american navy were, in fact, de facto at war -- >> north atlantic. >> there was a lot of fighting going on. there was a couple of ships, wasn't there an american cruiser -- >> there were both commercial and naval vessels that were fired upon and sunk in the north atlantic. ever since back in the spring of 1941, of course, fdr as you know had instituted lend-lease with great britain to helpture chi. - churchill. upon that action adolf hitler ordered a shoot on sight order to the wolf packs that were patrolling the north atlantic. but the american people knew about it. and it was not a spur to them to get involved in the european war even though this was war was, in fact, going on, naval war was going on in the north atlantic. and, of course, roosevelt in kind ordered naval ships to defend themselves against the u-boats. >> there wasn't any impact? >> no. not on public opinion. >> political. >> right. the lucetania wasn't the spur to get us into world war i either. >> well, and in some respects we forget over a period of time japan was already at war in craze from '37. >> yeah. >> they ha

international leaders, i would propose an annual sonnet of the heads of government of all the north atlantic countries under the chairmanship of the president, president of the united states. what this all adds up to is not another super national entity. that would be unwielding and unworkable. it is something more subtle, but i hope more durable. a fall of atlantic partnership which attempts to solve common problems for respecting the sovereignty of the member states. in the cause of identifying these problems and trying to solve them, graduates would discover they were helping to shape public opinion and political consciousness. the reaction 50 years ago to that earlier speech was swift, dramatic and at first highly critical. indeed, to judge the critics, you would think it was not stalin but churchill that had drawn down the iron curtain. it soon became evident that fulton had struck a deeper chord. it resulted in a decisive shift of opinion. the opinion polls recorded that 18. 83% of americans now favored the idea of a permanent alliance between the united states and britain. by speaking

within the mandate is their point, i'mthat the mandate, and to the communications we had with the north atlantic council, it was clear that we were within the mandate. and that's that communication, as well. and explaining what we along the way. and i'm not talking about seeking permission for anything, as much as i'm keeping them informed, taking the right action for the right reason, and then but doing it when it's needed and not doing any of it, and sometimes that's the difficult part. not to do something. it's to opt not to do something, trying to understand what will be the impact of that. we alluded to that where it's courageous restraint. to restrain yourself to that mission and to stick to that objective, and the missions we're given and the effects we wanted to accomplish. regrettably there's no easy solution on that to me, other than analyze and spending a lot of time looking at maps and talk with your adviser and developing the process together. and this process does not really exist because a lot of the nato processes were based on a different environment. we looked at iraq. we looke

this is called positive north atlantic oscillation.th all the snow coming down in europe right now. or at lowes that's what we've seen lately. last year was a strong relationship between the two high and low pressure system which allowed warm air over greenland then cold air over the eastern u.s. and the path of the jet stream just kept bringing the storms right over the northeast. it's been a change in this north atlantic oscillation that is really affected these two seasons. >> harris: fascinating as you machines all that snowfall in europe we were showing people the snowfall in rome it has been a tough winter for them. good to see you. thank you. a gang ever suspected robbers on the loose. after a police stand off in a house fire. it is our top story as we go across america. california, a manhunt for six suspects who say beat and robbed a man ended up at this house with a s.w.a.t. team surrounding the place. then a fire broke out engulfing the house. but within they finally put out the fire they found the home was empty so far it's

of politics and led to the secular realm all of that happened only in europe and crossed the north atlantic and happened here in the united states but it led to the period in which technological and economically the western world pulled far ahead of the competitors and that technology also allowed them to penetrate the competitors. they get better ships, better navigation, and so by the end of the 18th -- the 1800's, the 90 century they dominated about 80 plus% of the world, and that is really something that is historical unique. >> some argue that the 1970's and 1980's when japan was on the rise becoming a dominant economic power could have been the term. >> deterrence we've seen in the last several decades have been turned within the family is to say among the country's all of whom kind of look the same for their liberal democracy and industrialized economy, and so if we say what's happened over the last to come 60, 70 years, europe, the u.s. and japan have competed to be the top dog. but i did is happening now is it is widening. there are many new cracks in the kitchen and the western mo

the north atlantic treaty organization mobilized america's allies for mutual defense against the sovietteam roller. and european cold and steel community devised to help reconcile the former european enemies evolved over time into the european community. stalin had overplayed his hand. by attempting to destroy international cooperation, he succeeded in stimulating it among more realistic lines and not just through western cold war institutions like nato. as the west recovered and united, growing in prosperity and confidence, so it also breathed new life into some of the first set of post war institutions like the gat and the imf. without the russians to obstruct them, these bodies helped to usher in what the marxist historian eddie hobsborn ruefully christened the golden age of capitalism. the standard of living of ordinary people rose to levels that would have astonished our grandparents. there were regional wars, but no direct clash between the superpowers and the economic technological and military superiority of the west eventually reached such a peak that the communist system was f

we had a polar north atlantic oscillation, a persistent negative north oscillation which means thereas a high pressure system over greenland which pushed the cold ai

it would have been very difficult in the winter weather in december in the north atlantic to travel by plane, and he might have had to spend days on the ground waiting for decent weather just to get to halifax, nova scotia, so he decided to come come by battleship, the duke of new york, which was rocked terribly in the north atlantic but finally made it across. when he got to hampton roads, virginia, he telephoned the white house to say he's sorry they were so late, could they send a plane or a train to meet them so they wouldn't have to fly the rest of the way up to washington? roosevelt sent a plane to get him and got into a limousine or was carried into a limousine -- after all, roosevelt was paralyzed from the waist down by polio. he was carried into his limousine and taken to the anacostia flats naval air station where churchill met him. the limousine, by the way, was an unusual one. it was al capone's armored car that had been seized from al capone when he was put in jail for tax evasion. the only way they could get him into jail. roosevelt did not have an armored vehicle to trav

the military potential of the free world has been revived by such mutual defense pacts as a north atlantice southeast asia treaty organization. the real treaty to provide hemisphere defense. all over the world, our allies are now setting up their own defense bases with the technical know-how to operate them. this kind of military help by us is not by in means a one-sided operation. the nations involved contribute as heavily as they can. >> in joint training program, demonstrating their respective skills to each other. they crossed the language barrier to comradeship. this banding together by nations with a common purpose has produced strength not only in military and economic field, but in moral, spiritual values, as well. at a meeting of nato atlantic congress in 1959, a statement was adopted which called attention to the moral unity binding a number of nations. this document, recognizes respect for human dignity as the inalienable basis of civilization. among the fundamental rights of man specifically named are: respect for the sanctity of human life. >> the right to freedom of speech. o

course there are many great examples of positive cooperation between russia and the northern north atlantic treaty organization for example cooperation in afghanistan and with transit problems for nato in pakistan russia is playing a major wall in the operation there giving its air corridor or through its airspace and there is also of course a great example of. cooperation between washington and moscow being the new strategic arms reduction treaty with the two biggest nuclear arms who is now reducing their arsenals because of that cooperation. from the annual security conference in munich. protests have been raging across europe against last week's signing of a new copyright treaty which imposes intellectual property though on the internet opponents say the international actor document in forces censorship is a violation of human rights as artie's tom barton reports now more demonstrations are expected over the weekend. the streets may be snowy but here in sweden the heat is being turned up in that most modern of political debates surrounding internet freedom protests have been called here

the military potential of the free world has been revived as pacts like the north atlantic treaty, the to counteraggression in this part of the world. the anzus treaty and rio treaty to provide military defense. all over the world, our allies are setting up their own defense bases with the technical know-how to operate them. this kind of military is not a one-sided operation. the nations involved contribute as heavily as they can. no less valuable are the moral and friendly relations being generated between service men of all participating countries, in joint training, they cross the language barrier to comradeship. this banding together by nations with a common purpose has produced strength not only in military and economic field but in the moral, spiritual values as well. a meeting of nato atlantic conference, a statement was adopted which called attention to the moral unity binding member nation. this document recognizes respect for human dill dignity as basis for civil vags. respect for the sanctity of human life. the right to freedom of speech, of conscience and religion. of opini

rotational forces and certainly doing joint military exercises, demonstrates our commitment to the north atlantic treaty organization. in south korea you mentioned 20,000 soldiers in south korea. there are substantial and this is obviously dod military construction programs going on. i think -- i believe it might be -- some of it might be suspended in terms of bringing dependents over. at a time when south korea is spending 2.7% of their gdp, you know, so we're looking at closing bases down in the united states and yet retaining overseas permanent military bases for allies that are spending much less on defense than we are. we need to get them to do more. so, i mean i leave it open to you on those points. direction of these cuts and i think they compromise capability where i don't think we need. >> first of all and i'll try to go as quickly as we can. we agree with you on general officers and that was an initiative general gates had thd elimination of four star we downgraded the number of four star to three star u.s. europe on and on. >> i would love to see what ratio you would come up with betwe

i thought, that's really important in world war ii in the north atlantic when you got, you know, german u boats trying to torpedo you. does that really apply here? i kind of reversed that whole notion of holding your cards close and the first thing i did, try to do anyway was get every bit of information i could and then convey it out to people so they could make their own decisions so they felt empowered. and part of that, the second thing is to really understand the big picture. you get swallowed up in the details after a disaster. believe me, it's just millions of details. somehow you got to stand back from that and figure out the bones of the situation, the big picture, so i was trying to do that as well and that was kind of taking the information. but what happened by sharing information is it was almost immediate transformation to relationship because then suddenly people are saying, oh, ok. this is hard. this is difficult. you know, i said, this is what we know. this is what we don't know. you know, they look at me and say, that pathetic guy, we need to try to help him out. that

warm water from the pacific around the southern tip of south africa and all the way up to the north atlantic we call the gulf stream as a passes the united states and it keeps europe which is about the latitude of alaska like europe rather than alaska if if that thing shuts down isn't that what causes an ice age in europe and is there a possibility of that happening. when you change an ocean currents like that you can have a sudden very dramatic effect and in the past we've thought that maybe ice ages or a trigger when that kind of thing happened so yeah ocean currents are very bad to mess with and have suddenly stopped for a suddenly start and there is some scientific work which shows that yeah we would expect that europe in particular would cool very dramatically if we had the ocean currents shut down there and not only would it cool but it would drive very significantly as well we have a huge decrease in precipitation not only in europe but in africa as well so all very sudden changes that would be very bad for civilization to have a couple of billion people unable to feed themselves all

that most countries are as enthusiastic to join the embargo of iran as the united states and the north atlantic european countries even the greeks of very very nervous tipped it was sent greece's oil usage comes from iran and when iran said that they were going to three m. didley cut off supplies to europe there was a great deal of pandemonium in athens where there's already an incredibly difficult economic situation let's the first or it is that many countries are not sold on the idea of the embargo on iran secondly because we rely so greatly for a financial systems only yorick in the united states most financial transactions good through something called a swift network which is based in brussels you know when you wire transfer money abroad you need a swift court it's a messaging system for wire transporting of money this swiss network has said that they're going to now sanction the iranian central bank and twenty some iranian financial institutions so this is a very serious question because what it means is despite the appetite of much of the world to continue doing business with iran europe

one of those variables is off the north atlantic constellation. which affects the jet stream. and this year, it's not pushing south. and with a la nina in place. >> combined with the fact that the jet stream is staying far north, we're not getting that mixture of liquid water in the clouds and the cold that is caught in the snow. >> reporter: it was just the opposite two years ago in february, when wet elninio conditions that a cold jet stream pushing into the deep south. >> guess what happens? it snows. >> reporter: while a lack of snow makes for an easier winter here, it can make for a harder summer in other places. >> reporter: when the snowfall lands in snow packs and out west, they really rely on the snow pack to provide them water through the summer. >> reporter: and while a warm, sunny day is welcome. >> i could get used to this. >> jet streams that stay up and eventually come down. alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> ooh, i remember what that felt like. to better understand winter patterns, nasa is launching a satellite that will track snow formation to the moment w

do it justice in two minutes tmplet has for to with what we call the arctic oscillation, the north atlanticlation and la nina. and the combination of three is playing havoc. not just here that has had a mild winner. we are starting to see i drut in california. they typically get rain in the winter months. they haven't had much of anything. -- we are starring to see a drought in california. >> so la nina is part of the problem. >> we'll brame it on -- we'll blame if on that for this year. over the next three months, temperatures will be close to normal. maybe as we get into the hot summer months, we went have to despair and be sweating every day. >> i have an early april wedding. i just hope it stays like above normal during that time. i'm taking a chance here on an outdoor wedding. we'll see what happens. i know the date of your wedding and you are rolling the backup plan y you have a backup plan. >> it is still outside but it's covered tent. what was i thinking? >> we'll go very quickly. the last two summer have been unbelievably hot around here. let's hope we don't have what we had last s

one of those is off the north atlantic, which affects the jet stream. this year, it's not pushing south. and with a la nina in place. >> and that, combined with the fact that the jet stream is staying far north. we're just not getting that mixture of liquid water in the clouds and the cold that is causing the snow. >> reporter: it was just the opposite two years ago in february. when wet elninio conditions that a cold jet stream pushing into the deep south. >> guess what happens. it snows. >> while a lack of snow makes for an easier winter here, it can make for a harsher winter. >> they rely on the snow pack to provide them water through the summer. >> reporter: and while a warm, sunny day is welcome. >> i could get used to this. >> jet streams that stay up and eventually come down. alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> to better understand winter patterns, nasa is launching a satellite that will track snow from formation to the moment we shovel it. >> snow. what snow? >> it is so far from our minds on this gorgeous wednesday evening. right now, it's s

an easy one look how quiet it is, lots of clear skies across the mid-at ran tick off to the north -- mid-atlantic, off to the north and west, western pennsylvania, weak cold front will come through give us a few clouds should arrive in the form of dry weather, maybe showers up into pennsylvania and new york. cooler temperatures tomorrow but ahead of that, nice southerly breeze, warmer temperatures yesterday, highs upper 50s to 60 here in washington. 52 your afternoon high fredericksburg. nice start to your workweek. more details in just a couple minutes back to you. >>> all right tucker. >> thank you very much. new this morning students and faculty at damatha catholic high school are gathering to remember a football player who died over the weekend 17-year- old rico webb was taken to hospital saturday night for chest pains he died early sunday morning cause of death has not yet been determined. >>> we continue to follow developing news concerning an overnight carjacking it turned into two stories about two stolen white escalades, around 12:30 a.m. a group of armed men in a silver van carjacked an

area of low pressure will emerge down there and post a pretty good storm system up towards the north atlantic. timing on this, i hit it first rain and/or snow will arrive early sunday morning, be with us sunday and be out of here. quick mover by sunday night. so the second half of the weekend, things certainly deteriorate. rain will transition into snow. how much snow can we get, still a little early to call but we are gathering more and more confidence that we will have an accumulating snow across the washington area by sunday afternoon. still a lot to figure out where that rain-snow line will be. when we fine tune that for you, we'll get a better sense of how much snow we get around here on sunday. >> 53 today. 50 tomorrow with increasing clouds. 38 tomorrow as that cold air rushes in. president's day looks promising, 39 degrees. let's do traffic and julie wright has a look here. what's going on, julie? >> we still have lanes open on the outer loop of the beltway. that's good movements inner loop, still dealing with accident activity past connecticut where the right lane is closed. heavy on

i'm satisfied we stayed within the mandate and through the communications we had with the north atlantic council it was clear we were within the mandate and that's that communication as well and explaining what we are doing along the way. and i'm not talking about here but seeking permission for anything as much as keeping them informed, taking the right action for the right reason and then -- but doing it when it's needed and not needing it. sometimes you opt not to do something to understand what the impact will be. we alluded to that before whether it's courageous restraint is to restrain yourself to that mission and to stick to that objective and the missions we were given and the effects we wanted to accomplish. regrettably there is no easy solution on that to me other than analyze it and spending a lot of time looking at maps and talking with your advisor and developing the process together and this process did not really exist because a lot of the nato process were based on a different environment. we looked at that time iraq, we looked at bosnia, we looked at the balkans, we look

in the north atlantic there are over 2000 crossings a day. the transpacific passenger traffic is expected to grow by 4.2% between 2009-23. expected to grow by 5.1%, and right now there are proxim 8000 flights per year that operate on cross polar routes, and they are totally relying on gps. until very recently all final approaches for land in major airports were accomplished by means of instrument landing systems. this is okay in space better able to maintain these and infrastructure support that. in many parts of the world maintaining such systems is prohibited because of the cost and expertise. using pbn approach procedures based on gps more and more approaches lands by equipment aircraft only with little or no reliance on ground equipment, bring enormous safety benefits. and airports that previously had no instrument approaches now have pbn. today when u.s. airlines flight into nigeria, kazakhstan, mongolia, ecuador and georgetown, guyana, to name a few out of a hundred or more than a short us safe operations because of gps. gnss is importa

it is due to be completed come to the north atlantic council, and he basically endorsed by heads of statehen they meet at the next major nato summit, which is to happen in chicago in may. so the ddp are, everything has to have an acronym of course, deterrence and defense posture review will influence some of these issues. and within nato have also talked about a final thing i will talk about. the next step in arms control are not merely this question of a negotiated agreement. the russians do not appear right at this moment to be that interested come and take it with presidential elections there, presidential elections here, to getting underway a new negotiation of a challenging nature as i laid out. so as we look forward to perhaps starting those negotiations within a year or two, we are also looking at different sort of intermediate steps that could be taken. transparency and confidence building measures like information exchange, could we exchange information on both sides about those total nuclear weapons stockpiles, maybe even more granular information about some of the strategic ver

that work began last summer and it is due to be completed to come through the north atlantic counciland basically be endorsed by the heads of state when they meet at the next major nato summit which is to happen in chicago in may. so puerto rico -- everything has to have an acronym of course, deterrence and defense posture review will influence some of these issues and within nato they also talked about a final thing i will talk about. the next steps of arms control are not nearly this question of a negotiated agreement. the russians do not appear right at this moment to be that interested in particularly the presidential elections there and presidential elections here to getting under way a new negotiation of a challenging nature as i just laid out to be as as we look forward to perhaps starting those negotiations within a year or two, we are also looking at the different intermediate steps that can be taken. transparency and confidence-building measures like information exchange could we exchange information on both sides of the total nuclear weapons stockpiles? me be even more gra

in the north atlantic, there's over 2,000 crossings a day. the transpacific passenger traffic expected to grow by 4.2% in 2009 and 2030. interasia traffic will grow by 1.1% and there's approximately 8,000 flighteds a year that operate on cross polar routes, and they are totally reliant on gps. until they recently, the final approach is to land at major airports accomplished by means of instrument landing systems. this is okay in states that can maintain them with the infrastructure to support that. in many parts of the world, maintaining such systems are prohibitive because of the cost and expertise. using pbn approach procedures using gps, more and more approaches are used by the mean was of the commitment in the aircraft only with little or no reliance on ground equipment bringing enormous safety benefits and airports previously with no instrument approaches now have pbn. today, when u.s. airlines fly into nigeria, kazakhstan, ecuador, and georgetown to name a few out of hundreds, they are more assureed of safe operations because the gps. i

i think we're flying the strongest product in the north atlantic but you can't standstill.these tough times you have to be out there continually improving your game. they'll go on through to dreamliners which start arrived. delayed unfortunately. >> what's going to make them better? i mean the pillow is going to be made of cashmere? you've got flatbeds in your first class. >> it's the next generation of flatbeds, so they're more comfortable, bigger, more modern design. i think the upper class fleet flying today is the best but this takes on another stage and that allied with a new on board service. we've revamped the meal service. that is rolling out starting next month. all these things come together as well as a big new clubhouse, a 10,000-square-foot clubhouse at jfk that's going to be air side for the first time and the aircraft will be bolted onto the clubhouse. >> that is fantastic. instead of having to leave the clubhouse and have to go somewhere else and go through the check in somewhere through security. you can go right from there into the plane? >> yes. you'll ge

it's quiet tonight, just a few clouds across the mid-atlantic states. much further northnd west we have rain coming down and snow coming down across the country's midwest and the northern plains. that system will move quickly. replace this clear high pressure dome. dry air as a result of that. warmer air bottled up to the south. there's the front that came through and pushed down the temperatures from 60s to 50s and tomorrow into the 40s. again, you see very dry air locked in with dew points around 20. it will take awhile for that rain to really begin to hit the ground in earnest. we push things toward 8:00, rain knocking on the door but not coming down until later in the morning. you see it over southwestern pennsylvania. we'll continue to watch that carefully but clear across the east. overnight 36, dry and cool with increasing clouds. but tomorrow the chances for rain going up through the day. 48, depending on exactly if that rain holds off, we could get to 50. the possibility of an evening storm, more warm air will be working in. that seven-day forecast, temperatures

in the north atlantic there are over 2,000 crossings a day. the trans-pacific is expected to grow by 2.4% between 29 and 2030. the traffic during that period is expected to grow by 5.1% and right now there are approximately 8,000 flights per year to operate on the cross polar routes and they are totally reliant on gps. until very recently the final purchase the land of the major airports were accomplished by the meanings of the landing systems this is okay in the states that able to maintain and that of the infrastructure to support that. in many parts of the world maintaining such systems is prohibited because of the cost and expertise. using the approach procedures based on gps, more and more approaches are accomplished with a means of the comet and the aircraft only with little or no reliance on the ground equipment for the enormous safety benefits and airports that previously had no issued a purchase now have pbn. in the u.s. airlines fly into nigeria and kazakhstan, mongolia, senegal and ecuador and to name but a few out of hundreds the a

north. southeast michigan, the temperatures around the mid- atlantic and on into the polka those are mild. -- pokanos. most of the heavy significant rain will be well to the south and east of baltimore. even out that way with the mild weather coming garrett county expects a little rain tonight. looks like it will clear up by morning, which will benefit the stage for another mild day to borrow. temperatures again the way up there. 39-47 to buy. more like a normal high temperature for this time of year. a slight chance for scattered showers. subset earlier this morning of 5:51. underneath the clouds, a couple of hits and showers. the main storm in canada. now just a week weather disturbance coming through. strong growth cold front taking shape in the northern rockies tonight. this will raise south and east. this is the one that might finally push the spring-like weather out. it will grab on to the arctic air in the hudson bay and bushes south and east. this will certainly turn a lot colder on friday afternoon going into saturday. tomorrow on the warm side of the approaching front. partly cloud

north. wherever these collide in the mid-atlantic, that is where the potential is for significant snowfall. right now, the target zone for the heaviest snow is the west virginia-virginia border. during the day saturday, clouds increase. looks like as we get the precipitation will be in the afternoon on sunday, snow flurries towards lunchtime, more snow toward sunset. the heavier snow down on the virginia-west virginia border, with rain toward richmond and norfolk and southern maryland. the storm system moves through quickly, off the outer banks, out to sea. we'll get a few hours of the snow, tapering off before dawn monday morning. during the day monday it will clear. still the potential this storm could miss us. the probability of missing entirely is 10%. light snowfall, 60% chance, moderate snow fall 20% chance, the heavier stuff, only about a 10% chance. the most likely scenario is to get 2-5 inches of snow during the late afternoon and evening of sunday. tomorrow, sunshine, 49-54. the snow chances, and sunday afternoon into sunday night, clearing out presidents day. highs in the 40's, l

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it is due to be completed come through the north atlantic council and the duty to basically endorsedby heads of state when they meet at the next major senate which is to happen in chicago in may. so puerto rico, everything has to have an acronym of course, the defensive posture review will influence some of these issues, and within nato they have also talked to a final thing i will talk about. the next steps in the arms control are not nearly this question of the negotiated agreement. the russians do not appear at this moment to be that interested in particular with the presidential elections there and here to getting under way the new negotiation of the challenging nature as i just laid out. so, as we look forward to perhaps starting those negotiations within a year or two, we are also looking at a different sort of intermediate steps that could be taken. transparency and confidence-building measures like information exchange could we exchange information on both sides about our total nuclear weapons stockpiles may be even more granular information about some of the strategic forces

some colder air comes in from the north after that and we readjusts things back to normal by the weekend. all the mild air to the south is coming up into the mid-atlanticn and the colder air has been pushed up to the north but nothing is very extreme as far as temperatures. for the rest of today, a mix of sun and a few scattered clouds later on and maybe a shower but it does not look significant, 60-65 for the high in the rain chances go up tonight but we have had some wind gusted to the 20's this afternoon and temperatures dropped down into the 50's in some of the outlying areas overnight and two more, we can add a few more degrees to the highs and get temperatures in some cases closer to 70 degrees and things really changed after that. you can see by 7:00 this evening, we have more cloudiness and a few spotty showers and the rain chances increase overnight and in the morning -- bite friday afternoon and evening, that will activity will be pushed out of here and an indication we will have of the colder air and on the weekend, the temperature is addressed and we will be dreier but we will colder. 63 degrees today, 65 tomorrow and until the front goes t

atlantic" magazine. they show the coastal area north of fukushima in japan. as you click on the photos, they go from before to after. some show the moment last year's tsunami arrived. others show it at its height. they also show the incredible industriousness of the monumental japanese cleanup effort, the struggle there to return to life as normal. >>> a bit of embarrassment for "time" magazine. its cover story is on the voting power of latinos. it says,"yo decido." "i decide." one guy in the picture said, i'm not a latino. he happens to be part norwegian, part chinese, part irish. he says the magazine never asked him as they photographed 151 people over three days for the cover. folks at "time" say they did take steps to make sure everyone self-identified as latino. they say if there was a misunderstanding, they are sorry. >>> when we come back, danica patrick. >>> finally, this friday night, a lot of americans are excited for sunday because sunday is the academy awards. some of us, however, are additionally excited to watch something earlier in the day, the

atlantic states. few clouds drifting out of the north and west. developing weather maker, out to the west, beginning to increase in size and scope, it's primarily rain maker, at least for the next day, day and a half. there will be some wintery weather mixing in to this thing as it begins to track further east in to the weekend time. we take that early morning time past midnight saturday night in to our midday sunday, that's the key time frame for maryland on this thing. precipitation is controlled by two or three degrees of air temperature. the trend is a little too warm to support much in the way of sticking snowfall around the immediate baltimore area. look for rain showers in the baltimore area and eastern shore, western maryland, likely to get snow by saturday night. the high elevations above 3000 feet may only get snow. the showers that come down sunday, will have a tough time accumulating on anything but grassy surfaces, car tops, rooftops. air temperatures 50 saturday and 40 on sunday, it's that overnight period in to sunday morning where

a degree above normal, so we are living really large, not just us in the mid-atlantic but coast to coast. look how well north that jet stream is. which now leads us to a discussion of ground hog day. which is tomorrow. i could take six more weeks of this winter. that ain't a bad thing. mostly cloudy skies. in punxsutawney tomorrow. at sunrise 32. very comfortage for the revelry. >> cocoa >> coca cola will be the only one you will see. >> they are doing that. >> what one administrator is acaused of doing. >> it is a beautiful day and certainly doesn't feel like winter out there. meteorologist berp death woods will be back with her complete forecast. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jess carh ka carolina, and first warning ,,,, >>> police are searching for the gunman behind a brazen double shooting in st. louis, take a look at this video shot at a gas station last saturday. police say the gunman opened fire at a vehicle as it sat at a gas pump. two people were killed. they say they don't think they chose their target at random. >> it appeared to by this was a -- these guys -- these victims were t

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