within the cold air mass which has been about the only place on the continent northern canada and back1 degrees warmer than last night at this time. at that temperature starting to drop that will drop straw a north wind increases to the west. cool air on sunday still a good 24 hours away. wind is south- southwest at 15 mi. per hour and humidity 64% the two. creeping higher. chicago glenview crystal lake all over 30 mi. per hour. temperatures at this hour or 55 degrees at o'hare airport 12 degrees above the normal high temperature this time of year despite the late hour. the view from harvard high clouds shrouded filtering the sunlight as time went on today. whats up advisories for high wind nor the wind roaring into the area tomorrow colder air with that hettick and our direction not here right away. warm southerly wind gusting over 30 mi. per hour on the east side of the storm. look at this with the pocket on the backside costs up to 50 mi. per hour. cold air crashes to the gulf coast fast- moving air plows into the snow will bank much air in lifting the that they're making for rainfa

northern canada. manitoba. because they're going on a little polar bear expedition.hurchill wildlife management area. this is buggy one. the tundra buggy. this tricked-out hummer type vehicle where there's a balcony where they can stand out there and watch what they're doing and they also have cameras on it and they're watching the migration of the polar bears. the wisht is polar bear cam.com. you see the live feeds and it tells you how many polar bears they've seen that day. how many other animals. >> you see this little guy yawn? >> you see the tongue curled out like a little partiy horn, so cute. >> the truck moves so it's not in the same spot all day, all the time. it's not a stationary camera. >> what's their overall goal with this polar bear cam. >> they want to highlight the need to save polar bears, they believe in 50 years, two-thirds of the polar bears in the world will be extinct. >> this little guy is swimming. >>> she may say no, but the dress? says yes. >> here i am just trying to show you guys a see-through dress and now beth's divorced. >> how did we

and canada. northern ireland is considering the same thing. >> the fact is that cars are a restricted environment in the air gets very concentrated in there. if somebody's smoking in the car, there are high doses of the cancer causing agents in cigarettes. >> some say cars are private spaces and this would be a step too far. >> if we introduce a ban on smoking come of all cars, irrespective of who is in the car, it is a very small step to banning smoking in the home as well, and i think that is a dangerous step to take. >> they are working to raise awareness of smoking risks. >> we will go straight to the presidential palace in rome now. there he is, mario monti. just talking about him a little while ago with our correspondent alan johnston. an incredibly short address, by the looks of it. we did not miss much. they are due to unveil the long- awaited cabinet, in the eurozone's third largest economy. alan johnston was saying the big question is not really whether he would get a cabinet or whether it would

we have warm air in the southeast, cold air coming down from the ka -- canada through the northern plains. that is going to all intersect in the middle of the nation and one reason we have wet weather. pennsylvania, light rain for you from state college back to pittsburgh. we're watching a steady light rain over almost all of kentucky and where the ohio river runs down to paducah and back into arkansas we've even got thunderstorms this morning we've been watching. lightning strikes flickering north of little rock. dallas right now just sprinkles near you. also san tan tone yoe, yantonio chance for storms today. you get the picture. many areas that umbrella' weather san antonio, dallas, houston, atlanta, tennessee, kentucky, even washington, d.c. through this evening we'll increase your rain chances. the cold is on the way. notice 35 today in billings. that's the first signs. that's what's going to move through the rest of the country as we head through the weekend. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. today many areas as we mention

up towards the north, a mix of rain and snow can be found across central canada and the northern plains and that will affect ontario in the next 24 hours and strong winds are also a concern here on wednesday. meanwhile, a powerful low pressure system is approaching the west coast spreading heavy mountain snow and coastal rain for the northern parts of british colombia and that will target the vancouver area and the pacific northwest in the next 24 hours. as for wednesday's high, only minus 2 in winnipeg. 8 in denver, 5 in chicago and staying in the mild temperatures of 16 in new york and 17 in washington, d.c. finally, let's go over to europe, a stationary low pressure system is bringing heavy rainfall for the pyrenees but finally, the rain will taper off as we head to wednesday so that's good news for you for the british isles, it's getting wet and windy in ireland but the london area will escape rain throughout wednesday. up toward the north, a new system is moving into scandinavia and will reach western russia and the precipitation could be heavier on wednesday. for turkey, it's wet

up towards the north a mix of rain and snow can be found in central canada and the northern plains and that will affect ontario, you may see strong winds here on wednesday. meanwhile, a low pressure system is approaching the west coast of british columbia, bringing heavy mountain snow and coastal rain for the northern portions, and the vancouver area as well as the pacific northwest will start to see a mix of rain and snow, as well as freezing rain in the next 24 hours. as for wednesday's highs, we're expecting 13 deg toronto and 5 degrees in chicago, and only minus 2 degrees in winnipeg, but the east coast is on the mild side at 16 in new york and 17 in washington, d.c., and it's going to be a summer-like 28 degrees in houston. all right, that's it for me now and here is your extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, japan's environment ministry says downstream radiation levels have risen in some rivers in fukushima prefecture. the ministry has been monitoring radiation levels in rivers near the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant to assess the impact of the accident there. officia

in eastern canada will see precipitation moving through ontario and into northern quebec. then the rainy area showing signs of developing across the rockies. that is turning to snow in the upper elevations. highs on tuesday, 27 in houston. warm in oklahoma city, but cooler. winnipeg is 8 degrees. lastly, a look at europe. still a bit of activity out to the west. we have the cold front that has been bringing rain and wind to the u.k. as well as the peninsula. it will sweep east over the course of tonight bringing in lighter showers across western europe and then a bit more ample amounts of rain for the scandinavian peninsula. as we look over the peninsula, we could see snow rather than rainfall. for western sections, especially the british isles, another round of rain coming in the next 24 hours. it will be staying quite unsettled here. temperatures look like this for tuesday, 10 degrees in stockholm. 15 in berlin. single digits for kiev. the warmest will be in rome with the high of 23 degrees. turkey is looking at a high of 8 degrees. again, more sunshine should be returni

are a divided people there are plenty of them in ukraine in bellerose a northern cousin standish there are a lot of russians in canada they are descent russians then numerous and if they want to better relationships with russia we would be happy to see them back home welcome if any russians are watching right now let me tell of. stop fooling around and come back to russia from canada the us britain france germany and all the countries of the world that will be ten million reach educated cultured people coming back to russia they do here they call their model and they must heed the calling of their ancestors who lived in russia i know why i told them to return back to russia but if they don't want to fight is the proud business everything should be voluntary and the decision should come straight from heart without any pressure no one will be forced to declare his nationality it should be a russian civilization a russian world it could be even simpler them that could be a union of those who speak the russian language those who want to communicate in russian need to help each other. says let him enter sure enough he had

in eastern canada will see precipitation moving through ontario and in towards northern quebec. then the rainy area showing signs of developing across the rockies. that is looking to turn into snow especially for those upper elevatio elevations. highs on tuesday, 27 in houston. quite warm in oklahoma city as well, but definitely cooler. in winnipeg, 8 degrees with morning lows falling below the freezing mark. lastly, a look at europe. still quite a bit of activity out towards the west. we've got this cold front that's been bringing rain and winds to the uk, as well as the iberian peninsula. it will sweep east over the course of tonight bringing in some lighter showers across western europe, and then a little bit more ample amounts of rain for the scandinavian peninsula, mainly across norway and as we look toward the northern end of the peninsula, we could be talking about snow rather than rainfall. for western sections, especially the british isles and iberian peninsula, another round of rain coming in the next 24 hours. it will be staying quite unsettled here. temperatures look

canada. it's already made it over the northern montana but will be shifting further east as we head towards the weekend after thanksgiving. so you will have to watch the pattern and the forecast next week if you are going to be traveling for the holiday weekend because it could get kind of interesting. here is the way the things shape up. we do expect the stationary front all the way to the atlantic states than this slow- moving front of the possibility of giving you these ingrained in parts of texas. still the chance of showers and thunderstorms there, that storm system moving up to the middle of the country. you can see the ohio valley into tennessee valley and the ship quickly into the northeast as we head towards the last day of the week. we will see another storm system coming in out west and that will be causing some pretty good spell on western fringe. that was eventually into the great lakes and that can produce no further east as we head into next weekend if you are going to be traveling. coming up in the next half-hour will look at the longer-range outlook. much has been made of the a

. >>> people in parts of canada spent the holiday weekend digging out. this is sid joyed from northernnew finland -- video from southern new finland. the snow broke records dating back 4 decades i don't think we need this. >> oh come on. >> let's ease into it. we will ease into it. we will get to that later this winter but it has to start feeling like winter. >> people enjoyed the weekend. temperatures hit the 70s. joce sterman on her facebook page had highlighted the fact that i am sorry it was not it was cheryl conner because i am monitoring everybody's facebook page she went running in shorts while watching people load christmas trees on the car. >> like may out there. >> it was. you know, almost nice. get the last bit of yard work done but the cold air is building and we are building in that stuff in the bank. let's check out the national picture. the latest storm interesting set up as we got the jet stream. this is the track of stormy weather coming off the a sick and yes they have a a -- pacific. and yes, they've pacific northwest. it takes a dive into the deep south pinching off

we start to -- now the northern jet stream is mainly going to be zonal that would tend to bottle up the really cold air over canadaorm system, the big one in alaska last week concerns me that maybe the models didn't catch it and maybe we will see a bigger crop develop from that northern jet stream. we will have to watch that through this week. the things may come farther south than be think. as of now we will show a trough many to the plains and the great lakes, on wednesday in that northern stream and that will spread from snow and rain showers across the great lakes in to the northeast. scattered thunderstorms in to florida. the trough over the southwest, getting absorbed and moves through the southeast. another storm system, that one into the great lakes, already by friday so things move along quick here. should stay mild in the southland unless we get a bigger trough later this week from the remnants of that storm in alaska. the temperatures for next weekend. this would take us through the week of thanksgiving. above normal temperatures for most of the southeast from southern missouri through texas, below norm

there is a system in canada that will drive our way through wednesday. that willclients in northernwill join forces with that front. the energy and causing an will slide into the washington area and be one of the conserving factors -- contributing factors to rainfall on wednesday. up to two inches possible in some locations by the end of wednesday. breezy today with a southwesterly wind appear to 25. highs in the upper 60's with a limited sunshine especially in afternoon, some pics of sunshine. mostly cloudy tomorrow, a cure rain showers especially later in the day. prize in the 60's. wednesday, low 60's, wet. thursday and friday, near 50 degrees with sunshine. >>> a minor crash on the outer loop at 236 on the shoulder. there was a crash on northbound 95 virginia out of a quiet harbor to get up to the marine base, moved on to the side to get into dumphries. heavier volume of traffic. normal troubled times on 95. 270 at 28, headlights are southbound. open all the way to the beltway. 95/virginia, springfield traffic, and the lights on the left. look bound up to the pentagon is good. m

the cold air is locked up well in the northern portion of the area and up towards canada. seeing this frozen mix of precipitation new york and the dakotas. that will not get down towards us until the front moving in bile tuesday and wednesday is going to move through and tap into the colder air. so, mild air in place until then. the clouds ahead of that. ripples of disturbance will move into the region by tomorrow and monday. a better chance of rain on tuesday and wednesday before thanksgiving. we start the clear out again. a pretty nice holiday. 4:49. is the sunset today. a small craft advisory. 54 degrees today. mostly sunny. we're looking at 40 degrees for the low. for the next five days. 62 tomorrow with clouds moving in. 57, 58 and 55 through wednesday. the sunshine returns on thursday. the temperatures up to am mid- 50s. >>> still to come on eyewitness news -- ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, welcome back to eyewitness news saturday morning -- what is this? 6:47. it is 28 degrees and clear in baltimore. >>> well, a washington state boy is in police custody this morning. accused

caller: why couldn't they just build the refinery in canada or the northern part of the states and use that oil for the united states and oil in the gulf area and ships that? guest: that is a good question. it seems kind of crazy to build such a long pipeline all the way across the united states to bring raw tarsans oil down. the oil company is doing what they think will make the most money and they have decided that using the refineries in the gulf to be able to export this oil anywhere in the world is what will get them the biggest profit to. host: next up is columbus, ohio, on airline for democrats. caller: yes, a couple of questions -- first of all, i have read that there is as much oil up their as in saudi arabia. if all this is eventually burned, what effect will that have on climate change? my second question is -- i know that there was over 1000 people arrested outside the white house in protests and the other day, there were 10,000 people in a protest outside the white house. i barely heard a mention of it on the evening news. or any other news station. i read it online. every

canada draggy the cold front of the coast. high-pressure comes in behind it with dry conditions for several days. all of the cold and wet winter weather will stay in the northern plains. sheven some snow showers and the great lakes as well. high-pressure here we will see some scattered clouds. the winter weather will stay to the west. said discuss tomorrow with highs of 55 degrees and a northwest wind. small craft advisory continues on the bay into the early afternoon. average waves about two feet. western maryland had a light coating of snow. mostly sunny weather on friday. high temperatures each day. a little on the breezy site tomorrow. 55 degrees on saturday. on the lower eastern shore, a couple of days of beauty early december whether. sunshine with highs of 55-57 degrees. temperatures will stay in the '50s or to the weekend. overnight lows in the upper 20's to low 30's. delay -- the next french inches in the middle part of next week. >> zeinjury concerns continue for rate louis. not a good sign because of the toe injury. ravens head to cleveland. they have five games left -- two against division teams. they have had great success against the cleveland br

canada air sings in across the midatlantic states. you can see the same frigid air over the great lakes which is still warm. sparkings of heavy lake effect snow. northern ohio and into southern michigan. there is what is coming for us. the not snow but the cold air. in to the trend time frame tomorrow, more clearing, more good-looking weather and overnight into friday another chilly fight in the upper 20s but a nice bounce back in to the other's saturday and we could get to 60 by sunday and that will be nice. overnight 28, mostly clear, much colder, tough to get out of the upper 40s. tomorrow night 27. at frigid night and the seven day forecast looking ahead, a good warm up by sunday. showers coming in early next week. right now it would appear in the extended forecast that wednesday into thanksgiving thursday will be relatively quiet. there is the old battle cry. this weekend good stuff. clear and warmer by sunday. >> stay with me on this. you will like that. we aren't going to get now in the next week. >> no. >> doesn't mean that the state highway isn't read for the first snowstorm of the year. they showed off their newest weapon called the toll plug

northern rockies. not a lot of wet weather to talk about. doesn't look like we will have any wet storms. really a temperature forecast. the windchills are actually a factor. a nice little shot from canada has moved down from the south. it has stayed cool and unsettled. we see a chance of showers and very cool air up here. as i mentioned, the next system is a couple days away. it is on the cool side as all the cool air continues to drain down. these temperatures are now dropping quickly. we are at 48 in vegas. 34 in seattle. that's a cold morning for you. the windchill is a minor factor. and now we're dipping down into the single digits in montana. the coldest air in the country is in the northern rockies. only 67 with sunshine in vegas. that's an indication of how cool the air mass is. a few showers out there in the northwest but not too bad. not aittle below average. not a lot of changes for tomorrow's cool air. >> so crazy. i was in vegas with my mom. it is warmer here in new york. >> that's the way the pattern has been. >> absolutely crazy. >> problems blow again. a big fine for tarmac trouble and the oracle goes high-tech? >>> plus, say it isn't so. brad pitt soon to be finished as

midsection of the country and storm system that's dropping down out of canada will bring 6 to 12 inches of of snow across the northern 12 to 20 inches of snow across parts of the wasatch of utah. that will help instigate santa ana winds, very strong tonight and especially into tomorrow morning. could be historic, winds gusting up to 80 miles an hour. towned trees and power lines, and slowing down air forecast. los angeles and france later today and windy conditions across the l.a. metro airports. back to you. >> thank you, see you soon. >>> still to come, how you could maybe one day own a piece of an iconic new york city skyscraper. yeah. the empire state building. >> and you don't get a parking ticket in front of it. another piece of it. >>> and the white house, launching its re-election campaign. targeting one particular candidate in its commercials. we'll tell you which one. >>> welcome back. "minding your business." banks downgraded. the top six biggest banks in america were all downgraded by ratings agency standard & poor's late last night. jpmorgan chase, bank of america, citigroup, goldman sachs, morgan stanle

canada. we see the yellow and orange, there's moderate to heavy rain in the carolinas, and that stretches into southwestern virginia and southern virginia. closer to washington, we have a few sprinkles in our northern suburbs, northern prince george's county into montgomery, howard, and frederick counties in maryland. that heavier rain is just now beginning to come into the central and southern shenandoah valley and should be arriving in the metro area by later this morning. sunrise at 7:05. so late rain from time to time through midmorning and then that moderate to briefly heavier rain during the afternoon hours and turning much chillier. will drop out of the low 60s at noontime, down to the mid-50s in the afternoon. look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella's back. good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning. good to be back. >>> let's take a look at the beltway. if you're traveling the beltway, a lot of rain on the road, give yourself extra time. taking the inner loop at georgia avenue, you're at 54 miles an hour. if you're also taking the inner loop at route 50, you're at 60 miles an hourment as you make your way past pennsylvania avenue and towards branch avenue, you're at 64 miles

the british and ended up in canada and then the war of 1812 happened, so britain proved receptive to a black presence in a way that was quite unusual compared to the northernor southern united states. there was a great deal of hostility towards free blacks in the united states, the reason of the battle of reconstruction when the war is volatile, and nobody knows the status of these former slaves. >> guest: yes. >> host: let me ask you, perhaps it's unfair after someone just published an 800-page book, but have you thought about another book or taking a break, which would be fair enough. >> guest: i am thinking. i would like to do a concise history of the global aspects of the civil war, just 100,000 words. >> host: not just britain, but the global picture, wow, great. >> guest: just to bring it into focus, and it would be much more of a -- as it were, just and academic book. >> host: uh-huh. i mean, this would be cutting edge because this notion now of what they call globalizing american history or internationalizing american history is being done, it's now what many people are trying to do. of course, it's easier said than done. you have to know a lot of

canada on those rare occasions. in the southeast, once that sun comes out, it will warm up. we will get temperatures up into the 70s. northernere today. tomorr >> just before 7:00 here in town. beautiful day today. lots of sunshine. less wind. warmer temperatures. up near 60 for the high. gol goldsboro loves the "today" show. we love you, too. back to you, lester. >> thanks very much, big. >>> in just a few hours, thousands of people will be in the stands at the penn state knitly lions take on number nebraska. security will be increased at the game and emotions on the campus and beyond are expected to be running very high. nbc's ron mott is at penn state and is joins us live with more. ron, good morning again. >> reporter: hey, lester. good morning to you. there was another mass demonstration on campus, but unlike the one we saw a few nights ago, this gathering was intended to help put back together what's been torn apart. ♪ imagine there's no heaven last night, thousands of penn state students and alums sought to make amends. >> we are sorry. but the only thing that matters right now is that we are here for you. >> reporter

canada on those rare occasions. in the southeast, once that sun comes out, it will warm up. we will get temperatures up into the 70s. northernday. tomorrow we'll dewith the wind and the cold. that's a look at the national forecast. now here's a look outside your weather window. >>> good morning. im'll meteorologist chuck bell. it's sunny outside. it's going to stay sunny all weekend. already 43 in annapolis, 34 in culpeper, 34 in martinsburg, west virginia, 37 nguyen chester and 39 right here in downwashington. forecast for today, plenty of sunshine. a bit of a breeze from time to time. winds out of the south. 15 gol goldsboro loves the "today" show. we love you, too. back to you, lester. >> thanks very much, big. >>> in just a few hours, thousands of people will be in the stands at the penn state knitly lions take on number nebraska. security will be increased at the game and emotions on the campus and beyond are expected to be running very high. nbc's ron mott is at penn state and is joins us live with more. ron, good morning again. >> reporter: hey, lester. good morning to you. there was another mass demonstration on camp

canada on those rare occasions. in the southeast, once that sun comes out, it will warm up. we will get temperatures up into the 70s. northernere today.or >>> here is a look at the decreasing showers south of san jose, see toward hollister and gilroy. most of the moisture is moving into central and southern california, though we will start the day off with some high-level clouds spilling in from the north, the showers shutting down by 8:00. by noon, should see those mid and high level clouds breaking up, mixed clouds and sunshine, high today eventually in the 50s to low 60s this afternoon, yes, a dry finish to the weekend and start to the workweek. then come next thursday and friday, another cool down with more rain late in the 7-day forecast. gol goldsboro loves the "today" show. we love you, too. back to you, lester. >> thanks very much, big. >>> in just a few hours, thousands of people will be in the stands at the penn state knitly lions take on number nebraska. security will be increased at the game and emotions on the campus and beyond are expected to be running very high. nbc's ron mott is at penn state and is joins us