. >>> and a man stranded on the frozen north sea.t the beach by way of an internet camera. >>> the winter weather is beginning to take its toll on some of us in the d.c. area between all the snow we've already gotten and what may be coming this weekend. a lot of people are feeling very ready for spring. news4's elaine reyes reports. >> reporter: some people can't get enough. >> everything looks beautiful. it's peaceful, it's quiet. lots of fun. >> we love it. and we -- it's wintertime. it might as well snow as much as it can. >> reporter: plenty of others, not so much. >> i'm totally over it. i'm from the d.c. area. we have not had snow like this since '96. >> reporter: to date, the d.c. region has already seen double its average nearly snowfall with more to come. >> it's like you scrape off your car and then three days later it starts snowing again. and then it's just snow on top of snow and then ice and snow. so i'm just not a fan. >> i don't like to stay outside cleaning knowing that it's going to get dirty again in a few hours. >

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total accumulations, 12 to 20,'s specially as you go north in the sea sil and carol county where there's already 8" plus on the ground, 15 to 20 up toward the philly area, just south of baltimore 6 to 12 where that sleet is mixing in, eh, stay in, relax, this is going to be a big one tonight and in the day tomorrow. lots of snow, near blizzard conditions. >> all right. don't forget "good morning maryland" tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. that's it for us, have a good night. thanks for coming back out. sure. i think you might have hooked it up wrong, though. yea, we're getting way too many channels. no, no. that's -- that's standard. fios also comes with 11,000 free movies and shows on demand per month. ah, standard. gotcha. a certain somebody says "thank you". tell him "he's welcome", but it's still standard. he's happy to be back with his friends. is he? [ male announcer ] hundreds of channels, thousands of movies, and three times more very satisfied customers than comcast. this is beyond cable. this is fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v.

sea. it will move north and meander in drift out to the west and the southwest and back. it may come even further inland. it will keep the areas north of the viewing area and under the threat of long duration snow. that is where the jackpot will be. we will see lesser amounts here. a traced to 3 inches. because it is a coastal storm, this is the accumulation -- 3 to 5. a trace to 3 inches our area. the storm will start to come back south again on friday. additional snowfall. it will not be the snow that is the big story. it will be the wind generated by a deepening storm that will almost have hurricane force. that will call -- cause a winds took us almost 50 miles per hour. let's take a look at the 7 day. the snow showers and cold temperatures and winds will be the big story. it will slow down by sunday. then a nice streak of mild days in the mid 40's. >>> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >>> good college basketball tonight. maryland and clemson. >> any time you have an acc match up, it is always a rocking. the match

terms of the gulf stream waters and that's going to energize the storm and head to the north and northeast and out to seaut in the process, it is going to drag this moisture up and generate its own from the atlantic and mix up the cold air and it is done deal for a major winter storm. let's look at the warning map. it is widespread and starts at 10:00 tomorrow morning to 10:00 p.m. saturday night and beyond the viewing area and well beyond. this is the position we expect mid day tomorrow evening. the storm developing off the carolina coast and it will move along and off the coast and again bring up the moisture and heavy rain and flood watches and more moisture in the specific and throw it back and mix it around in the cold air. this is pretty much the configuration of this disruptive snow. snow that makes a difference. the smaller zone happens to be our viewing area is the area with the highest impact of the storm. that will progressively get worse as we head to tomorrow night and saturday morning. this again is the excessive snowfall area expected. our timing is moving up a tiny bit. we expected 11 to

we get another round overnight thursday into friday as this thing retro grades north and back south before it kicks out to sea friday. looks like two rounds. tonight and tomorrow night. one to three inches possible by morning. snow showers tomorrow. the snow will let up during the day a bit in baltimore. 36. the winds will be howling up to near 50 miles per hour. tomorrow night the snow increases again. could get a couple more inches out of this thing by day break on friday. friday afternoon just another windy day where we could get blowing snow. the accumulation grand totals here may be up to six inches. s not so much the accumulations that come over but as the wind which could be damaging tomorrow afternoon. again, get out tonight and tie down anything that might blow away. kelly? >> thank you. >>> now something more cheerful. another full workout today at orioles spring training. next week they play their first game taking on tampa bay. does he have a preference in the batting spot this year? >> not really. as long as roberts is on base. he's on base 40% of the time. >> he says he back 100% after twisting

north atlantic. it's not going to allow the storm that's coming off the mid atlantic coast to head northward. this storm will push it out to sea's why, contessa, areas to the north get spared but not areas in the mid atlantic. it's very rare. >> you're keeping a close eye on that. we'll check back in with you during the day. >>> john edwards' sex scandal a judge has found edwards' former aide andrew young in contempt of court over a sex tape. superior court judge is demanding young return that tape to edwards' former mistress, rielle hunter. hunter sued young, asking that he return the video. the judge says the contempt ruling will be lifted if young returns that tape by wednesday. they call it a personal videotape being sought by rielle hunter. he says it's a copy of a video showing edwards in a sksual encounter with rielle hunter. >>> latest sign of the worry surrounding brake problems with the toyota prius. washington state officials have sent out a memo, telling them to yank 2,300 priuses off the road. grandson of the man who started the company issued an apology. phil lebeau joins us from illinois. it has to be the kind o

great demand, and it is tapped for four days, adjusting schedules to overlap directly in the north arabian seathe demands being placed on our forces to carry the fight, as well as the ground swell over there in the marines want. in the last column, you can see the same force carried forward, following up in neighboring formation. the navy has not seen a change. we have ia's in iraq and afghanistan and the demands have not changed based on the budget flux. next and last slide. the navy and marine corps were created as expeditionary forces, sailing all over the atlantic, barbary pirates were in the mediterranean. even a small nation with a navy had a big heart, it was that way then and it will be that way in the future. we are a robust force around the world and we will be engaged in operations from haiti to a specific partnership of combat, we are engaged in exercises and training around the world. that completes my read. yes, ma'am? >> talking about the f-18. >> specifically, congress authorized multi-year to $108 million, but without public funding. the navy is evaluating the opportunity, now

sea. there are a few flurries off to the north and west. sunshine will break through. temperatures will climb. look at some of the snow totals. if you are away, get your computer or your blackberry. send us your latest updates. these are active from 2:00 this morning. a lot of the reports are from last night. sand and weather data. that will be great. morningside at 4 inches. last down to the south and east. bailey's crossroads, at just over 4 inches. five villages in reston. our next system approaches. -- 5 inches in reston. she next system will start to roll on in. we will start to see the pattern start to shift. clouds will increase. we could see snow as early as friday afternoon. cold and snowy on friday. some improvement on sunday. >> metro rail reporting they are on time and on normal service. avoid driving through rock creek park. a portion of beach drive disclosed because of hazardous condition. not advisable. basically cleared on the major roadways that have seen plenty of highway trucks that remain out and about. wet pavement on 95. we will go to alison and d

it adzf+ááq" to the bottom of the sea and affects how heat is tnsferred from region to region. the upshot of this could be more severe winters in the northtlantic in years to come. researchers in the city of of our state is rare for an iceberg to be dislodged from that part of the antarctic continent. >> this is at least 50 years, and somewhere between 5100 years -- between 50,çoi and 100 years since this happened. it is2íñ a 100 your ent. >> the iceberg is currently drifting south of australia. it is on a collision course with another monstrous slab of ice. scientists do not think the environment is to blame. it could, however, affect the!u wildlife in the area. >> tajikistan is due to have parliamentary elections on sunday. the rise of islam is worrying the current government. cor>> this is a group of follows of an ultra-conservative islamist movement. it was]. outlawed last year and its members are now being prosecuted. -- its members are now being prosecuted. but there are legal is

sea. it's going to be a winter hurricane for folks to the north of us. all right, through friday at 8:00, a trace to 2 inches for the metro. 2 to 4 inches north of baltimore. 4 to 6 inches in north eastern maryland and you get into the meat of the storm. 6 to 12 inches southern jersey and 12 to 24 in eastern pa and western new jersey. now tonight, breezy and cold. rain changes to snow. it's going to be light snow. less than an inch. winds northwesterly at 10 to 15. let me show you live doppler. everything right now is pretty much rain and working its way northward through laplata, about to cross over 66 and it will be rain initially. let's go back to the computer. we'll talk about what's going to happen in the next 24 to 48 hours. we do see snow midnight tonight, a mix down to the south. this is our 9 microcast model. it goes away in the morning on thursday. for the rush hour, some flurries. i don't see any heavy snowfalling. with round two, some precipitation comes back down at us, as the storm does a little loop and that will bring us snow showers thur

north. the system that may or may not affect us is over southern arizona this afternoon. at this point, most the models have it across virginia and the carolinas, they are moving quickly up to sea. maybe a little rain or snow mixture, late tuesday night and wednesday. all depends on the exact track. right now i'm not too convinced we'll get a whole lot out of it. stay with us tomorrow, into early tuesday and we'll be careful where it is expected to go. some spots get near 50 degrees tomorrow, and then late tuesday into wednesday. that system down to our south, the models showing you pretty well south. it may spill over to our region. you have to keep your eyes peeled. looks like the southern storm track will keep it just far enough away from us, we'll get rain down here. you might even see some more. this is unbelievable. more snow in atlanta and some of the northern sections of georgia, alabama, tennessee. if that storm passes to our south, enough air to give those folks a little bit of rain. the storm heads out to sea, these two streams have to phase. right now it doesn't look like it's going to happen. a little gusty and a small craft advisory through the afternoon. northwes

the low pressure center could actually move off to the north and east and move out to sea in which caseerned. it could bring a little he snow still but not as much. other concern is that the low pressure center comes up the coast. you have been through this before. we get the nor'easter in our direction. the result is heavy snow from new england and down through the mimid-atlantic where we are. we see as a result a foot to 18 inches of snow possible for friday night into saturday especially for your saturday. here is what we're looking at a lot of moisture coming up. we say that the gulf is open for business when the low pressure center is off to the west and we have no blocking of moisture up from the gulf. the result is a possibility of heavy snow. what we're looking for today. drier conditions for the noon. mostly cloudy skies, north west at 5-10 or 15 miles per hour. back through the central part of the state, 45 degrees for the high. and a 10-15-mile-an-hour wind. a couple up slope showers there, but roadways cloudy and 35 degrees for the high temperature. 26 degrees clear skies to

north and east of us overnight. now exiting southern new england, heading out to sea. breaks in the clouds with increasing sunshine. the next storm taking shape in texas. they're getting heavy rain there now. that is going to be heading up our way here friday into saturday in the form of, lacks like snow. for the rest of the afternoon, partly cloudy melting snow, light breezes out of the northwest, gusting to 15. highs reaching the low 40s. and then mostly clear tonight. by dawn, we'll be down into the mid-20s. what does not dry out today will freeze right back up. we'll have patchy ice, quite likely tonight into tomorw afternoon. highs in the low 40s tomorrow and then perhaps a major storm coming in. could have accumulating snow, heavy at times, late afternoon into the evening, tapering off saturday afternoon. see you tomorrow. >> okay, thank you, tom. >>> a new nursery school can opened in china today, but the babies who attended this one are very different. 16 infant pandas born after a devastating earthquake back in 2008 started nursery school today. the little cub

north of the city. we'll have all the details on this powerful storm coming up in a few. >>> now to a develop egg story. the medical examiner says sead trainer probably died from multiple traumatic injuries and drowning after a killer whale attacked her. girls say the whale pulled her into the water by her hair yesterday guest watches a a restaurant attached to the tank thought it was part of the dine with shamu show. >> she knew she wanted to work with animals. sea world was her dream. >> the killer whale has had a violent past. in 1991 he drowned a trainer in canada. eight years later he was linked to another death. this time a 27-year-old man who snuck into the park after closing hours. the trainers at sea world say the whale was treated differently. they did not go into the water. >>> you won't find any killer whales at the aquake squareup -- national aquarium in baltimore. we'll look at the risks and how workers handle them. >> reporter:

from one to two feet before it moves out to sea tomorrow, weather channel meteorologist has the latest. >> i have breaking financial news for you as well, northapital and e street wachovia has just closed. they're sending the employees home early because of this snowstorm. within the last hour or so kind of light to moderate flurries right now, and we'll be picking up throughout the day and out towards dulles and 25 miles west of us, we're seeing moderate snow right now and visibly down a half mile. we have a winter storm warning in effect that started at 10:00 a.m. today and goes to 10:00 p.m. tomorrow and perhaps we could see two feet of snow. in fact, the last time we've seen 20 inches fall here in the district was 8 yea8 years ago. this could be a historic snowstorm for the washington, d.c. area. trish, back to you. >> "power lunch" coming up at the top of the hour. sue herera has a peek for what's in store. >> bundle up the little ones because it's the perfect week ep for the snow picture. we'll talk about want only the weather and its impact on business, but this employment data friday. president obama set to speak on jobs and the econo

sea treaty. we need to create a traffic separation scheme in the bering straits so we can separate north and southboundan only be done in accordance with provisions of the law of the sea treaty. we continue to act unilaterally out there using the law of the sea treaty as cover for what we are doing without ratifying the treaty. it is time we ratified the treaty and using it as the government's model for how we operate. >> other nations naval forces in postcards have spent more resources on the arctic and the united states. should the u.s. be paying more attention to the arctic? >> yes. we have a looming crisis. that is the condition of our polar icebreakers and how they fit into the future capitalization needs. we need to have a policy discussion about what the status of our icebreakers is going to be and what are our intentions. i have been told we need a policy discussion and i believe that is true before we make a monumental decision. we need to understand what we are trying to do in the arctic and a consensus on how we are born to move forward. that discussion cannot happen soon enough. >> given ev

sea treaty. we need to create a traffic separation scheme in the bering straits so we can separate north and southboundraffic to improve the safety of that waterway. a transit strait connects to international bodies of water. it can only be done in accordance with provisions of the law of the sea treaty. we continue to act unilaterally out there using the law of the sea treaty as cover for what we are doing without ratifying the treaty. it is time we ratified the treaty and using it as the government's model for how we operate. >> other nations naval forces in postcards have spent more resources on the arctic and the united states. should the u.s. be paying more attention to the arctic? >> yes. we have a looming crisis. that is the condition of our polar icebreakers and how they fit into the future capitalization needs. we need to have a policy discussion about what the status of our icebreakers is going to be and what are our intentions. i have been told we need a policy discussion and i believe that is true before we make a monumental decision. we need to understand what we are trying to do in the ar

particular announcement today involves a land-based component, but there will be sea-based components as well. yes. >> on northf the state sponsors of terrorism list because it does not meet the criteria to be designated again. but recent u.s. terrorist reports and other anti-terrorism reports insisting that north korea has been continuously support terrorist group in middle east like hezbollah and hamas by selling arms. so if that's true, does that mean that north korea satisfied the criteria to be designated as a sponsor of terrorism? >> well, without accepting the premise behind your question, let me say that the president has submitted a report to congress examining if north korea meets the statutory criteria for designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, as required in the defense authorization act of fy2010. and after careful review, the report states that the dprk does not meet the statutory criteria to again be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. but obviously, this is something that we will continue to carefully evaluate going forward. >> didn't that come out last night? >> yeah. >> haiti qu

north and west, no significant accumulation is expected. storm scan shows a lot of stuff -- snow shower that are generated by this massive winter storm. it is good news. it will meander its way out to sea but hang around new england for the weekend. not at all levels we have today. there may be a few snow showers or snow flurries. let's check the weatherbug and the conditions. that is 17 degrees colder than it should have been. winds were out of the west at 20 miles per hour. 34 degrees and waldorf. one more stop in bristow at 37 degrees. let's get you up-to-date. a warning isn't -- a high wind warning is in effect for blue ridge. the winter weather advisory is for the metro area for tonight. it could be extended longer, but only minor accumulations and cold temperatures. this is the picture that was sent into iwitness@wjla.com. that is what the wind does, especially -- that was simply a damage of branches snapped a by high winds at over 50 miles per hour. the temperatures will drop. the cold air is funneling in and we will stay colder than normal for the foreseeable future. that cold air is going south. it is 57 degrees in jacksonville. we will see the storm is slowly make progress. y

sea treaty. we need to create a traffic separation scheme in the bering straits so we can separate north and southboundc to improve the safety of that waterway. a transit strait connects to international bodies of water. it can only be done in accordance with provisions of the law of the sea treaty. we continue to act unilaterally out there using the law of the sea treaty as cover for what we are doing without ratifying the treaty. it is time we ratified the treaty and using it as the government's model for how we operate. >> other nations naval forces in postcards have spent more resources on the arctic and the united states. should the u.s. be paying more attention to the arctic? >> yes. we have a looming crisis. that is the condition of our polar icebreakers and how they fit into the future capitalization needs. we need to have a policy discussion about what the status of our icebreakers is going to be and what are our intentions. i have been told we need a policy discussion and i believe that is true before we make a monumental decision. we need to understand what we are trying to do in the arctic

sea. we will go to the computer and talk about amounts. this is on our website at wusa9.com. we take a general 20 to 30-inch range is accurate from the district, north west and even east toward anne arundel county and prince georges county. get to the south, and you think you will mix a little bit with sleet and rain. i know you don't want to hear that, i don't want to say that but it is different from a pure snow. we talked about that on monday and tuesday how this was not going to be a pure snow for everybody but a big snow and in this case, our second historic storm of the season. i can't believe it. anita, back to you. >> if you can't believe it we certainly can't believe it over here. >>> the super snowstorm is becoming more dangerous by the hour. let's look at the latest information. as dangerous as the super storm is expected to be there is not a prettier picture than seeing washington landmarks embraced with snow. >> joel brown is joining us live from captiol hill with more on what could be a record- breaking storm here in dc. hey, joel. >> reporter: we came up to captiol hill, no place prettier to watch the snowfall in washington, but we kn

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if you look at the north slope of alaska, there are a lot of arguments about the science. i said before, i am agnostic to the science. there is a territorial seaomic zones. we cannot abdicate that responsibility. i have been told it is not our responsibility, but that is not true. it is a national responsibility and something we have to have a serious policy discussion about. >> with each answer, there are a couple more questions. it is fun to keep shuffling cards. given the importance of merchant commerce to our nation, wide international seafarers have difficulty getting access to shore leave? >> that is a question i have taken up over the last 18 months. a couple of things are complicating this period: security and the coast guard have been working for several years on rules that would implicate -- that would implement an identification card. anyone who has access to secure space is has to carry one of these cards or be escorted. in some cases, there has been an instruction for crew changes, people trying to get to shore for shore leave, or just doing logistical work when they are in port. we are looking at this, and facility operators need

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