some of the freezing rain a real problem the farther west and north you go of d.c. we are looking at the freezing rain and rain this morning. it will be much better this afternoon. we'll turn partly sunny, breezy and much milder from the mid- 40s to even some low 50's before the day is out. back with the seven-day forecast and i'll tell you what's going to happen or not getting to happen with that other storm this weekend. right now monika with timesaver traffic. >>> the major thoroughfares look pretty good. it's the smaller traveled, lesser traveled roadways and your neighborhood streets that could be really dicey coming out of and slippery as well. once you're here, for example, on the northbound side of i-95 in springfield, vdot was out pretreating the roadways all day long yesterday and this morning they're out in full force as well. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. >>> 4:13. time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> jessica doyle live in the newsroom. a rebound yesterday. >> you know, it's not great but not bad. wall street had a little bit o

through the kocounties shaded i pink up to the north of d.c. travel is expected to be dangerous. tomorrow morning we could have delays and cancellations throughout some of the secondary roads, and we will have more on that storm, and then another one that is potentially for the upco >>> well come back to "news4 at 4". the evening rushb is fine, but otherwise, tomorrow morning, make some plans if you are north and west of d.c., because the travel on some of the secondary roads could be icy. we are at 38 degrees right now sh, and we have a northeast wind at 6 miles per hour, and the cloud cover is continuing to move in, and by tomorrow morning, northern maryland, this is what you can expect temperature-wise. 30 in fed ri fredrick, and 32 i cumberland and columbia, and the temperature right at freezing, but for the temperatures, before they start the rising which i think that is going to be around 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning, and these are the areas where the travel could be dicey, and the roads could be compromised, and so if you live in that area or some of the areas off to the wes

this area, this corridor, very heavy snow this morning, right there, just north of d.c., north of philadelphia. the blue, the dark blue from hagerstown, new york, redding, allentown, new york city, 34 degrees and heavy snow is beginning to fall. we could see up to 6 inches of snow in new york city just during the daylight hours, 1 to 2 inches an hour. we're talking about a lot of people with the potential for a horrible morning commute, maybe even hard enough snow that vehicles could be stuck on the roads. and the timing of it, around 9:00 a.m./8:00 a.m. is when the heaviest is over the greater new york city area. and then right behind this, another winter storm. what a week this is going to be. this next storm will have major implications from kansas city, indianapolis, cleveland, all the way through northern new england. and then we have another potential storm. maybe the sunday/monday time frame, an old classic nor'easter. we've got three storms to deal with. but the immediate concern, the greater new york city philadelphia area, i hope everyone's prepared for the worst morning drives of th

of the day. >>> we're looking fine today. tonight some freezing rain, especially north and west of d.c. into early wednesday.lans in the afternoon and evening and potentially another storm later in the weekend. >>> cbs this morning is next. >> howard and i will see you back here at noon and back with upda

of the upcoming work and school week. seeing lightre snow, especially off to the north and west of d.c.t's not going to amount to a whole lot. you may see a few flurries in the distance. accumulations will be limited. this is a look at our futurecast as we move through the west of the evening and overnight hours. temperatures tonight will fall through the 20's. no problems at all. clouds will increase. willdnight, light snow develop. a fast-moving clipper. as quickly as it arrives, look what happens as we move to 1, 2, 3:00 in the morning, it's will to the east of us for the rush-hour commute. around about up way. our temperatures from there on will continue to increase. there's a look at our forecast for the overnight. temperatures 24 to 29 degrees. highs tomorrow will be in the 30's. morning sunshine will decrease as clouds increase. once we get that clipper out of morning, ouresday temperatures skyrocket. near 60 on thursday and friday. a little bit cooler for next weekend. >> there is curling action tonight in the olympics. shockingly enough, a lot of people will not be focused on t

best chances of snow will be well north and west of d.c.. i will get through this.it's moving faster than normally anticipated. i will show you what is going on -- our >> there is a winter storm watch for some parts of our viewing area but that does not include fairfax or prince george's county. >> i am back now. it also includes loudoun in frederick county. the good news is that it does or include southern maryland the district. here is a look at the futurecast. morning.e dry tomorrow showers will arrive as we move through early sunday evening, during super bowl time. no problems there but the biggest problems will arrive during the rush-hour commute. look at the snow line. you can see the rain which is yellow. we can see heavy rain, big problems early morning morning. as quickly as it arrives it will be out of here. take a look at our forecast. 33-30 eight degrees, partly to mostly cloudy skies. temperatures around -- 55. i should not laugh about this. temperatures by monday only 34. on tuesday night into wednesday we could be looking at rain allre changing over t

highest chance for a cumulative snow is north and west of d.c. outside of the capital beltway.at is out of your we will look for another system to move through late tuesday night into wednesday and then it will turn cold and finally, something else on the horizon. i was going to the library to do my homework. it took a lot of juggling to keep it all together. for someme low-income families, having broadband internet is a faraway dream. so we created internet essentials, america's largest low-cost internet adoption program. having the internet at home means she has to go no further than the kitchen table to do her homework. now, more than one million americans have been connected at home. it makes it so much better to do homework, when you're at home. welcome to what's next. comcastnbcuniversal. >> live from the abc seven broadcast center, this is abc 7 news saturday news extra. on your side. >> a day away from super bowl xlviii. it will prove to be one of the most closely secured events in u.s. history. federal, state, and local authorities work to keep everyone stay. we take a

of slick spots. tonight we have freezing rain in the forecast, especially north and northwest of d.c.e is your day planner on this tuesday morning. a mix of sun and clouds with more sunshine this morning. more clouds this afternoon. we're going to make a run toward 40, maybe 41. winds out of the north, northeast at a to 10 miles an hour with the mostly cloudy skies this afternoon. freezing rain advisory for tonight through early on wednesday morning. from baltimore down through d.c., back toward culpeper. counties in white to the north and west, those are winter storm warnings for snow, sleet and freezing rain, especially north of i-70. could be one to two inches of snow and sleet before the ice. that goes till 10:00. 10:00 a.m. on the advisories of howard, montgomery and loudoun. if they get changed to advisories, that wouldn't surprise me. this is for ice for the most part. the slickness, that's going to cause trouble tomorrow. this morning clouds are trying to come in west to east but still plenty of breaks with that. temperatures as i said, at or below freezing so we have many sli

. >> a little system tonight will give us a touch of snow, anywhere from a dusting to an inch, maybe two if it maxes out well north and west of d.c. those under delays toward the shenandoah valley, toward frederick, maybe upper montgomery, loudoun, those areas that get more snow may get the two inches. we're not talking about a lot and it's no going to last long. we'll be in the 30s today but pushing 50 by tomorrow afternoon afternoon. so get ready for a touch of spring. >> i think we've been ready for a while. >>> let's get you going on this monday, president's day. temperatures in the 20s. low 30s by noon. a few more clouds in the afternoon with a high of 36. then tonight by 8:00 we're cloudy and 32. i think this is really an overnight event for the snow. perhaps starting at 9:00 or 10:00 out west. tomorrow if there's a leftover flurry, that will be it. a cold start to the day with single digits in the mountains. oakland at 9. hagerstown 18. low 30s to the southern suburbs there in fredricksburg and tappahannock. mid- to upper 20s close in. north of town in northern montgomery county and loudoun counties, we're in the low 20s.

to eight in the purple here so that includes new york city, down into philadelphia, just to the north of d.c. then we kind of feather it out to three to five in the darker blue and one to three out towards the pittsburgh area. we have an active pattern, because the jet stream is dipping down and bringing these storms out of the gulf so we will see another one for tuesday and wednesday. all indications are this storm system will be spatially larger and more impactful than what we're seeing today across the midatlantic. so by tomorrow night, right back in the snow, new york all the way to boston. then as we head into wednesday, the storm system becomes more of a new england event but boston, probably the battleground for the rain/snow line. new york should change over probably to some rain, down into jersey, d.c. certainly changing over to rain but snowfall amounts in excess of over six inches. but wait, there's more. this is tuesday-wednesday. the computer models telling us there will be another storm as we head into late weekend, early next week. >> well, we will keep our fingers crossed. sh

just north of pittsburgh, a little blast of snow that already went through philadelphia in the tren top area and now heading for new york city. temperatures plenty cold enough in new england. 32 in d.c., so anywhere north and west of d.c., snow covered roads. pittsburgh, we're at 34. as far as the snow goes, we are going to expect the worst of it up here from about northern mass to southern new hampshire and near portland area. that's where we have winter storm warnings. whites a couple spots of winter weather advisories, so lower he said snow totals. you can see the snow starting to move towards the new york city area and it will be right through new york as we go throughout the next two hours or so. and we've already seen a lot of the snow pass through baltimore and d.c., but probably shouldn't see much more as we go throughout the day. so as far as the forecast totals go, again, just a quick shot this morning. and then the afternoon hours, much warmer and all the roads will metal. problem area interior central and northern new england. but 1 to 2 inches, that is nothing. that is like a sneeze. >> nothing compared to what we've been through. >> it's just the timing. but 40 later i

north and west of d.c., we temperatures to continue and taper off in the afternoon our. it will -- hour. it will warm up in the day. our futurecast gives you the production at 7:00 this morning. it is how quickly it dries up after you get past noon and get into the loud cover. look at the temperatures, pushing 50 degrees in parts of central parts of virginia. low pressure is to the north in the afternoon our and the wind comes in from the north this afternoon. to comethe sunshine through. there is a wide range of the forecast and the high temperatures are 40-50. partly cloudy tonight, 22-28 degrees. . we will have partly sunny skies tomorrow. we still have some questions and our models are all over the place. not just on timing, but with saturday and sunday. let's get through and had through tomorrow. -- and get through tomorrow. >> you'll have slick conditions this morning. it depends on where you wake up and get out the doorway. keep that in mind. you can get an idea of what you are experiencing. we have a mobile unit giving us a live shot along to 70. you can see the

of the storm. this is it. it is now approaching richmond, into d.c. and baltimore. these are the last three hours. so northf it. but still central virginia on up to baltimore, d.c., still in it for now. farther up into new york, up into this is where the heaviest snow will be. across parts of the green and white mountains, even into about central maine. that's where the heaviest snow is going to be. i don't believe we'll see maybe more than 2 to 4 inches in all the big cities, the big snow is at least 100 miles to the north of new york city and all the i-95 corridor. it is all up here heading to quebec and ontario as well. >> don't go too far. i want to talk to brian todd. he and his crew have been driving there some of the worst conditions. where are you now and what are you seeing? >> wolf, we're just north of washington, d.c., south of baltimore. we just came upon an accident. i'll get out of the vehicle and see if this woman can talk with us. she's talking to emergency responders right now. we have dash cam i'm talking to right now, coming out of the vehicle. this is the woman's car over here, picking

if you are watching us north of washington d.c. at the moment, this is coming your way in the overnight hours. the local government declared a snow emergency, showing there are routes in and out of the city. anyone with a vehicle will find it is towed overnight. this is union station. the capital building is over there. first to the white house, what a beautiful shot. the white house never looked better when it is snowing. how lucky they were when the french state bank wet wasn't tonight. if the weather came earlier, they would have been in a pickle. what is going on is the federal government is closed on thursday. lots of things were slated to happen, will not happen. the last time a storm of this size came through was four years ago. the city was closed for six days and they hope it doesn't happen that time. >> all over the country gay rights have gaped momentum -- gained momentum. kansas lawmakers turned back the clock, passing a bill allowing businesses and government employees to deny service to same-sex couples. hotels, restau

of smokes cost? your smooth skin >> reporter: and maybe it all >>> that is right. we are looking at a potential ice storm here. temperatures are near the freezing mark and to the north and west of d.c., but this is the area we are watching back to the west that has the potential and not only to bring us a little bit in the way of the snow in the onset, but the freezing rain, and the freezing rain potential is huge for some of us, and i will talk about that and break it down and plus, the interesting saturday/sunday storm, and the the weekend storm that everybody is talking about, and i have that for you coming up at 5:45. >> hmm. castaway rest cued after more than a year adrift at sea. >> his family is in maryland and they are overcome with joy after fearing the worst. >> and investigators are working to confirm the story that he left on a fishing trip and then drifted thousands of miles. >> for the family, they are just happy to hear his voice. kristin wright is here with reaction from the relatives. kristin? >> well, jose salvador gutierrez says he survived on birds and rain water and birds. some skeptical of the story that he was at sea for 13 months. whatever the answer, the fa

i this time tomorrow the roadways will be i see, especially north and west of d.c. that means rough roads and we will have some power outages. areas,lly in the warning that is where i am most concerned. this'll be around 7:00 or so this evening. overpasses will be slick. the advisory in the purple area is until 6:00 a.m. it is almost everybody. they think the temperatures are going to be too warm and we are not too concerned. 31 228 be more like degrees. can really accumulate. 31 degrees as our temperature right now. the wind chill is 24 degrees. in gaithersburg and 26 and ellis. twice sevent -- degrees in manassas. this is where our storm system is. -- snowbring storm across the midsection and as it heads to us the warm air will be overwriting it. that is why it comes down as liquid and phrases on contact. look at all the states impacted by the storm. is that pink and blue, that warnings. today is the calm for us. do what you need to do today. toby a fair amount of cloud cover. by this evening, all that pink is freezing rain. there may be some sleet and snow , espe

a wintry mix as you can see anticipated, basically north of washington, d.c., but into new york, it will be snow, not just through saturday and into sunday, but also into monday, we are anticipating some of that. from west coast to east, this storm is going to be making its way across and making an impact for just about everybody. >> kate parker, next time you're on, please bring some good news or i will hire minnie driver. >> reporter: deal. >>> united airlines blaming the bad weather for a quadrupling of cancellations this year. a quadrupling. phil lebeau, quadruple. i don't know how much that is but it sounds like a lot. >> reporter: four times more than they usually have, brian. it's not surprising, because what we're seeing from united, we have seen from really all of the airlines. united feeling a real hit when it comes to canceled flights in january and february. all together, the company says this will impact the revenue for the first quarter primarily because most of the cancellations are on the regional flights. those have higher revenue per seat mile. the cancellations did qua

the band goes north of richmond right through d.c. now. up here through the baltimore area. notice the temperature 32 in d.c. so it's getting to be a heavy wet snow. 30 in baltimore. a little colder up here. philadelphia into baltimore. better chance of staying all snow as we go throughout the peak of the morning commute. new york city the snow is beginning 29 degrees. we are raining on the jersey shore so a fine line between where we are going to get the very heavy snow and rain. the snow totals down in areas of virginia here, especially towards the lynchburg and roanoke areas upwards of 12 inches. it's a quick hit and pile up. that is what is going to be over the top of areas like new york city as we go through the morning commute. i'm thinking right now, d.c. 4 to 5 inches on the ground and you'll end up with 8 to 12 and same story baltimore. philly to new york city 8 to 12 inches but a chance it could get higher. if the band sets up on the back side of the storm over the top of "the new york times" we could see 10 to 16. it's a two-part storm for a lot of people. we have

of the area. snow best chance to be back north and west of d.c. and storm team 4 will be watching this one very closely four not just overnight tonight in through the day tomorrow but all weekend long. chuck bell, amelia segal will have the latest for the forecast for the weekend and plain cold on tuesday with a high of 29 and we stay that way 34 degrees on wednesday. guys next week that's the full first week of march. >>> it's scary. thanks doug. >>> still ahead hazmat crews rush to contain fuel spill in prince george's county. >>> the phone system and pa knick buttons failed during a deadly shooting at lax. pat lawson muse is digging deeper in this. >>> he h in a swamp for days breathing through a straw when the nazis moved in. a holocaust survivor [ yodeling plays ] worst morning ever. [ angelic music plays ] ♪ toaster strudel! best morning ever! [ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. toaster strudel! ♪ [ male announcer ] don't wait for awesome... totino's pizza rolls gets you there in just 60 seconds. ♪ >>> we got breaking news right now about a shootin

north of us in washington, d.c., they're also getting ready.ke with the mayor's office earlier today. they're going to be declaring a snow emergency at 6:30 that mainly keeps the cars off major roads. they can make sure those are clear. across the region people have been flocking to hardware stores and supermarkets to stock up on shovels and groceries like bread, milk and water, wolf. >> it's going to be a bad situation here in the nation's capital area as it heads towards new york and beyond. our thanks, athena. thanks for that report. we'll continue the breaking news coverage here in the situation room. just ahead our own ed lavandera, he's been driving around this mess. he'll join us for a complete update on what's going on. stay with us. [ male announcer ] the new new york is open. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... we're new york. if there's someth

north. washington, d.c., is in the thick of it.e federal government is closed this morning as that storm moves in and the icy mess means a bigger mess at airports across the country including right here in the bay area. "today in the bay"'s" bob redel is live this morning. >> reporter: a passenger just walked by, gave us a thumbs up and she's excited because her flight was cleared to atlanta which wouldn't have been the case yesterday. the snowstorm on the eastern seaboard is moving north, relieving atlanta hartsfield but causing major problems for airports in the northeast. according to flightaware.com, more than 4,000 flights have already been canceled for today nationwide. i just got off the phone with a duty manager here at sfo. he tells us there are almost 50 arrivals and departures that have already been canceled for today at sfo, flights traveling between raleigh and sfo, all the way up to boston and you compare that number to yesterday. yesterday there were 50 cancellations here at sfo, so the almost 50 that we're seeing to

d.c. up the new york city of the winter season. our two storms are in the middle of combining right now into a pretty large storm just off the outer banks of northina. the northern shield of this we call it a thump. a big thump of snow in a hurry. d.c. 6 to 10 enchs inches of sn five hours last night and snow over new york city during the peak of the morning rush hour. we jumped to 36 degrees in washington, d.c. it did warm up but the snow has already fallen. you get a break now and probably more snow at the tail end of the snow but don't expect a lot more accumulating snow in d.c. throughout the day today. further north the snow is hard from baltimore to philly and snowing and 38 degrees and snowing in new york city and heavy snow over the top of philly and trenton soon and then new york city. snow totals in the south were impressive. a lot of this has already fallen but the roanoke area about 12 to 18 inches. out there the western portions of west virginia especially. i mentioned we have about 6 inches in d.c. by the time we are said and done 8 to 12 and i'm thinking 8 to 12 for new york city. new york get up to 6 to 8 inches by 10:00 a.m. thi

a few spots and north and west, that's our bigger concern with this system as we head into the overnight hours with freezing rain advisories baltimore, d.c. to culpeper and then north of town. now we've got winter storm warnings. there will be snow and sleet near the pennsylvania border. perhaps sleet mixing in in upper montgomery, northern loudoun where there could be up to a quarter inch of ice. even locally more in our far northern counties, critical times being 9:00, 10:00 to 6:00, 7:00 tomorrow morning. storms already formed in missouri. they're going to get quite a bit of snow, quite a bit of ice has been falling in arkansas today. they have an ice storm going on there. this is all tracking in our direction. cold air, well, it's only in the 20s in williamsport. 40's in richmond and for us, boy, if it was just a little bit colder, i would be a lot more concerned. right now we're up to 32 in annapolis. 31 rockville. outside on our weather camera, still a little bit of sun. officially 36 at national airport. no winds. we really have to watch how cold it gets tonight because the moisture is coming. the clouds are thickening. and this is all coming our way. so we're

of a man by danielle fickles. a north new york democrat and the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia, philip barton key. d.c. politicians tried to keep this out of the papers. they didn't talk to anybody about it. it's not like reporters were reporting on what happened between these two lovers. people whispered in washington. fickles found out. he accosted philip barton-key in the matter of lafayette square, shot him, and turned himself in to the district attorney. he's very famous, now, forking with the first person to be acquitted because of temporary insanity. but this was a good example how we can learn about this today but it was something that was kept secret for a long time. as a story of fickles tells you, violence was also a pretty regular part of the washington experience and not just between northerners and southerners. some of you might be thinking that southerners the ones more violent. not true at all. northerners were just as vie violent. one of my favorite stories of violence took place between william english, a democrat from indiana, and william montgomery, a democrat from pennsylvania. mo

they've been a little under. 6 to 12 inches in the pink north of new york city. washington, d.c. get in that freezing rain. so, they're going to have some ice issues. diane? >> i know you will be tracking this nonstop winter. thank you so much, ginger. >>> now, to a different kind of storm tonight. a new headline about obamacare. will it change jobs and who works in america? a big, new report says yes. but the white house is fighting back. and here's abc's chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl. >> reporter: the race is on to get people to sign up for obamacare. millions spent on ads. some of them, a little goofy. ♪ enroll today >> reporter: but tonight, the law's critics are seizing on the dramatic, new headline. the health law will result in 2 million fewer workers by 2017, according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office. >> the bad consequences are worse than anybody anticipated. >> reporter: but it's not that clear-cut. the report actually says 2 million fewer people will choose to work full-time. their choice, not because of a lack of jobs. >> they're making

we have the big mess of it covered from the north and the south, starting with tom costello in a city virtually shut down all day, washington, d.c., getting what is hoped the last of the snow. tom, good evening. >> reporter: well, i hope so. brian, good evening to you. this is the most snow that we've seen in d.c. since snowmageddon back in 2010. we have 10 to 15 inches on the ground in metro d.c. double that as you get to the north and to the west of us. and guess what? it is snowing again. we're in for another 2 to 4 inches tonight. yet again this winter, washington is shut down. but this one you can blame on a wintry blast, turning the city into a virtual ghost town, the biggest snowstorm to hit the midatlantic in years, with more in the suburbs. at 7:00 a.m., many were finding the highways very dangerous. >> we slide all over the roads, so as big as these trucks are and we're sliding, i'm pretty sure no one has this kind of truck at home. >> reporter: before it is all saided a done, this massive storm will have dumped snow and ice along a huge stretch, from mississippi to maine. so far at least 18 deaths blamed on the storm.

of snow. mostly, d.c. metro area overnight hours, rain and some snow. go, theher north you better chance of snow and it accumulating. as far as what will happen next, we will see the transition when it moves south. it will swing and take the moisture out. when that happens during the mid-day afternoon hours, the winds will increase out of the northwest. they will get up there to 25 miles per hour. temperatures will start to fall off. high pressure will build behind. the storm has the chance of putting down a considerable bump -- amount of snow. the computer model shows the snow -- some areas of rain. it quickly pushes offshore. by tomorrow, the skies clear up. we will be in fine shape saturday afternoon and evening. but on sunday, another system coming down the pike. -- a similar system could come monday night and tuesday. projection of 1.1 inches of snow from the system tonight and in the morning. more like 2.5 or three inches closer to pennsylvania. these temperatures very mild. that is why we are thinking rain. 34 at dulles, 37 in gaithersburg. snow in the morning, m

you know, we're looking at a few hundred ts of an inch of ice in the metro in d.c. as you go northorth west, a tenth, two-tenths. some areas out west in the mountains of west virginia are seeing models of over half an inch. 40 today. tonight the freezing rain and rain. tomorrow 47 with some clearing in the afternoon. so the morning is the problem. no problems afternoon or evening. 36 on thursday. looks quiet friday and saturday. a potential storm, not in stone yet but potential storm later sunday into monday. monika, good morning. >> good morning, howard. good morning, everybody. here's our traffic feature where you can get real time street level traffic information on our ipad app. it's a free downrode at the -- download at the app store. what you see behind me is all green. this is the traffic here. we'll take a close-up look at the traffic key so you know what to look for. with the black line it means it's stopped traffic. the red line means it's very, very slow and yellow means medium flow. all the icons tell you the incidents to expect out on the roadways. let's go back over t

of north carolina. at least 10 inches of snow for washington, d.c., new york city, like you haven't had enough snow up there and then up to boston. that's the whole story. but the real, true problem with this storm is this area right here. that white area is an inch of ice on everything. that is going to bring down every other tree. i just can't imagine. we looked at this map and not only did we say this can't be happening, this truly is armageddon if this happens because your only hope is that you get hit with sleet all night and that sleet bounces off. if you get an inch of ice on a tree limb, it's coming down. that power line is coming down. it would take weeks to get all of the things out of the way, all of the trees back up, all of the trees out of the streets, off the power lines, all of the power lines back up and it's such a wide area. atlanta, north carolina, even into richmond, you can't even send a mutual aid from other states because those states need their own power companies to put the power lines back up. if this happens, we'll be talking about this for weeks, jake. >> and there's also a nor'

d.c. up to 14 degrees. north of that front, though, look at chicago, minus 1 only for your high. across eastern asia what we have been looking out here is absolutely beautiful weather really shaping up for the weekend, believe it or not. and northern portions of japan, we still do have some sea-effect snow, nothing too unusual. 30 centimeters in western parts of hokkaido. towards korea and china, high pressure is going to be smack right over top of you and that means some clearer skies. now unfortunately not everybody here sharing in that, though. parts of northeastern china around beijing, there has been haze advisories issued here because of the high caps, any pollutants in the atmosphere, very little wind to disperse it. that's going to be a problem out there for you going through the weekend. down towards the south even into the tropics, the northeast monsoon keeping things cool. a couple scattered showers across parts of luzon. for the most part, partly cloudy skies, afternoon showers towards bangkok. now let's take a look at europe where another system continuing to push th

of a snow pack. that's like waist high in many areas. detroit to pittsburgh, maybe even d.c. to philadelphia to new york. especially northafternoon that you'll get the snow. maybe up there in the berkshires we could get some significant snow. so your forecast today, thomas, look at denver, look at atlanta. even kansas city is not bad. that middle brutal area from minneapolis to chicago. there is a silver lining. there's enough warm air out there. we do get it in here. thursday looks like a great day in the northeast. maybe even 55 on friday. >>> all right. good. i'm looking forward to that snow melting because then they can come pick up all the trash that's in tnchts it's gross. not going to be pretty. it will be an ugly early march. >> oh, man, it is bad. big piles of gray snow in it. >> we'll all need boats, too. >> coming up at the top of the hour, chris christie finding himself back in the headlines this morning. will this further damage his reputation or is it just a negligible detail? then when we come back here, we'll huddle around the water co cooler. is it a precursor to oscar? we'll investigate after this. ♪ ♪

d.c. could see the biggest snowstorm they have seen in years. and new england, a stripe of heavy snow. some of the southern cities getting the snow. charlotte, northeal. richmond could get four to eight. the d.c. area, 8 to 12 inches. that could go higher. the new england forecast is the biggest question mark on this with the path of the storm still not certain. there's going to be a significant weather event all the way up and down the east coast wednesday and thursday. >> through atlanta, the governor and the mayor. >> they have to take their precautions. there's some arguments that schools should have been canceled or not, but they are being safe. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, hillary clinton and her best and worst times. the revelations from her best friend's diary. >>> and we're going to huddle around the water cooler. the question that led samuel l. jackson to go off on a reporter. "way too early" will be right back. >>> so at the top of the show, we talked about the house debt deal restoring military spending cuts. if you want to sound smart, tell your friends these cuts would drain $80,000 over the course of a military retiree's li

however, north and west of new york city and down washington, d.c. and towards charlotte, we're going to see heavy snow. check out the watches and warnings we have in effect and across the deep south, that's where icing is a huge concern from atlanta, georgia, to columbia. you can see the pink. that's the icing. we could have an inch on trees and fopower lines. that's why people lose power. otherwise, plain old rain. from charlotte to raleigh, heavy snows. this general area, 6-9 inches over the next couple of hours. and rain on the coast. and all will go up the eastern sea board into tomorrow. around 10:00 p.m. tonight, it will push into washington, d.c. there's the computer model, the snow, the mixing, there's the rain. around 10:00 or 11:00, snowing in d.c. and baltimore. and moving into southern new jersey. early tomorrow morning, the snow in and around new york city. there's the snow line. notice it's down near atlantic city. as we head towards lunchtime, it's rain in the city, in new york, new jersey, it is all rain. all rain in boston at this t

as we get to the north, washington, d.c., possibly seven inches to a foot, brian. and some areas even to the north and west of that, up to a foot and a half of snow. >> this is going to be a tough one. we'll stay on it. we'll see you in the morning. >> yes, sir. >> al roker, thanks for being here with us tonight. >>> now to these games. and while you will see some of this in prime time coverage tonight, this next result was blasted around the world as urgent news earlier today. snowboarder shaun white will go home from his third olympic games without a medal this time in the men's halfpipe. in fact, it's a team usa shutout in a sport invented in the u.s. just part of the news from here. anne thompson is up at the mountain top ski venue for us tonight. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. you know, today the winter olympics felt like the spring games. forcing officials to cancel the practice runs for the women's downhill and creating a backdrop for one of the biggest upsets at these games so far. at the mountain olympic venues today, the weather was the toughest competitor. the cross country f

of the latest snowstorm. that's a new one-day record. the hardest-hit airports, baltimore, washington reagan national in d.c. and charlotte douglas in northcarolina, with each seeing more than 80% of today' scheduled flights grounded. >>> talk about offering a right product at the right time. generac maker of portable generators and stand by power systems so many homeowners bought after storms. it beat estimates of 90 cents and wrapped up its third straight year of record revenue. investors really warmed up to the stock, igniting shares more than 13% today. it was up $6.75. >>> well, while many snowbound homeowners may rest easy knowing that they have generators, some towns and cities are finding themselves short on salt. road salt, that is. and without a key material that will keep its streets safe and open this winter. morgan brennan has more on the next big expense a lot of municipalities may be facing. >> reporter: if you drive, you probably already know the feeling. the toll that all this wicked winter weather has been taking on the roads. causing an outbreak of potholes from the midwest to the northeast. as storms keep coming, citie

our problem is as in the case of atlanta, north carolina, south carolina, d.c., we don't trim the treeswe need to have a law that you can't have a tree that can fall on a power line. because mother nature will break these trees by wind, through snow. we've got to make a decision, do we want power or you want the trees? we can put the trees on the other side. >> i've heard you talk about that. yeah, general, i've heard you talk about it takes almost an act of congress to cut the limbs back because they are protected and people don't want to see the limbs cut. chad myers, jump in if you will. i've been watching the images of the ice collect and how fast it collects on everything from your radio antenna on the top of your car as you're driving to those power poles, to the trees, et cetera. there's really nothing you can do about that, is there? >> pretty helpless after it gets to be 30 degrees on the ground, we're 31, and it's raining. people don't understand how can it possible happen. how can it be below freezing and rain? because 3,000 feet up above it's 35 degrees. it makes rain drops

north-east. on the east coast from boston to washington d.c. thousands of flights have been cancelled, disrupting travel nationwide. >> chris christie answering questions on the so-called bridge gate scandal. he appeared on a radio show, insisting he knew nothing about lane closures leading to the george washington bridge. multiples are underway. the united states is said to be considering sending financial assistance to ukraine. the president viktor yanukovych returned to work monday after four days of illness. he took a hard line against protesters and his opponents. there was a stock market plunge on wall street. it was the worst trading day since last june. disappointing factory activity report was blamed. a jobs report is due out on friday. "america tonight" is next. i'm thomas drayton in new york. you can get the latest news online at aljazeera.com. depth look at crime and punishment takes us inside america's biggest and stuffest yale. is justice being served here? >> his highs were black and blue and shut closed for a month and his ankle was broken i

d.c. new york, getting a mixture. north end of the city getting snow. the south is getting rain.eak. boston, it will be pushing into your area as we go through the late afternoon into the overnight hours. that's when you will see the worst of it. it's going to be very windy. especially around the cape. we could see gusts up to 60 miles an hour. this is going to push offshore in the wee hours of the morning and we're looking at snow totals anywhere from, say, two to four inches around the new york city area. outside of boston, six to ten the northern maine, a foot of snow possible as we go through the afternoon and overnight. guys? >> all righty. jennifer gray, thank you so much. you know what, they're cutting us off. >> yes, they are. before they do, to the thousands of people sitting at airports watching us, we haven't forgotten about you. you're stuck there, we're here for you. >> make some great memories today as best you can sgrim going to be with you, too, people in the airplane. >> yeah. >> we're not forgetting fred. we're ready to talk to her. >> i'll be with you all day.

of $8.2 million. political reporting today, the koch brothers spending adds up to more than all democratic groups in the country combined. joining me now from washington, d.c., is senator kay hagan of northa. is everything okay down in north carolina? we are seeing some pictures of the storm that has all of us a bit worried? >> i'm hoping that all of your viewers in north carolina are safe, off the roads and in their warm homes able to watch this show. you have laid out the horrible agenda that has been put forward in my great state. >> why are they coming after you so hard? there's a lot of candidates. the money has flocked to going after you. what's so special about you, senator? that they're coming after you so hard? what i think is really interesting is that the people in north carolina are not going to let the billionaire koch brothers buy this seat. my state as you said, is being flooded with millions of dollars, funded to outside interest groups, they've opposed the bipartisan farm bill that is extremely important to the agricultural sector in my state. they opposed the bipartisan budget bill that turned off sequestration. at the same time, they've gotten tax cuts for the wealthy

of d.c. some areas 1 to 2 feet of snow. the bad news is we're not done yet. we're still seeing more snow here, 3 to 5 more inches across virginia and north carolina. that also has to push through d.c. and new york we're not quite done with it. new england, we are just getting started, although it's warmer in towards the boston area, out towards the cape and the islands. but raleigh still seeing snow at a fair clip. heading into central virginia, d.c., baltimore, philly will all see more snow later tonight. western and central p.a. seeing plenty of snow. new york city we had snow earlier and it changed over to rain, especially towards eastern long island. there we are with the cape and the islands all rain right now. boston still seeing snow. we could see sizeable snow just to the west of boston. the forecast still has a rain/snow mix, the i-95 corridor. later tonight and tomorrow morning we'll see it all change to snow as the colder air comes on through, but maine will still see snow well into your valentine's day evening across the area. and once this storm is through, guess what, we have another quick-hitting system coming on through here to give

areas north of new york city had snowfall rates of three to four inches per hour, blizzard-like conditions there. and look at these snowfall totals, 15 inches in virginia. we had 13 in philly. 11 in d.c. and 9.5 inches in new york city. some of these numbers will increase as we go through the day. still seeing some snow north of new york. it is starting to change over to rain. same thing for you in boston. d.c., you are quiet now. could see more snow develop as we go through the afternoon hours. but mainly rain now pulling into new york city and boston. this is going to create a very slushy mess. temperatures will dip below freezing as we go through the overnight hours tonight. and so that is going to mean trouble for the morning commute tomorrow. but these are additional snowfall totals. and away from the coast we could see about a foot of snow -- additional snowfall, as we go through the late evening hours right along the coast. of course the totals aren't quite as much along the i-95 corridor. we could see two to four inches possibly throughout the afternoon. but it's not only the snow, it's also the wind. and this is also adding more stress to those trees and power lines. and thi

of thousands without power. in north carolina, crews were summoned from out of state to speed up repairs. more than 2300 national guard personnel are deployed in d.c. and 7 states to help with emergency operations. the west front of the capital became the perfect sledding hill for kids and grownups including california natives. >> i know people complain about the snow and freaks out when in snows in d.c. but it's great. >> reporter: at the national zoo river otters showed off their own slopestyle. >>> a live look at sfo, dozens of flights have been canceled today mostly to and from the east coast. we're told 47 departing flights and 68 arriving ones were canceled. no issues reported at oakland or san jose mineta international airport. >>> an east bay homeowner comes face to face with a bobcat. what could be driving elusive animals like this closer to homes. >> a blockbuster deal between america's two biggest cable companies. what the mega-merger really means for your service. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, consumerwatch reporter julie watts on what a mega-mergerf "comcast" and "time >>> the nation's largest cable company wants to buy the second largest one. consum

north. washington, d.c., is in the thick of it all. the federal government actually closed this morning as that storm moves in and the icy mess means bigger mess at airports across the country, including right here in the bay area. "today in the bay's" rob redell is live at sfo with latest here. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. if you look at the picture nationwide this is billed as one of the worst travel days in years. we spoke earlier with the duty manager here at sfo, they tell us that almost 50 inbound and outbound flights have already been canceled this morning at sfo and here's the problem. you're looking at new video from reagan national, washington, d.c., you can see this storm on the east coast has blanketed that airport with snow, suspending operations there and at dulles, causing problems for travelers here on the west coast. let's just again look at the big picture, more than 5,000 flights have been canceled between monday and wednesday nationwide. airlines have already scratched another almost 4,600 flights

of snow or more on the roads. >> and lisa you have been in town long enough to remember when washington, d.c. suffered the same fate as atlanta and now north carolina, but they seem to have gotten the message a couple of decades ago. >> reporter: if there can be a good type of snow storm this was it, del. because folks got home last night, it didn't really start until 7:00, 8:00, they went to bed, they woke up and found this winter wonderland, and things were closed well in advance. those who were on the road found it very tough earlier going today. we are expecting another wallop of snow later this afternoon. >> lisa thank you very much. >>> only in washington do they have blue snowmen and red snowmen. >> and they are divided right in the middle. >> that's right. >> it looks like the storm over the last 24 hours, moving up the coast. now we're getting this lull. this dry air being pulled into the storm here. you can see it breaking up, the precip here. still bands of very heavy snow up through new england, here is this lull, though. that's the dry air coming into the storm. the second part of the storm, the backside of this is the cold ai

then north of that and west of that it will be mainly a snow event getting to the d.c.a around 3:00 a.m. and phil -- philadelphia and new york city around 6:00 a.m. long island with a rain event with mixing. three inches for new york city. maybe five inches -- dc you could get several inches depending how cold it is and the positions across the coast. we'll have to pay attention to the forecast. look at the ice over half an niche so many of the areas, gerri, that's a real concern. we can deal with snow, rain, to see accumulating ice on the powerlines and roads in the area could be devastating. forecast snowfall total as the transitions in to our nor'easter. again, some of the total four eight for new york city, six to ten for philadelphia, west of that we could gate jackpot 12-18. 3-6 in boston. the position of the storm means whether a rain event along the coast more snow. stay tuned. back to you. gerri: i have no choice but stay tuned. live right here. thank you for coming on. great to see you. >> any time. >>> should fliers be allowed to talk on the cell phone. it's

portion of the storm goes, the heaviest snows look to be the mountains of north carolina through central virginia, maybe up there around d.ce still have to fine tune this part of the forecast but you will be digging out, especially around d.c. possibly one of the bigger storms you've had in a while. snow banks are getting bigger. you were watching the winter olympics on tv and over in sochi, they're complaining it's too warm and the snow is melting in the mountains. how about giving us some of that? you're watching "morning joe." ♪ all kinds of good things started, when i started weight watchers new simple start. i started losing weight right away. i started smiling right away. and the weight keeps coming off. simple start was the 2-week jump start i needed, and i'm well on my way. it's as simple as that. you'll see. join for free and get motivation at meetings like i did or do it entirely online. ♪ weight watchers. your new beginning starts here. you want everything.orks an expert ford technician knows your car's health depends on a full, complete checkup. the works. because when it comes to feeling safe behind the wheel,

d.c. >> reporter: the crippling winter storm that pounded the south has moved north more than a foot of snow in the northeast today. >> we have already seen significant impacts from this storm. powerful nor'easters on the board this morning snow from boston to d.c. >> reporter: thousands of flights have been grounded and cancellations will continue to pile up. some of the nation's busiest airports are based along the east coast. crews in washington, d.c. worked through the night trying to keep roads and sidewalks clear. they will be shoveling the rest of the day. >> everybody should be anticipating 24-hour snow and ice event. >> reporter: all government offices are closed for the day as this expected to be the worst winter storm to hit the nation's capital in four years. schools and businesses across the eastern seaboard are closed this morning, as well. hundreds of thousands of people are without electricity. it could take days for crews to repair all of the downed power lines. >> we have a newborn with us and power is out. >> reporter: folks in north carolina experienced what atlanta s