ups to tell you about. tracking your delays on a very slick commute out there. this morning. let's begin with our district roads. we'll take you out there live. wisconsin avenue and massachusetts. no real problems, few more drivers hitting the road out here in northwest. next stop, pennsylvania avenue. this is in the heart of washington where it meets 16th street. still have our lanes wide open here. then in northeast on this part of town, we definitely do have the delay setting in between the times building past bladensburg road. still ok approaching the third street tunnel. tracking travel times on the outer loop, looks like your volume is building between university over to georgia, 95 to 270, 16 minutes and growing. eastbound 66 slow from the fairfax county to the parkway. inner loop not bad between 395 and the dulles toll road. still ahead, we'll look at the outer loop in maryland coming up at 6:45. andrea, back to you. >> all right, angie. back to you. >> the number of people dying on america's roads is down drastically! >> in fact, the last time the numbers were this low, harry truman was president and we only had 48 states as well as the country's first tv station had just gone on the air. >> wow. >> newk at why the number is dropping. jessica doyle is live in arlington, virginia. good morning, jess. >> good morning to you both. obviously, the statistics down. we have to go back a half century to find the fatalities quite so low. national traffic highway safety administration came out with the statistics just a couple of hours ago. between 2010 and 2009, traffic fatalities were down 3% but if you go back five years, they're down 25% and there are some real reasons why. last half hour, we said what is the number one thing you can do to stay safe in the morning when you're driving around your car all day long, put on the seat belt. put the seat belt on yourself. make sure the people you love in the car are buckled in. let me give you statistics about wearing your seat belt. if you're taking a look at live tapes from seat belts age 5 and up in 2009, just in the washington area, we're talking over 400 lives saved. we're talking an additional 100 lives that would have been saved as a resul

new england with some showers moving in later in the day into the northeast and new england as well. sunny skies, 80 degrees, make that 90 degrees and sunny in miami. that's what's going on around the coun >>> well, good morning to you. we're going to see a beautiful day. high pressure making for a really warm afternoon. we do have a system just to our north that's going to drive some high clouds in the area. as we head through the second part of the day, but it is clear as a bell out this right now. no fog to report. 70 in los gatos. 70 today in san jose and 69 up in san rafael. even warmer tomorrow and a little warmer for your friday. temperatures climb under that big ridge of high pressure as it reaches peak heat on friday. still, though, nice and warm over the weekend. >>> al, thanks very much. still ahead, live from london, including what it takes to get the perfect picture of the royal family. a man whose mission it is to capture their every move. twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. we need to solve the problem. the state budget crisis threatens our economy... and our schools. loans to small businesses on hold. job creation at a standstill. 30,000 teachers already laid off. can we really afford billions more in cuts? $13 billion more devastates our schools, our safety, and the california we know. it's time for lawmakers to finally get the problem solved now. our kids and economy can't afford to wait. >>> oh, brother. catch matt last night on late night with jimmy fallon? obviously if true lauer style. made quite a fashion statement in that morning suit that all the guys will be wearing at the wedding. i like that, matt. where is the monaco? >> jimmy had it. he looked like a planter's peanut guy, i looked like a monopoly guy. try everything i can. go ahead. >> i got my hat today. i was going let you know. >> oh, good. i seal see it tomorrow. >> you will. just ahead, princess diana's legacy. as much as they did. (girl) it's really hogwarts! because i can fly with harry! because i love seeing him like this! (screaming) ahhhhh! (narrator) from unforgettable adventures to the wizarding world of harry potter, only at universal orlando resort. to the wizarding world of harry potter, you gotta try honey bunches of oats with almonds! it's got real, sliced california almonds with a third less sugar per serving than honey nut cheerios. wow! delicious! try honey bunches of oats with almonds! >>it's breakfast ont the go! want some? negative. commencing standard breakfast procedure. sfx: bzzzzzzz. humanize your morning. emerald breakfast on the go! >>> good morning to you. it's 7:26. i'm marla tellez. well, this morning san francisco police reportedly ready to name a new chief known for cracking down on crime in the city's toughest districts, but the new chief's name is also linked to a few department scandals. christie smith is live in san francisco this morning with a look at this new chief. >> reporter: good morning to you. captain greg suhr has a long resume with the police department, starting about 30 years ago as a patrol officer, moving all the way up the ranks to the head of field operations. he is 52 years old. during his time, he ran one of the city's toughest departments, the bayview station. during that time homicides fell about 50%. but there's also controversy. an indictment for allegedly conspiring to obstruct justice tied to the infamous fajita-gate scandal where officers were accused of beating up some guys for their food. a judge ultimately, though, dropped it as baseless. mayor ed lee, though, says he is vetted and the best choice there is. he's expected to be sworn in this morning at 10:00. reporting live in san francisco, christi

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