you go from one end, $421 per worker in northeastern pennsylvania in wyoming county to weiay out west to cameron county, $420 per worker. this is real. it is real for workers if they are in small towns or in rural cities. that is the report. we can share that with you later. the other report we put out is how -- and this is the title. the report from last week. how continuing the payroll tax cut will help americans. one sentence would suffice for my opening comments. i'm quoting from the report here. quote, failure to reauthorize federal ui in the remaining ten minutes of the year would have a significant impact on the disposable income and could sub extract 1.7% of the gdp growth in the current calendar year. one final way to say it, in pennsylvania on the payroll tax cut, one economist said that failure to extend that cut for the entire year for 2012 would have an adverse impact, job impact that amounts to less than 20,000 jobs in pennsylvania. i think folks know what is at stake on jobs and gdp growth and the certainty we can provide our families and businesses. finally, i think it

chance for some rain and isolated thunder but there's the snow by tomorrow morning up across northeastern pennsylvaniand new york state headed toward new england. ski areas are loving this as we close the month of february. our next three days, today 55. definitely cooler than yesterday when we managed to get to 64. tonight 35 to 40 as the clouds roll in. 50 tomorrow. winds will be southerly but the rain will keep us down to about 50. then those southerly and southwesterly winds warm us back into the 60s on thursday. friday 60. could be a late shower. more likely friday night into saturday. then some colder air sunday and monday. might even see a few flurries sunday night into monday. back to you. >> thanks, howard. >>> trade deadline passes without any moves by the caps. >>> nascar fans who were willing to wait through the rain and the crash delays got to see a wild daytona 500. we have highlights coming up in sports. >>> another look at the question of the day. here it is. this year americans will throe away rough -- throw away roughly 8 million tons of one of these things. a, food, b, garbage or c,

pennsylvania. you have to get that northeastern corner of pennsylvania up to eastern new york state and new england this turns into snow. again, such a mild air mass and the rain all the way down i-95 into the carolinas. as we get into friday, you can see the snow to the north and west of us. you would usually think that is cold air coming in. this isn't cold air behind the system. again for friday, we will have more sunshine and temperatures will be up in the 50s again. some clouds tonight, lower 30s for the suburbs. sunshine tomorrow. sunshine all day long. it will be breezy and chilly late in the afternoon. winds will be kicking up over 20, 25 mills per hour. when they gust that high it's down right windy. showers thursday, 48. sunshine friday, 52. a few clouds saturday, 53. we are watching a system on sunday. if it comes farther to the north, we will be in the rain. if it stays farther to the south, we will be in the sunshine. year right there on the bubble on that -- we are right there on the bubble. >> happy thanksgiving. >> thanks, gary. [ laughter ] >>> now to the talk of the town on tmz. i

maybe a little snow mixed in in northeastern ohio and northwestern pennsylvania. for us mostly cloudy. if we can get this past us fast enough, we may end up with a decent evening around here before a few more clouds arrive. here we are by midnight with the clouds around and rain and snow showers in the mountains. we'll head toward tomorrow morning with sunshine. again another day where the clouds will thicken up. in the afternoon north and west of town, stop the clock at 5:00 p.m., here are the showers. heavier showers in parts of west virginia. this will come across mainly our northern suburbs as we go through the nighttime hours. early showers possible again on thursday but friday that's going to be our best chance for rain the way it looks now before we turn colder. 53 today, breezy. a few more clouds middle of the day in the afternoon. mostly cloudy tomorrow. around 60. after being around 40, 30s to around 40 tonight with a late shower wednesday into thursday morning. thursday mid-50s. friday we have a much better chance of rain and showers around 60 before tu

three -- the ballot in three congressional districts in the eastern, northeastern part of the state, that is most close to pennsylvaniahere you would seem to have a natural strength, because he doesn't have that sort of infrastructure in his campaign, he doesn't have the kind of personnel and resources that people check the law and make all of the necessary -- necessary actions to get on the ballot and read the election law everywhere, but i am starting to wonder how deep mitt romney's pockets can be, he has continued to spend and i don't -- i don't know absent a major infusion into his super pack, how he is going to be abl keep going in ts campaign, certainly out spending .. his rivals at the levels he has. i would say that on paper romney has an advantage, but that could be a paper thin advantage, given the real cost that he has, that he has incurred. >> whatever happens in michigan tonight, david, mitt romney has won the state of arizona, he still has a lead in delegates, granted it is early in the contest. what are the lessons he can take from this, from this contest going forward. >> keep pounding my opponents. t

pennsylvania at this time as well. being very heavy and snow in parts of maine impacting conditions there. just really the extreme northeasternate. behind this thing is that cold arctic air. it has been the big plunge so to speak for everyone east of the rockies, the temperatures finally where they should be for this time of the year even below average in the plains here. low temperatures on the thermometers tonight down in the teens. but the winds are still gusting. you could take 5 degrees from what the thermometer says and that is what it is going to be feeling like. even tampa down to 36 tonight. there is a wind chill advisory for disney world in orlando. it will feel like the mid-20s to mid-30s. we are looking at this swirl out here. it doesn't amount to much but as it moves through the four corners we'll get moisture in there bringing heavy snows. this is starting a tomorrow event and continuing to monday. the winter storm warnings and advisories have been posted in parts of colorado and the san juans. 9 to 16 inches of snowfall. it is going to be tricky for travel for a lot of people in the southwest tomorrow. the nort