avenue to north capital street. you come in off rhode island, you can pick up new york avenue from there. if you are coming from d.c. route 295, there is the option of benning road to h street. h street over to north cap and you would connect with new york avenue from that angle. new york avenue remains blocked off until if you are they have notice because of this ongoing investigation. the crash occurred in the 1:00 hour. southbound 270 looking pretty good coming in out of rockville. no incidents to report. i know tucker is talking about some of that questionable weather, that win win the -- wintry mix of snow, my trip n i notice there were portions of the beltway that have been pretreated. the crews have been working overnight to get ready. right now, all lanes are open. no trouble spots to report. if you are traveling in virginia along northbound i-95, still an easy drive. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> to politics now. an upset in last newt's republican contest. rick santorum beat mitt romney

." >>> north korea and the united states are due to hold direct talks in beijing thursday over north korea's nuclear development. the meetings will be the first since the death of kim jong il in december. north korea's nuclear envoy kim kye gwan arrived in beijing on tuesday. he did not speak with reporters. u.s. special envoy for north korean policy, glyn davies, arrived on wednesday. >> in the leadership in pyongyang, we will be interested to see whether they're interested in moving forward with us, what precisely his policies are, in what direction he wants to take his country. all of these are a bit unknowns at this stage. >> nhk world joins us with his view of the talks. hiroki, what do you think will be the focus of the discussions at the meeting? >> i don't think there will be a major breakthrough. that's because north korea and the united states have domestic concerns they need to address. north korea has a new leader in kim jong un whose skills are still developing. on the other hand, president barack obama is facing an election campaign. this meeting is the first since the

special representative for north korea policy. someday vees said they changed views on various issues and he now has a clearer idea of the problems and a better understanding of north korea's viewpoint. >> i think we made a little bit of progress. i think we have to evaluate it. look at what it was that the north koreians had to say to it. >> reporter: but he did not disclose any details and said the result is far from a breakthrough. in december the u.s. proposed sending biscuits and vitamins to the north in a bid to persuade it to halt its uranium enrichment programs. north korea instead asked for agriculture crops. despite the rejection, the north remains positive about receiving food assistance from the u.s. in the meantime, north korea is planning to hand out food aid to its people on april 15th. the 100th anniversary of the birth of the country's founder. the delivery will help bolster the image of the newly installed regime of kim jong un. this week's talks were the first between the u.s. and north korea under the leadershi

it get's worse north and west of the city. that's where we find abc2's joce sterman. >> reporter: as it starts to pick up in terms of what's falling from the sky, it starts to slow down on 83. we saw a lot of cars leaving the city heading into the northern part of baltimore county getting out of the way so state highway crews could get on the roads. the snow has picked up. we're starting to see some coverage. it's not sticking much to the roads. it's only sticking to the grassy surfaces. we want to show you some of the video we shot earlier today. the state highway administration crews were lined up like battles -- soldiers ready for battle. they were filling up with salt. they have the staff out for that. they started last nights coating the roads with a salt solution to give them a bit of a leds start, anticipating what might be a dicey evening commute in some sections. earlier today they did warn people to head home early and get off the roads before rush our, although no one is expecting a lot of accumulation. they just wa

he says the north korean regime is committing genocide against its own people. >> north korea has employed each of the five acts through executions and state-sanctioned murders, stay induced mass starvation, forcible abortions and the forcible enslavement of children. >> this north kore participants the chinese embassy in seoul. christian activists prayed for north korean prisoners and their family. this college student urges more christians to speak out. >> i wept and prayed when i realized in proverbs it says we should speak up for those that cannot do so for themselves. >> rally organizers are urging them to announce a clear statement against the koreans. >> you are about to meet a young lady who was part of north korea's secret underground church. her story has never been told until now. >> her name is kim jen, born in north korea. her testimony is rare. cia estimated 24 million people live in the communist country. best guess is 2 percent, 480,000 are christians. a handful have escaped from the buddha regime. >> growing up i was told by the authorities there was no god. we are ordered

special representative for north korea policy. someday vees said they changed views on various issues and he now has a clearer idea of the problems and a better understanding of north korea's viewpoint. >> i think we made a little bit of progress. i think we have to evaluate it. look at what it was that the north koreians had to say to it. >> reporter: but he did not disclose any details and said the result is far from a breakthrough. in december the u.s. proposed sending biscuits and vitamins to the north in a bid to persuade it to halt its uranium enrichment programs. north korea instead asked for agriculture crops. despite the rejection, the north remains positive about receiving food assistance from the u.s.. in the meantime, north korea is planning to hand out food aid to its people on april 15th. the 100th anniversary of the birth of the country's founder. the delivery will help bolster the image of the newly instaled regime of kim jong un. this week's talks were the first between the u.s. and north korea under the leadershi

or $1,270 to the north. customs say at least $890,000 were brought into the country. public officials say the association was asked by north korea to donate money to celebrate kim's anniversary. >> translator: north korea is asking people to show their loyalty to the new leader, kim jong-un, especially people from the pro-north korean association in japan. >> he also predicts similar requests before the sen ten reof the birth of kim il's son, his grandfather and the north's founder. he says demands have become a heavy burden on some north korean residents in japan. >>> u.s. home builders feel better about putting down roots. ai uchida has the latest economic data. >> the latest data coming in better than expected. new home building in the united states rose 1.5% in january compared to the previous month. that is key indicator of economic trends. the commerce department said thursday housing starts in the month stood at 699,000 units in annual terms. that's a little better than the market forecast of around 6

it is out of here but the win have shifted now and out of the north and north and west.breezy for the first half of the day. bright sunshine, high pressure building across the area. that means nice weather today, tonight and most of tomorrow. as we get into late in the day tomorrow, we'll have a frontal system moving through. this will change the forecast in a big way for the weekend. there is that area of high pressure again. cold front approaches from the north and west tomorrow. it looks like we'll get some moisture here and perhaps an area of low pressure develop ago long the carolina coast. timing on this will friday, early saturday. and enough of that moisture can kind of splash back towards the washington area in time for this cold air. well, things could get interesting around here late freeway and early saturday. right now, it doesn't look like a big deal but the potential for another round of wintry mix is out there by early saturday morning. then just kind of cold. our high temperatures both saturday and sunday, take a look, will only be in the 30s. here is yo

north korean media is reporting on the letter. the document calls on the south to offer an apology for not sending an official mission to the north to express condolences over the death of kim jong-un's father, kim john-il. the letter presses the south to can sell upcoming joint military exercises with the united states. the drill scheduled to start the end of this month. as we mentioned, the letter contains questions for the south. the north asks it to promise to stop criticizing it for the sinking of a south korean war ship and shelling of young popping island in 2010. the south car kor ian government has shown more flexible attitude to the dialogue. the letter is apparently aimed at increasing pressure on the administration of south korean president before the general elections in april. south korea's unification ministry says the government won't respond every time the north tries to push through demands at a critical phase of inter tori and ties. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." of "newsline." thanks for joining

our freeze line north and west of the city north and west of i-95. travelers are looking east, just wet conditions. as you go further north and west there could be reduced visibility and slicker areas. 30s, more snow showers, primarily rain to the east. we'll have much more on when the whole thing gets out of here coming up. >>> the calendar says february 8th and a wintery mix reminds you we are in winter. it slowed traffic to a crawl on 83. let's check in with joce sterman. what is it looking like tonight? >> reporter: it is not a crawl. we're not seeing that tonight. things are moving pretty quickly on 83 northbound, just a little slick, but nothing is sticking to the roads or the grass at this point. as far as the roads are concerned, we have the state highway administration to thank. they did a lot of the work while you were-- while you were sleeping. state highway crews and contractors lined up at the salt dome stocking up for potentially what was to become today and tonight. they're anticipating just needing salt and not plows, not expecting a

it wants the north to apologize for recent incidents. it dropped that demand as a pre-condition for talks. the open letter is aimed at increasing pressure on south korea president bak before general elections in april. south korea' unification ministry said the government won't respond every time the north tries to push through demands through sensitive times for korean relations. >>> kim jong-un is showing interest in high-tech gadgets. he ordered an ipad 2 when the tablet became a hit. he spent several teenage years in switzerland is wants to modernize the country. the ipad 2 is popular among some officials. in the future, the tablet could be linked to the internet by a large mobile phone network. the number of possible users would likely be limited in north korea as the government might be afraid of the loss of social control. >>> germany's angela merkel is in china. she is trying to reassure the trading partner of the economic health. we have ai from the business team. merkel met with the leaders. how were the discussions? >> i can t

special representative on north korean policy glen davys and north korea's first vice foreign minister. the u.s. envoy spoke to reporters after meeting with kim. >> they haven't quite concluded. and we intend to pick up where we have left off this evening tomorrow. >> davys added the delegates from both sides would have dinner together on thursday. during the meeting the u.s. is believed to have urged north korea under new leader kim jong un to agree to make moves towards denuclearization. north korea is thought to have demanded food assistance in return for making concessions on the nuclear issues. the north's leadership particularly wants to distribute food to the people on april 15th, on the 100th anniversary of the birth of the country's founder. there are hopes that any bilateral agreement that the north and u.s. reach could create momentum for resumption of the six-party talks on the north's nuclear development. the negotiations have been suspended for more than three years. that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. thank you

north korea leaders have been inviting foreign investment. they are aiming to boost the country's infrastructure and agriculture sectors. north korea has become isolated and seen little economic progress. the country has been forced to rely on china, a long-time ally. >>> a ratings agency has downgraded countries under scoring the financial crisis. the business team has the latest. ai. >> s&p has done the same thing and now moody's has downgraded italy and spain. it dropped italy, portugal and slovakia and malta and slashed spain by two notches. countries with the highest were spared downgrades. it lowered for france and austria from stable to negative. these two nations could face a rating cut. it listed britain to negative. it is bringing continued issue over the economic reforms. it made the decision after standard & poor's 500 downgraded nine eurozone countries, including france last month. separately, the eu welcomed greece's approach of the austerity measures. >> yesterday, the greek parliament served a crucial step forward. >> eu monet

has called on the north to halt its uranium enrichment program and take other steps. campbell also referred to reports that china offered food aid to north korea last month, and he said the aid was part of china's effort to stabilize the north. >> we want to continue a close dialogue with china. we want them to share with us most of the perspectives and their plans. >> campbell also said the u.s. hopes to use chinese vice president ping's visit to washington later this month to urge china to help promote talks on north korea's nuclear program. thousands of u.s. and japanese soldiers are preparing for the worst. they're running through exercises aimed at protecting japan from an invasion or a disaster. the annual drill is called yamasakura. the purpose is to enhance the abilities, the u.s. army and japan's self-defense force have. about 6,000 personnel from both sides are taking part. the commander of the u.s. army pacific spoke exclusively to nhk world about the drel and the current security concerns in this region. >> hi, how are you? >> lieutenant general francis ri

have begun joint military naval drills despite north korea's threats of possible retaliation. call the action a sign declaration of war but its neighbor states the twelve day military games are purely defensive when i get more perspective on this. ruediger frank who's an expert on north korea and east asia at the university joins us now live it's not the first time south korea has held such drills is it and the north routinely declares it a threat to its security is there in your opinion any reason to believe these exercises are a danger to the north. well to begin with that's not the first time but these are definitely the longest lasting such exercises ever used they used to be around one week or ten days in two thousand and three and twenty eleven last year they were expanded to one month and now in twenty twelfth's the first time that we see it two months the period for the key resolve and fully legal exercises and i'm wondering what type of signal does this supposed to be sending to north korea. ques interest in north korea has threatened to launch a powerful attack to st

washington has demanded north korea suspend. i doubt the north will agree to that. just because the north korea's new leadership gets support by maintaining hard-line stance with negotiations with the united states. i think it will show its determination to stop north korea's uranium enrichment problem. its main concern is the north may conduct a nuclear test to seek financial aid from the international community. the u.s. wants to show north korea this style of diplomacy no longer works, so at this early stage of kim jong-un's rule, the u.s. needs to show there is no room for compromise in nuclear talks. >>> the anti-whaling group has thrown bottled acid at a japanese research whaling ship traveling in the southern ocean. one crew member was splashed with the acid but was unhurt. japan's fisheries agency says activists tried to obstruct the ship by throwing bottles containing strong-smelling acid and paint. sea shepherd has been harassing the whalers since jan. they say their actions cannot be tolerated since they pose a threat to the lives of japanese crew members

a lot of credit has to go to the north carolina defense. they have the size inside that they can do that with. henson and zeller controlling the middle it is hard to give a pump fake and drive by and get all the way to the basket. >> tim: just under 2:00 remaining. the way the game is played out the last five minutes of the first half. do you think north carolina would be up 15 by now. curry steps in three. yes and just like that 82-78. the dukes won't go away. 10-3 this run over the last 3 and change. >> dan: now you have to find barnes or zeller if you are north carolina. >> tim: barnes on the way to the rack. offensive foul. it will go the other way. >> dan: this is a play where duke looks offbalance and curry fortunate he didn't walk. kelly is just outside that restricted area. >> tim: a brilliant defensive play on his part. rivers. kelly takes one. just off the back iron. gets his own rebound. it's down to two. 82- 82-80 with 1:06 left. here we go again. zeller back in the game and he has it right where he wants it. >> dan: that's a go

actually a new dictator if you will in north korea. is . probably would be one way to do that so in effect are we seeing south korea sizing up this new leadership in north korea. no not at all i think that these exercises have been going on for as long as i can remember. i don't think that the south korean leadership want to shoulder. it is weak it is preparing for the man's out of north korea that. you know are sure to come when we see any change in the relationship at all between north and south as a result of the new leader now in the korea. i doubt very much deal only think that can bring change if and when the west realizes that the policy is there is of in north korea have failed in my opinion so what should the west policies be then. the west does. number of the deal with north korea they're essentially. the north korea regime to stay in part by providing you with a system. where many billions of dollars in return for disarmament did not happen they have already made the same deal twice so you probably didn't also coriander hold a ho

it was about the cold war, it was about north and south coming together. and inside you could get the latest technology. princess phones playing recordings about what you were seeing. and somebody recently gave me a medallion from the centennial, well preserved in some little girl's box in the back of the closet. she's happy for me to have it now that she's grown up. and the medallion nice and hefty says "let us have peace" with grant and lee and it says consciousness of duty faithfully performed was the theme. doesn't really matter what -- whatever that means, that's a lot of letters. consciousness of duty faithfully performed whatever you may interpret that to mean north or south. now, despite the investment, the centennial faced awkward challenges from the beginning. because virginia had just fought the fight over massive resistance, actually closing the schools in the late 1950s rather than have black children and white children go to school together. and all the materials from the centennial from virginia, there was no mention of black people at all.

the north koreans know this and want the food assistance. and there's really nobody else giving it to them now because a bit of donor fatigue has set in from the international community from giving north korea food for well over a decade now. they clearly need the food and the obama administration is leveling that to make sure they can make progress on the nuclear issue. >> on the nuclear issue, the fear with north korea had always been that north korea might outsource its nuclear weapons to somebody else or sell off its nuclear weapons to some other group. do we have any indication whether that is still as much of a risk as it was from a few years ago? >> it's still as much a risk as it was a few years ago. since a few years ago there have been things put in place sanctioned by the u.n. security council resolutions which make it harder to proliferate. nevertheless this new uranium enrichment program is dangerous and is easy to proliferate this technology and very difficult to find inside north korea. it doesn't have the signature their plut

let's head to north america. we have a storm for the southwest, bringing coastal rain to california. then some fairly light to moderate snow showers across the southern rockies as it heads to the four corners. will be a little heavy in places. then another system is moving across the midwest at the moment. northern parts will be seeing snow, then it heads to the south with rain and thunderstorms. as you can see, as it pushes east, it is weakening off and breaking up. temperatures are going to be moderating at 11 degrees tuesday in oklahoma city, after a very chilly monday. i think you made it to 3 degrees. that will feel like an improvement certainly. up to the east, up to 8 degrees in new york city. all right. into europe we go. towards the west, let me show you things are going to be a little bit cool, excuse me, i should say dry and cloudy for the british isles. but we have a warm front moving across much of western continental europe. scandinavia seeing snow and gusty winds, and then turning to a mixture of r

and north korean diplomats aren't revealing much. still, they are back in talks over pyongyang's nuclear program. analysts say that alone is a positive development. they are expected to focus on the north's uranium enrichment and food assistance from the united states. the two sides held talks since the death of the former north korean leader kim jong-il in december. decisions lasted for more than five hours, but representatives revealed little. >> the talks today were substantive and serious. we'll pick up again tomorrow and see if we can't make a little bit of progress and have something a bit more substantive to report to you. >> translator: we have discussed all the issues that concern us. both sides were sincere. zblt. >> the americans are believed to have urged north korea to take steps toward denuclearization. including suspending all uranium enrichment. north korea is believed to have asked for food aid including grain ahead of the celebrations in april to mark the birth of the country's founder kim il-song. the multilateral

again, rhode island avenue to north capital street, beeping road to h street back around to north capgood arm alternative routes for you because new york avenue inbound which is our rush hour commute, that remains closed at florida avenue until further notice. crew in sky fox is with us on the other side of town checking out northbound i-95 as you work your way northbound this morning leaving lorton up towards newington. it is heavy, slow and steady. nothing out of the ordinary here. 66 is backing up in manassas with delays leaving 50 to 123. we have some debris reported in the beltway here at colesville road. whatever was her has been pushed over to the shoulder. lanes are open. you are below speed leaving university boulevard headed in towards silver spring. blares if. >>> a major victory for rick santorum. it is a sign that the republican presidential nomination is still far from decided. >> let's get a look at the numbers now n minneapolis, santorum won with 45% of the primary vote. ron paul was second place with 27%. romney was a distant third. >> in colorado, a much closer match

who do you think is calling the shots in north korea? is he or are others?> we spent a lot of time looking into that. there is no question right now he is the undisputed leader. but as bill powell says in his story, that power is by no means cemented. we're all looking for whether or not kim jong-un will stop himself as a reformer, which could spell trouble for the old guard, or fee is more of a status quo player and takes on the family business of despotism and running the country the way it has been ever since his grandfather. he probably will stay in power for quite some time because that patrilineal line is very important in north korea. >> he is only 29. is that going to have an impact on his leadership? do you think he will be liberalizing -- north korea as having talks with the u.s. next week. >> there will be bilateral talks on the february 23, which is the first time in a long time. that will be a key measure of how the west is going to come to terms with kim jong-un. not so much is used, but the degree to which he may or may not have been westerniz

and north korean negotiators. it was the first such meeting since north korea's longtime ruler kim jong il died in december and was succeeded by his son, kim jong un. secretary clinton today called it a reminder that the world is transforming. >> the united states-- i will be quick to add-- still has profound concerns. but on the occasion of kim jong il's death, i said that it is our hope that the new leadership will choose to guide their nation onto the path of peace by living up to its obligations. >> woodruff: this is not the in 1994, former president jimmy carter-- acting for the clinton administration-- brokered a deal for pyongyang to shut down nuclear plants in exchange f u.s. aid in building electrical power plants. the yongbyon plant remained closed until 2002 when both sides accused the other of not living up to the agreement. from there, the north went on to test-fire long-range missiles and conduct its first underground nuclear test. in 2007, the bush administration, along with south korea, russia, chi

and north korea had a deal. >> north korea has agreed to implement a moratorium on long- range missile launches, nuclear tests, and nuclear activity including uranium enrichment activities. today's announcement represents a modest for step in the right direction. >> in return for that first step, north korea can expect a quarter of a million tons of nutritional assistance along with people to monitor where it goes. one more reminder, says the u.s., that the world is transforming our around us. not everyone is celebrating, many have been here before. four years ago, the cooling tower at this nuclear site was destroyed. a symbol of success to more bilateral negotiations. the mood of international cooperation lasted not much longer than the tower itself. since then, north korea has carried out the nuclear test, shelled a south korean island, and unveiled a new uranium-based nuclear program. if this agreement -- is this agreement enough to put that in the past? the government in south korea has been cautious. a new deal could create the right conditions in return. getting a broad agreement

north korea's tv broadcast these pictures ahead of the drills. they show kim jong un inspecting front line troops. the unit he visited carried out the shelling of south korea's island in 2010. the report says kim ordered his soldiers to in his words, make a powerful retaliation in the enemy intrudes by just 0.001 millimetre. >> translator: the scoundrels are making an out of mind military exercise during the period of mourning for our leader kim jong il. it's tantamount to a silent declaration of war. >> reporter: the u.s. and south korea also plan to carry out joint marine landing exercises. they are based on the scenario of the north's invading islands in the south. the drills will be the first in 23 years. the u.s. military leaders claim the exercises are purely defensive, but some analysts see this as an opportunity for the north to boost the authority of kim jong un but launching some formal provocation. >> north korea warns no one can predict what will happen. the state run news agency called south korea and the united states warmongers. ou

you can see the lowell to the north getting the tail end of the system another low behind it that isgoing to enhance the push southward of these scattered showers into the afternoon. that's why they will be handling around and temperatures for the most part cooler today that's the bigger story fear 60 oakland, palo alto south and east most of the -- along the coast san mateo up into the north bay cooler mid to upper 50s. scattered showers linger tomorrow morning, saturday afternoon to sunday afternoon fairly die sunday evening through monday another -- fairly dry sunday evening through monday another system. light rain valentine's day. >> >> emergency crews en route to this new crash in vallejo eastbound 780 before i-80 they haven't gotten there yet. it shouldn't affect traffic on i-80 at this point that is flowing well. the closest sensor i could find was 46 miles an hour near the scene. we'll keep you posted this could be a possible hot spot for folks heading out of vallejo on to i-80, you might want to consider another on-ramp. also 880 through berkeley no problems heading to the

how desperately does north korea needed the assistance that the u.s. could give them? i have talked to a number of the groups that have gone through north korea and they clearly assess there is a need. there is clearly a need that lost there is clearly a need there. the children are -- there is clearly a need there. the children are starving. a bit of donor tilt has set in in the international community for giving north korea food for over a decade. -- there is a bit of donor guilt that has set in. >> there is the fear that north korea might outsource their weapons to another country. is this the same situation? >> this is still as much of a risk as it was a few years ago. there have been more things put zpóoñ#dwz~ resolutions that make it to proliferate. this is very dangerous. it is very easy to proliferate this type of technology. it does not have that kind of signature that the plutonium program has. these are quite significant and i believe that is why the u.s. is trying to gauge at this point, to get a handle on the program. >> thank you very much for coming in.

we will continue to follow our news in the north bay. fire started as a controlled burn, but fire crews lost criminal, but it's 50% contained. it's happening in napa county, just north of the silverado country club. we'll don't to follow this story at 6:00. we'll see you then. >>> on the broadcast tonight, the surge in gas prices up again overnight and up and over $5 a gallon in some places. what's driving this? >>> the politics of birth control, women, contraception and a national fight over this issue that came out of nowhere.

in oakland north 880 at the 66th avenue still a crash on the off-ramp, not bad on north 880 itself.aze traffic app this is a great way to find out about all the slow downs for your compute. it has been slow through the alta manhattan -- altamont pass, it gives you alternates altamont pass road is moving at 22 miles an hour. you can tell your fellow commute is going on, heavy traffic reported on basco road. go to abc7news.com/waze, learn more and become way traffic spotter. >>> the world's first test tube hamburger could be a reality. a dutch scientist has taken stem stems from a cow and created muscle tissue in the lab. the doctor says his goal is to find a green way to produce inexpensive meat. an anonymous back area to pay $317,000 to fund the research. the doctor hopes to grow enough samples to create a ham burger by this october. >>> a state lawmaker wants changes to to the release of 911 recordings in the wake of the demi moore uproar. an assemblywoman has introduced a bill prohibiting law enforcement agencies from releasing medical or person information contained in emergency

north side of the accident. again all lanes blocked off inbound new york avenue basically between 4th and florida avenue. it's going to be there for a while as you saw with that activity. we're going to take you over to virginia and annandale. on the inbound side of braddock road that is shut down inside the beltway between ravensworth road and back lick road because of a pole down. vdot is doing construction at route 7. a tough alternate to get you around that so keep that in mind. back to you. >> thanks, monika. >>> 5:20 now. 9 wants you to know that we have been reporting on underage drinking. montgomery county has announced an important new initiative. the department of liquor control will dyes butte identification check -- distribute identification checking counters to every licensed business in the county that sells alcohol. >> that will make it easier to quickly determine the age of a purchaser. this morning andrea mccarren shows us the harsh reality of some troubled lives which began with early alcohol u

, north and west heaviest amounts will be north and west of the city temperatures will be coldest north and west get a chance to stick on the roadways and surfaces, north and west sooner than the rest of the area. here is the forecast today lots of clouds snow, rain mix likely by this afternoon total accumulations, seeing a trace and three inches that would be the worst case scenario watching well off to the west and north for your daytime high, 40, snow showers, end tonight, parly cloudy a refreeze overnight tomorrow mornings commute might be a bit on the tricky side more details on the forecast in just a minute julie good morning. >> good morning tucker again just want to reiterate for folks that maybe haven't left home yet heading in toward the office maybe on your lunch break you may want to step out make sure you have plenty of wiper fluid and gas as well you don't want to get caught off guard. >> on the roads 395, coming across the 14th street bridge, lanes are open no trouble spots to report as you work across the potomac. traffic is heavy and steady, duke street to 14th street,

and it has to do partly with north korea and the threat from north korea but also partly the u.s. asserting its power in the region and so it has as much to do with facing china and protecting its allies in that if you station as well as protecting economic interests there the u.s. asserting its presence there in the region how will take that do you think. well they've never. exercises in their regions so they're likely. to appreciate that very much as well it depends on whether these exercises are going to be increased. the number of us military that's involved the hardware that's involved or aware that this is sort of regular run in the belt and the exercise so you don't think we don't like very much and which they are always protesting against but still there is a kind of. an acceptance of the fact that these do happen from time to time so it is interesting i don't think that by the u.s. defusing tensions with north korea could actually increase tensions with beijing just very briefly i don't think that's going to happen. very good to hear from you thank you very much for your

reports china offered food aid to north korea last month. he said the aid was part of china's efforts to stabilize the north. >> we want to continue a close dialogue with china. we want them to share with us more their perspectives and their plans. >> he also said the u.s. hopes to use chinese vice president later this month to urge china to help promote talks on china's nuclear program. >>> running through exercises aimed at protecting japan from an invasion or a disaster. the annual bilateral drill is a computer simulation. the purpose is to enhance the abilities of the u.s. army and japan's ground self defense force. about 6,000 personnel from both sides are taking part. the commander of the u.s. army pacific spoke about the drill and the current security concerns in this region. >> reporter: lieutenant general has been the u.s. army's top solder in the asia pacific region for nearly a year. he's now leading his troops through one of their most important annual exercises. >> what's important about it is making sure that we have the proces

i saved some of the worst things he said about the south and north. he said this about yankees with their treasury of virtue. when one is happy and forgetful, facts get forgotten. but i think that sticks frankly to the whole of the country in a way we've treated civil war memory. what warren was really after in those two slogans, those two metaphors, great alibi, treasury of virtue, is reminding us as he did in virtually everything he wrote, brilliantly i think everything he wrote on this subject is that we think with myths, in myths, we live in myths. myths are the stories we tell ourselves we're living. myths of the great narratives we come to believe in. the stories we want to be part of. the narratives that explain our presence. in any given presence political position or situation. myth works on different levels. i resides in our imagination, it floats in the air we breathe, it makes folk music of the stories we inherited at home. and for northerners, the treasury of virtue and phrasing that could equally apply lies open he said, quote, on a lect

. >>> a lumberyard fire in the north bay in san rafael. we have a reporter on scene with the very latest. >>> and they are back. "occupy cal" is at it once again. what they are fed up with this time around. >> so nice yesterday. the clouds are back. maybe some rain, too. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> and the commute is a great one through silicon valley. coming up, a check of the south bay. >>> good morning. it's friday. and we are so glad. february 10. i'm grace lee. >> we are indeed. hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 5:00 straight up. and we begin at this hour with a developing story from the north bay. >>> a lumberyard burst into flames overnight and anne makovec is in san rafael, where firefighters are still on scene. good morning. >> reporter: the fire is out but as you said there are still several firefighters on scene to make sure there is nothing smoldering inside of the building. but check out these flames. the fire broke out at around 2:45 and the smoke could be seen from highways 580 and 101 here in san rafael. a

it was about healing between north and south at the expense of african-americans. virginia established the most active commission in the united states, spending $1.75 million in richmond. looked like a ufo with a big dome and department store. outside you have what every civil war site needs, a murkry space capsule because it was about the reconciliation is about the cold war. it was about north and south coming together. inside you could get the latest technology. princess phones playing recordings about what you were seeing. somebody just recently gave me a medallion from the centennial. well preserved in some little girl's box in the back of her closet, father told me she was happy for me to have it now that she's grown up. the medallion, nice and hefty says, let us have peace with grant and lee. and says, consciousness of duty faithfully performed was the theme. doesn't matter what -- whatever that means. that's a lot of letters. consciousness of duty faithfully performed, whatever you may interpret that to mean, north or south. now, despite the investment, the

. >>> north korea and the united states are to have talks over north korea's nuclear development. the meeting will be the first since the death of kim jong-il in december. the nuclear envoy arrived in beijing on tuesday. he did not speak with reporters. u.s. special envoy for north korean policy glyn davies arrived wednesday. >> in the leadership in pyongyang, we will be interested to see whether they're interested in moving forward with us, what precisely his policies are, in what direction he wants to take his country. all of these are a bit unknowns at this stage. >> earlier nhk world outlined the focus of discussions at this meeting. >> i don't think there will be a major breakthrough. because both north korea and the united states have domestic concer they need to address. north korea has a new leader in kim jong-un whose skills are still developing. president barack obama is facing an election campaign. so the north will likely reaffirm its position on nuclear. pyongyang will never halt its nuclear development program. it's trying to boast public support for the new leader.

with north korea where 240,000-tons of food aid are put on the table for north koreans.or jon kyl is pushing back hard saying the white house is breaking a promise not to provide the insensitives in exchange for what he calls dubious commitments. "i'm deeply disappointed but not surprised by the aboutface. it's par for the course for an administration that has a demonstrated record of misleading congress and disregarding u.s. national security." this of course north korean dictator kim jung un who took over for kim jong il. back with the panel. charles? >> leap day deal, it's a fool's deal. on two counts. number one, we know they are going to cheat. every time we had an agreement with them going back to framework agreement. we provide real stuff, three-quarter of a ton of badly needed food which the regime needs to survive. we give them real stuff and they give false promises over two decades. they set up violations in advance. they said today they will only carry out the agreement as long as talks proceed fruitfully. so at any time they can stand up and walk out and say

right now you are stepping out, clear to mostly cloudy, clear south mostly cloudy north. everybody in the low to mid 40s upper 40s san rafael, fremont, 50 oakland, san francisco 48 in antioch. the tail end of the system very, very light scattered showers today nothing to change any plans over. upper 50s north bay valleys san francisco along the coast rest of the bay inland into the east bay around 60°. once this system moves we get a break saturday afternoon through sunday afternoon the next system sunday night into monday one with weak system for valentine's day before drier weather comes in wednesday and thursday. >>> we start off with a nice shot of the golden gate bridge traffic flowing well four lanes heading southbound now. the other side of the bay i-80 westbound headlights moving through berkeley looking good out of vallejo to the bay bridge toll there wasn't a delay at all. i want to give everyone a big heads-up for mooney the n judah line will be closed for -- six tpwbgs -- six weekends. there will be bus shuttles once you are on church you can hop back on to th

off to the north and west, 1 to 2. up to 3 inches as you get up towards the border with pennsylvania. not going to be a major storm. if you are off in southern maryland, you are generally just going to get rain. but, as i mentioned all day yesterday, we just haven't had a lot of winter weather so far this season. likely to cause some problems for that evening rush hour. 38 in washington. 30 in gaithersburg. check out off to the north and west. this will be a critical role here. these temperatures have had a chance for fall below freezing. with the cloud cover now locked n they won't rebound a lot. temperatures not likely to get much warmer later this afternoon. that will allow the snow to start sticking immediately when it falls later today. there is your sentinel radar and not a well-organized system. that being said, it will drop enough to cause some problems here. we'll get it through here starting about 1:00 today and i think generally we'll be winding down by 9:00 or 10:00 tonight. we'll be back in the sunshine fo

this is something that does happen on key dates in north korea. one of the big questions is, what happens to the political prisoners? many political prison camps are under the radar, where people are held for life. that is the real question. they would like to see people released from those camps. that is unlikely to happen. it is likely to be criminal prisoners who are released. we have no news of it yet. it was due to begin today. >> in the capital of seoul in south korea. thank you for the update. over the next five years the number of super rich individuals in indonesia is expected to triple. it is the fastest growth in asia. more than half of indonesian's still live on less than $2 a day. the government is struggling to provide basics, such as education and health care. many wealthy are stepping in and setting up charitable institutions to fill that gap. we report. >> indonesia it is an economy on the move these days. its new-found wealth has led to a renewed confidence amongst the only. the glamorous set a living it up like never before. whi

most of the precip at noon will still be north and west of d.c. by the middle of the afternoon, here comes the snow. 37. 37 and snow, it's melting on the road surfaces. as we get into the evening hours, we'll still be looking at snow at 8:00 p.m. maybe 36 in town. north and west especially after dark, that's when we could run into a couple of those slick spots. we're looking at snow and rain across parts of west virginia. i-79 as it marches to the east. this gives you a timetable. still going to be several more hours before we have to deal with it out west. temperatures in luray and hagerstown, winchester freezing or below. it's down to 30 if gaithersburg. 34 culpeper. down south we have mid-30s at the pacs naval air station -- pacs naval air station. visibilities are fine. temperatures running at 38 at national. feels like 36 with a light northeast wind at 3 miles an hour. bigger picture, want to show you the storm system. coming through the ohio valley with rain in southern kentucky and tennessee. snow north of take, especially as you head to in

the united states is wadingack into the waters with north korea. now the obama administration has announced that envoys will meet next week for the first time in four months. the delegates from the two sides are scheduled to meet on february 23rd in beijing. these will be the first such talks since kim jong-un took over in december. representatives last met in october in geneva. the u.s. department spokesperson said the u.s. side wants to see if north korea is ready to take concrete steps toward denuclearization. the u.s. envoy will visit seoul and tokyo in the days following the talks. glenn davies will report on what he learns. >>> trade in china and north korea hit a record high last year. a 62% jump from the previous year reflects the north increasing dependence on china. there was $5.6 billion worth of trade between the countries. north korea leaders have been inviting foreign investment. they are aiming to boost the country's infrastructure and agriculture sectors. north korea has become isolated and seen little economic progress. the country

because if you look at the north carolina state football team, and it's the same in this respect as north carolina, duke, wake forest. in most respects the foot wall program at these colleges looks and feels and walks a lot like a professional team. and actually when they are tossed out on espn, they are actually, the teams are actually treated as a franchise in the same way the 49'ers are. so why did i get into the subject and how do i look upon it? well, a little bit of autobiography. i had my favorite team. my team was georgia tech. i grew up in atlanta and i had the good fortune to go to a few games, and watch them play against the likes of duke and alabama. and so i was interested in that and when i was in high school i was the sports editor of my high school newspaper but then that was it. i was just a normal red loaded american kid with a sports interest and i went off to graduate school and studied economics and then i began work at the university of maryland, which is a heat research university in college park, maryland. one of the things that surprised me the most about eating t

the thickest in the north bay just checking the latest observations everybody in the north bay quartermile right now. we have a lit northerly wind that means it is coming out of the -- a light northerly wind coming out of the north blowing to the south. let's look at temperatures, 50 at san jose low 40s fairfield, livermore, redwood city, mountain view everybody else in the mid to upper 40s. monterey bay low to mid 40s. by , the fog starts to fade, -- by , the fog stars to fade. 10, 11, -- mostly clear, mild overnight, that will help boost us to the warmest weather wednesday, thursday afternoon also a touch of a breeze will develop in higher elevations wednesday afternoon and hang around for the better part of thursday. no high fire danger. oakland seven degrees warmer than average today san francisco eight with san jose fremont nine excuse me compared to yesterday santa rosa and concord 11 and 12° warmer than yesterday. if you liked yesterday today maybe better concord antioch santa rosa cloverdale and ukiah warmest low 70s the rest of us mid to upper 60s monterey bay low to mid 60s a