strong high pressure stretching out of eastern canada down the coast toward northern florida. us for a few days. the front out west does not have much whether associated with it and it will take several days to get here. we are locked into a basic weather pattern with high- pressure stationary over the region. it will be basically clear for the next few days. 63-68 tomorrow, sunrise at about 6:45 a.m. and going down at 4:55 p.m. around the chesapeake bay down to annapolis, sunshine in abundance. 66 on veterans day around the bay. maybe a little cooler at the lower eastern shore. a few high clouds and 63 degrees. football on tv 11 tomorrow evening, ravens and the falcons. we will have a beautiful veterans day, 66 degrees. mi weather for friday and saturday, nearly 70. finally a chance for a little rain late on monday and a better chance for some showers tuesday and wednesday. >> in tonight's consumer alert, there is good news overall. dear people apply for unemployment aid last week. the labor department says initial claims for jobless aid dropped by 24,000. many wall street ec

rain in seattle, portland and northern florida. rain and mountain snow in northern idaho a western montana. thunderstorms from south florida from miami to west palm beach. showers around cleveland, pittsburgh and buffalo. >> 54 here in new york. 60s in atlanta and new orleans. just 30 in the twin cities. and 40s in chicago, indianapolis and omaha. meanwhile, 44 in seattle. 55 in boise. 76 in phoenix. >>> and when we come back, sarah palin answers the question that has hounded her for months now. will she consider a run for the white house? >>> and one pastor's extreme stance on social networking. dump facebook or get out of my church. >>> and recapping our top story this morning. general motors shares begin trading again today, capping what appears to be the biggest initial public offering in history. that could give wall street a much-needed boost, along with surging overseas markets. tokyo's nikkei average jumped 2% today. hong kong's hang seng is sharply higher. and in london, the ftse opened higher. and on wall street, the dow

all white community most of my life but i never experienced a lot of racism and tala went to northern florida and wants i moved out here, i talk about letting go and not harboring their resentment, what are some of the things you can encourage the younger kids of today to hold onto and remember to help them to transcend that to anger and reasor tammet? i had myself to learn to let it go and move past it too not use it as an excuse. >> that is a good question but fortunately my parents some ways growing up in the segregated birmingham was an advantage because if you were in a totally segregated school, principles school, principles, teachers , students are all black, with the teacher said that is not good enough, there was no racial overtone. people could be tough on end insisting on an achievement and excellence without racial overtones somehow they're being racist comments but one of the most interesting things when i was at stanford was i suddenly realized the soft bigotry of low expectations that come in when people see black students. all of a sudden, they have a tough time or maybe i sho

these include northern florida. can see the low dew points down there that gives you an idea where the night time temperatures are going to go. and there is the sprawling high pressure that's come out of canada with south winds starting to blow on the plains to warm things up. but the north winds blowing to the east and that is to the eastern u.s. so that warm air is pressing eastward but won't be here for a couple more days in the chicago area. one thing for sure there is not much moisture going on. that continues a trend that we have seen all through the month of october and early november. cold air this ten day forecast shows it lifting out. here comes the prod of warmer tuesday next week. then a weather system will travel up between that warm air and the new developing cool air surge that comes in late next week and the following weekend. look how expansive that is supposed to be. so we have some chilly air on the way. after this warm up that's coming in early in the week. and of course the big story of steve an

the swamp into northern florida. for us, rain moving in. it will be damp the next, let's say, starting late tonight. and probably lasting on and off during the day on tuesday. >>> temperature-wise, we're not going to drop much. 50 degrees. our high was 57. 55 in washington. and 55 down in ocean city. the dew point is getting close to temperature. pretty moist atmosphere is one of the reasons. there will be more fog tonight. particularly to our east and southeast. kind of a damp, low-level cloud cover. probably starting south of washington, maybe to after 10:00. maybe in the d.c. area, if you're heading to a football game over there, probably around 11:00, you might see some drizzle into our region. probably after that, and during the overnight. we'll see rain moving in. out to the west, they had a bit of snow. a lot colder in the higher elevations. during the east, temperatures to about normal, to slightly below average. all of those clouds, here comes the rain. moving into southern virginia and carolinas. and that steady rain moves in over

white community most of my life but i never really experienced a lot of racism until i moved to northern floridaand went to school at florida and him and once i moved out here, you talked about letting go and not harboring the resentment. what would be some of the things that you can in courage the younger kids of today to hold onto and remember, to help them to transcend that anger and the resentment, because myself, i had to learn to let it go. and to move past it and not use it as a crutch and as an excuse. >> it is a really good question because fortunately, my parents and in some ways growing up in segregated birmingham in this regard was a bit of an advantage because if you were in a totally segregated school, segregated principal are black, students are black, teachers are black, then when the teacher said to you that is just not good enough, there wasn't any racial overtones. and so people could actually be fairly tough in terms of insisting on achievement and insisting on excellence without racial overtones of somehow they are being racist. one of the most interesting things that happen

. >>> a deadly plane crash in northern florida has killed one of the bp executives in charge of the oilery in the gulf. the plane has been pulled from the water and all three passengers on board did not survive. >>> well it was the airport security protest that never took off as travelers seem more concerned about getting home for the holidays, than fighting the new security measures. and though there were no major security delays reported, some people had a novel idea for avoiding pat-downs. going through security in just bikini and underwear. guess that happens. online whistleblower wikileaks is expected to release 250,000 classified documents as early as this weekend. officials tell nbc that this could have grave consequences for national security. >>> former house majority leader, tom delay says he plans to appeal after being found guilty of money-laundering on wednesday. the charge could carry a life sentence in prison. >>> and president obama is spending thanksgiving day at the white house, with family and friends. on wednesday, the president carried the tradition on by pardoning

dallas, jackson, atlanta and portions of northern florida. low 20s and 30s as well. freeze warnings in effect for tonight and tomorrow night as well. that's a look at one portion of the country. here's a look at the weather for your weekend. you make it a great day. rebecca, over to you. >> tomorrow 43,000 runners from around the world will take to the streets of new york city for the new york city marathon. one survived 69 days trapped underground and is taking new york by storm. seth stone has the story. good morning, seth. >> central park behind me is the site those tens of thousands of runners will be hoping to see the finish line. in this gruelling physical test, one runner's training regimen really stands out. the view from the 86th floor of new york city's tallest building is more than 1,000 feet above ground. a particularly impressive sight for this man who spent 69 days more than 2,000 feet belowground. edison pena was the 12th miner to surface from the mine in chile nearly a month ago and he is the first of the trapped miners. his visit is more than just pr

there's such an uproar over this that a major airport like orlando, very significant airport in northern floridare's 150 major airports in the country. tonight, governor perry is on my show and i'm going to say to him, you have dallas and houston, two of the busiest airports in the country. are you going to ask them to get rid of the tsa? >> you were talking about that clause in the -- after he created it. here's how it reads. any u.s. airport is free to hire its own private contracting firm to conduct screenings so long as it uses federal screeners for a period of two years. now, obviously, if you're going to have your own company or somebody else, private contractors working on your behalf, you got to live up to the standards set by the federal government, don't they? >> they do. but this standard of the broke -- if you saw shepard smith's show, they had photographs taken by a denver post photographer that were lurid. >> looks like the tsa guy was a proctologist. >> correct. correct. it also looks like in fairness to some of these workers, they don't want to do it any more than people want it

rain and mountain snow in northern idaho and western montana. thunderstorms in south floridashowers from cleveland to buffalo. >> 54 here in new york. 63 in atlanta. 83 in miami. just 30 in the twin cities. 40s in chicago, indianapolis and omaha. 56 in salt lake city. 76 out in phoenix. >>> if you have something to celebrate this morning how about doing it with some of the world's oldest drinkable champagne. >> all right. it was nice and chilled after nearly 200 years under water. the bubbly was salvaged from a shipwreck in the baltic sea back in july. >> one champagne expert said he tasted hints of honey and peach. when they are sold at auction, some of the bottles could fetch over $70,000 each. didn't he just ruin one bottle by tasting it? >> no kidding. it's been a long week. >> they said after the "titanic" sank there were bottles of corked champagne that they found in the ship wreckage, some of the champagne that was used to toast the initial voyage. >> it's miller time, 5:00 sunday. we'll be back with more after this. n honking. a short time ago, this woman suffered fro

florida. another foot of snow in the cascades. rain from northern california up to seattle. rain and mountain snow in the northern rockies. >> meanwhile, 45 in billings. 55 in boise. fargo and minneapolis hover around the 30-degree mark. mostly 40s from kansas city to detroit. 56 in boston. 63 in atlanta. and 69 out in new orleans. >>> you will need a whole lot more than a shovel and pail if you want your sand castle to measure up on a florida beach. >> this sand sculpting competition was anything but child's play. 20 master sculptors descended on fiesta key beach to carve out these very elaborate creations. >> the sculptors worked in two-person teams and the winners received $18,000 in prize money. i was expecting to see mermaids and whatnot. i guess this is more like a plaque display. >> i want to go kick it and make them mad. i guess that wouldn't be in the spirit of the competition. >> this sand looks so white because it's 99% quartz. the benefit of that is your feet stay cool so you can at least kick without a hot foot. >> that's very gve much. the white sands of the gu

showers were much of florida, and mississippi. light rain across northern minnesota and wisconsin. and drying out in the pacific northwest. >> 59 in seattle. and 66 in portland. 60s from boise to albuquerque. mostly 50s across the midwest. just 46 in boston. 50 here in the big apple. >>> and when we come back this morning, general motors is set to tell wall street all about its big stock sale. that and other business news coming up next. >>> and the san francisco giants fans have plenty to celebrate this morning. highlights from their team's world series win, coming up. ive. but what we can do is arm ourselves for the ones we love with a flu shot from walgreens. ♪ [ coughs ] [ female announcer ] with the most pharmacists certified to immunize... [ sneezes ] ...and walk-ins welcome everyday, we're making it easy for everyone to get their flu shot, no matter how small their motivation may be. ♪ so stop by and get your flu shot today at walgreens. there's a way to stay well. >>> asian markets are little changed this morning. tokyo's nikkei average inched up five points today. hong kon

florida is looking good. colder in the northern plains with snow in marquette. nice, but chilly across the northeast. our next three days break down like this. showers possible today. 67. 54 tomorrow. a cool thanksgiving with a chance of a shower. better chance of rain on friday. 52. a chilly saturday and decent sunday and monday. angie goff. >>> hello. we are giving it the green light this morning to kick things off. we have no major incidents or accident. we will begin at 95 northbound in virginia. right now up to the mixing bowl. it is smooth sailing. same for inner loop drivers at 95 to 66. everyone moving at speed. the outer loop, this time in maryland, here we have construction at university boulevard. it will be clearing out in the next 15 minutes. taking you to the maps again, route 4 and route 5, nice and quiet. we are incident free inside the district. still to come at the 5:00 hour, we will focus on maryland with a look at 270. back to you. >>> thank you. we are talking turkey this morning when it comes to thanksgiving feast. >> did you know that the

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northern california. a few showers into south florida. . u love me, iowa loves >>> good morning to you.he rain is coming through now and we'll expect more of it at least for several hourst' uil aboutut 3:00 or 4:0 this afternoon. including for the raiders game. if you're going there it wl be wet for your tailgate and start of the game. heavy rain headed toward san francisco for the next 30 minutes, covering the santa clara valley. a rainy day. if you are going to the the sierra bring the chains and be prepared for any delays. winter storm warning in effect about 7,000 feet. >>> it's time to talk football. we have a big game here tonight on nbc. well, i guess it would have been a lot bigger if tony romo weren't hurt. we'll watch and see. dallas cowboys against the packers. hopefully clear and cool. not bad for football. temperatures in the 40s right here on nbc sunday night football night in america. oh, shoot. i just couldn't help myself. here's lester. >> in colorado, mourners will gather to remember david hartley, the american tourist shot to death along the mexican border. u.s. offic

northern new england. lingering showers along the east coast, south to the carolinas. that could turn into snow in the higher elevations and along the great lakes. dry mostly everywhere else, except for southern florida. >> 74 in miami. a chilly 53 in atlanta. cool along the northern border. 42 in chicago. mild in the plains and central states. 49 in omaha. 64 in dallas. and in southern california, a record heat wave comes to an end. but l.a. will be a higher-than-normal 89. >>> your business news is next, including important, new job numbers, due out this morning. >>> then, the test that can make a huge difference in lung cancer survival. >>> and one of the chilean miners takes manhattan. (jennifer garner) there's a lot of beautiful makeup out there to cover up flaws and make skin look pretty but there's one that's so clever, it makes your skin look better even after you take it off. neutrogena healthy skin liquid makeup. 98% of women saw improvement in their skin's natural texture, tone, or clarity. does your makeup do that? neutrogena® cosmetics recommended most by dermatologists. [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. ♪ keurig is the way to br

florida. the cold weather that's back here in the northern plains, minneapolis, to kansas city, it's a little cold. denver is a little cold too. same with chicago. it's the east coast that has alls the bad weather today. travel delays are for sure at some of the airports today. maybe even a few severe thunderstorms down here in the southeast. the storm itself is in louisiana right now. by tomorrow afternoon, it has to get up here to northern new england. it's going to take a while to clear out. as far as the radar goes, we're starting with light rain this morning up through new england. the roads are wet, pretty much from philadelphia to new york city to hartford to boston now. it's just starting to see that rain increasing. it's not heavy rain. it's kind of wet and misty and damp out. even down to d.c. the roads are wet as some light rain continues even now into baltimore. further to the south, this is where it's a little more serious and now we have a tornado watch that was just issued for the tallahassee area. we do have the potential for isolated, very strong storms. apalachicola, panama

northern rockies. the coldest day of the season by far for you. what a great day, though, for maine to texas and florida and everywhere in between. heading through the upcoming weekend, we're fought going to see a lot o storms this weekend. partly cloudy in the middle of the country. northern rockies, that's the travel trouble spot. chilly in sunday in new england, but at least it will be dry. if you're watching us on wsaz news channel 3 huntington, west virginia, bring the family for a drive through a winter wonderland at the christmas fantasy lights show opening tonight in nearby point pleasant. that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. i guess it's that time. >> it is. bill, thank you. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. at the box office this weekend, it's simple. harry potter. the only question is, what are the numbers going to be? "harry potter and the deathly hallows: part 1" actually opened a few hours ago at midnight. last night alone, it's expected to have earned roughly $30 million. as of wednesday, warner brothers claimed it had taken in a record $27 m

northern rockies. the warmest weather remains in florida. and there's your saturday forecast. bianna and dan? >> i love the face that launched one ship off the coast of new zealand. >> not quite helen of troy. but she must have been pretty attractive. >> they did eat a seabird. dan was interested in that yesterday. >> they ate seabird. i always wanted to know how that tastes. >>> now, to the story of what happened when the mayor of one town in middle america came up with a very ambitious plan to celebrate the holidays. >> this mayor was thinking very big when it came to the town's annual holiday card. but how did it all work out? our barbara pinto was right there in the middle of it. >> one more time. >> just so you know, i am angry with you. >> i knew it. >> reporter: we all know that annual christmas card photo shoot can be a challenge. but "modern family" is small compared to trying to snap 147,000 people at a memorable moment. that's exactly how many city residents were invited to appear on the cover of naperville, illinois', holiday greeting card. >> they wanted to have people from every

northern half of the country. 's not really going to move into the deep south. oday is a very quiet day from texas to florida and up the eastern seaboard. the worst of it as far as cold weather goes and travel trouble, it's going to be on the west coast ad up here through the northern plains, even through minneapolis. not bad, cloudy. snow flurries near areas of northern wisconsin, but that's about it. notice the 48 hours rainfall, maybe a couple showers there on the east coast of florid friday's forecast for today, lots of nshine. grab the sunglasses this morning. it's a cold start, but it will be a nice afternoon from nver to new york and miami and everywhere in between. thas a look at your forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. sunshine in nashville, atlanta, indianapolis and d.c. today. many of the areas will see temperatures near average. that's 50 through the mid-atlantic. in the south, many ars this time of year average 60, that's about right, 65 in atlanta. lynn, weekend forecast, that's coming up. >> all right, bill, i ve it. >>> also coming up,gm rules washington street. e

invited to participate in the youth football national championship in florida but they may not make it to the big game. they want the northern california championship with her age group last weekend. now they need to raise $50,000 to make it to the championship in orlando. so far they have raised about $1000. if you could like to -- if you would like to help, you can find information on ktvu.com. >>> for harry potter lovers, the wait is almost over. plus brace yourself for some cold, wet weather. mark tamayo will break down your forecast next. if there is no tv nearby, you can watch bay area news at 7:00 on your computer. we are streaming live on the web at ktvu.com. >> harry potter fans have been lined up for hours for tonight's midnight opening of the seventh movie, "harry potter and the dealthy hallows." this evening we found three fans who sit at the table and brought some chairs. they say they arrived early to get the best seats. more than 3900 theaters have sold out there midnight showtime. you can always go to ktvu.com and click the tab on our homepage at ktvu.com that includes after interviews and slideshows. they ha

because after florida, iowa and pennsylvania, two more northern states, have the highest proportions of older persons as drivers in their states. >> if i may add, iowa was very concerned about the severe lack of transportation tions that they were able to provide, so that they recognize that they had to do something and if they could let people drive a couple more years, then they were not going to be a burden in other areas. >> i would also like to acknowledge that we have been very fortunate that literally for 63 years we have had administrator and administrator in maryland that see it is value of a medical advisory board. and when we think about fiscal cuts, we're always, we feel, very confident, and we know right from the top that there's a valuable resource to the state. and that's continues through the current administrator. >> thank you all. and my last question has to do maybe with a kind of trying to encaps late or try to sum rise the issue. is this challenge that we have in front of us, is it about older drivers or is it about doing a good job handling medical issues? are t

northern california cheer leading team. now they are invited to a youth championship in orlando, florida.n order to go they have to raise $50,000 and so far they've only raised $1,000. >> it's a one time opportunity for these kids. some of these kids will likely never leave the state of california if we go to florida and get this done. >> reporter: the national championships in florida are set for december 6th. if you would like to help, go to ktvu.com and click on web links. >>> it could cost a lot more to ride the salsalito ferries. a one way ticket on a salsalito ferry would increase to $4. 85. >>> b.a.r.t. announced the fare structure, it will cost $5.15 to go to berkeley. and it'll cost $10.40 to get to san francisco airport. >>> a scam revealed batteries crossed. it could be a test of security measures. germany has increased it's security measures. >>> a court approved the motion to take the founder of wikileaks into custody. julian asange is wanted for assault. >>> government workers conducted tests for bird flu after a woman contracted the virus. this was the first human case of b

northern california cheer leading team. now they are invited to a youth championship in orlando, florida.r to go they have to raise $50,000 and so far they've only raised $1,000. >> it's a one time opportunity for these kids. some of these kids will likely never leave the state of california if we go to florida and get this done. >> reporter: the national championships in florida are set for december 6th. if you would like to help, go to ktvu.com and click on web links. >>> it could cost a lot more to ride the salsalito ferries. a one way ticket on a salsalito ferry would increase to $4. 85. >>> b.a.r.t. announced the fare structure, it will cost $5.15 to go to berkeley. and it'll cost $10.40 to get to san francisco airport. >>> a scam revealed batteries crossed. it could be a test of security measures. germany has increased it's security measures. >>> a court approved the motion to take the founder of wikileaks into custody. julian asange is wanted for assault. >>> government workers conducted tests for bird flu after a woman contracted the virus. this was the first human case of bird fl

showers in florida to south carolina and some light rain around duluth and northern wisconsin. >>> 54twin cities, 53 in chicago and 60 in omaha. boston, 46, new york, 50. atlanta, 61. it's 87 in phoenix, 75 in sacramento, 68 out in colorado springs. >>> a mom and her three kids got quite a bit of attention in one northwest florida neighborhood. make that a mother bear and her three cubs. the foursome got everyone looking up when they climbed to the top of a pine tree. >> then after a few hours in that treetop, the family decided it was time to head home. the neighborhood is located right next to a huge wildlife area, so everyone does expect to see those bears again. >>> when i worked in colorado, this would happen quite often, and it's interesting to watch it for about ten seconds. when you stand below it for six hours, it's a little less interesting. i'll say that. >> bad memory under that tree. >> beautiful creatures, but they are boring to watch. >> oh, man. >> we'll be right back. ♪ barking up the wrong tree yes you're barking up the wrong trail ♪ ♪ barking up the wrong tree yes y

the northern side is where the cold air is set up and seattle temperatures down into the lower 20's the next couple of nights. and across the east nothing at all. clear skies from floridake effect snow but no big problems. the cold air is across the northern plains and it will be cold this week and that is the story. get ready for the thanksgiving weekend that will cause big travel delays wednesday and the weekend looking extremely cold and it will feel like winter. and now our attention to the skies, lawmakers this morning, the news of the morning, asking t.s.a. to reconsider the pat down procedures that caused so much controversy this week, a number of representatives including some republicans have come forward, and are complaining of the 68 scanners in place that may not affect you, but if it is in your backyard it will affect you when you travel. >> this is the story of the week, the pat downs, and anger directed at the t.s.a. and the head of the t.s.a. was on "the factor," and he was asked about the policies, would it keep us safe or have prevented the terror scares we have seen recently? and he answered that question. >> the bottom line is how to best provide fo

northern colorado. a little bit of snow fell in denver. but here in the east, for the first time all the way to florida that cloud band just quiet, big areaf high pressure governing our weather. high pressure down to the south, slowly but surely is going to move off the coast and it'll start to get the winds back to the west southwest. keeping us in mild weather all weekend long. looks like we won't see any rain here or everyone even a chance of rain until perhaps tuesday afternoon as low pressure way down by the gulf looks like it'll head up to our region by tuesday. north winds, five to 10 knots. the bay temps around 54. clear and cold, frosty, some spots 29. downtown probably 44. 63, beautiful sunny day tomorrow. but look at the weekend, 66 sunshine on saturday. a few clouds, monday as well as 62 and the rain chance increases here. the high of 60 on tuesday. denise. >> all righty, thank you bob. check in tomorrow morning on eyewitness news starting at 4:55 a.m. for the updated forewarning forecast. >>> coming up, who's the best in basketball. mark takes us to the court next in sports. [ male announcer ] baltimore. a city that's been in

northern mississippi. it is tapped into the gulf of mexico moisture. heavy rain and thunderstorms this morning in the panhandle of floridaough south georgia and rain wrapping around the backside of the storm ahead of that cold front. it gets squeezed up the mountains to our west. and that is a warm wet storm track for us. we expect the rain to get steadier and heavier maybe as soon as lunchtime and through the afternoon and evening, up to an inch possible in maryland with pour rain to the west and to the south. that storm wraps up and pulls the rain again tonight it will be wet but gets out here by daybreak and strong winds whip in. 30 to 40-mile-per-hour gusts tomorrow. next disturbance cold air will dump snow in the mountains. and could be a rain and or snow shower nearby on wednesday evening. 56 the morning showers but a steady rain this afternoon. tonight we are back to about 52 degrees. rain ends by daybreak. tomorrow about the winds. and 62. 56 dry thursday and thursday evening a shower. only 49 but dry on friday. kim. >>> justin, the fog is more pronounced as you take a peek at the cameras. here in anne arundel co

slippery roads today, across the central and northern rockies, especially on i-80, from salt lake to cheyenne, on i-70, west of denver. wet on i-95, from north floridaaine. and on parts of i-80, 90 and 94, in the midwest. >> if you are flying, you can expect airport delays in seattle, salt lake city, denver, detroit, and boston down to atlanta. >>> as we head into the busy holiday travel season, there's growing outrage over new security measures at some of the nation's airports. some passengers are new refusing what they're calling a virtual strip-search. >> and the government is trying to head off the criticism. emily schmidt reports from washington. >> reporter: busy holiday travel often means crowded flights. >> come on through. >> reporter: but it's a preflight routine that has some customers missing their personal space. >> you can do that out here. but if you touch my junk, i'm going to have you arrested. >> reporter: california traveler, john, said that's how he told the tsa he did not want a new, hands-on, patdown search. federal officials say the worry is unwarranted. >> our commitment is to the public safety of protecting the public. >> re

northern mississippi. tapping into the gulf of mexico heavy rain during the morning hours with thunderstorms mixed in back into the panhandle of florida. you will notice the rain really filling in and wrapping around the low pressure. cold front that will also mean business dropping the temperatures by the end of the week. we will catch it behind the storm and helping to -- helping tone hans the storm rolling up to the west and we stay in the relatively warmer side of the storm but it will be much colder air that fills in behind it. check out forecast model. we have showers this morning, the steadier heavier rain also develop during afternoon and into toward the evening hours. that will deteriorate traffic conditions and because of all the leaf dropping, maybe clogging drains there could be puddles out there. total rainfall close to an inch or a rumble of thunderheading through tonight as it wraps up and pushes off towards the north. dry slot by daybreak. could be a stray shower but it's gusty wind and 30 to 40 miles per hour wednesday after nonand watch the next disturbance. this model is more enhanced than some but it will tap into

florida panhandle. what's of note is northern alabama right now and the center part of tennessee.hese are little bit more rough and tumble. little rock, starting to crank up the strong thunderstorms, as well. lighter amounts of rain in the northeast and that's on the increase as this very, very large storm system continues to wind itself up. so the rains will be increasing across parts of the northeast today and isolated areas with flooding. generally speaking, should be okay. the rains falling right now, kyra, across the mid south, ohio river valley needed it. a bit of a drought and dreary and damp. that fall-type of weather and good coming out of this. >> will be good. good for everyone that loves the snow, as well. >> coyotes. >> you remember the cartoons? we grew up with that. this isn't really a warner broerls production, shall we say? we'll tell you where the coyote is enjoying a bit of a stroll through the streets of chicago. the city blessed this, as well. >> only in chicago. >>> all right. viewers didn't exactly refute yate sarah palin's new reality show. the one with tod

in the east, meanwhile, rain from massachusetts to florida, with a wintry mix in northern new englandok for rain and mountain snow, meanwhile, in washington state and oregon. that is the national forecast. >> and 60 and breezy in houston. your hometown. >> i love it. >> promised you that. >> thank you, ron. you did promise. >>> meantime, as we've told you, black friday is well under way in many parts of the country. let's go to becky worley on the front lines. becky, what are you seeing? >> the shoppers just keep coming. almost 1,000 people in this best buy right now. folks are definitely getting tvs and laptops. i have a come updates for you. updates. just found out that the ipad is on sale. dan harris' making eat crow. apple store has announced $41 off of the ipad. you can go online or in store to get that deal today. another limit apple trick a lot of retail outlets are selling itune cards discounted. this pack is $48 at sam's club. they're about 20% off today. that's just a great purchase for any teenager or anyone who loves music. i got this great family. i met them while they we

florida. that cold blast is the first arctic outbreak into the northern plains and this of that cold air is bleedingkes into new england. we're going to see a significant snowstorm in the midwest over the next 48 hours. this is mostly a high elevation event, though. but you noticed montana and north dakota, that will be difficult in the next couple of days. it's going to be windy and cold. i threw this in here for alex. she's skied here and probably walked right where this picture is from. mammoth lakes ski resort. probably up to four feet of snow in the high elevations of california. looking at your forecast. not bad from atlanta to dallas. chicago, chilly. d.c. looks nice. mostly on the west coast we'll see on and off rain. san francisco will typically get two or three days in a row. it's what we've been waiting for big time later on today. back to you. >> you are so nice for throwing that picture. i'm getting a text from my friends. at least 10 inches on the back deck. it's stumping. >>> anyway, we're just days away from the busiest retail shopping day of the year, black friday. huge savings awai

northern new england area with lingering showers elsewhere in the east. that could turn to snow in the higher elevations and along the great lakes. dry mostly everywhere else except for southern floridaol along the northern border. 45 in detroit. mild in the plains and in southern california. temperatures dropped 10 degrees. l.a. will see just 89 degrees. >> this they say the weather in florida will improve enough for today's scheduled launch of space shuttle "discovery." >> already out in space is another nasa spacecraft that has relatively up close encounter with a small comet. ned potter has details. >> reporter: citizens from earth, this is the closest you will ever get to a comet called hartley 2. a little ship called deep impact came within 400 miles of it, way out here 13 million miles in space. there's no tail. the comet is so far from the sun that it's frozen, mostly ice and dust. but those streamers on the sides are places where ice is vaporizing in the sunlight. they act as jets, making the comet tumble. >> not just simple rotation. it's probably doing this as well. it may be doing this. it may be doing this. all on top of that. >> reporter: scientists say comets are impor

florida. nashville in the 60s. st. louis and kansas city with thunderstorms. cold in the northern plains. bismarck with snow tomorrow. the northeast is good with sun and low 50s. the next three days, temperatures are dropping in 57 to 54 tomorrow. a chilly and wet friday. highs in the low 50s for the weekend. here is angie goff. >>> we elevated our conditions up to yellow because we are experiencing moderate traffic out there. take a look live from sky 9. this is the scene from hyattsville, maryland. they are temporarily blocking the roads here as police are working the scene. they are directing traffic around it. you want to avoid it for right now. let's move it to the maps and show you the outer loop. no incidents out here. we are slowing down as we move outside between new hampshire avenue and georgia avenue. the inner loop is checking out okay. back to the maps. the focus takes us down to the prince george's county area. 301 crane highway here and you have typical volume for this time of year. on the inner loop, 395 to the toll road with a 20-minute commute. we are still in the green on 66. 267 with no problems t

a steady conveyor belt of moisture on the northern fringe and then the transfer of tropical moisture coming in on the southeast side extending through florida the gulf coast. basically, what you see is what you get. as the storm track rides to the west, we have to deal with the chunk of rain that ride up in our direction. and we are expecting about an inch total on average across the mid atlantic heading through this evening and tonight. steadier rain will get heavier heading in toward the afternoon and evening. 56 degrees that's the best we will do for our two degree guarantee. we will pull it back into the upper 40s north and west. low 50s overnight. don't chill down too much. and we stay on the warm side of the storm. fog lingering but we will try to shift the wind and those winds will mean business. gust of 40 miles per hour tomorrow. that's the side of a strong storm passing to the north. one burst of warm air to 62. and we drop it to the 30s wednesday night and thursday mostly dry but evening rain showers could have a snowflake west and there will be a few inches of snow in the ski resorts well to the west. and by friday, a chilly day

snow from the northern plains and the upper midwest, changing over to rain over the ohio valley, back down to the gulf coast. thunderstorms over floridacold weather out west. mountain snow over the rockies and rain in the pacific northwest. how are you? good morning. where are you from? >> new york. >> are you having fun? >> yeah! >> i think so. got to love it. all right. >> -- >>> yesterday was all about the rain and today is about the very cold weather. our forecast high today running below average, so even though we'll see sunshine, you need to bundle up if you're heading out of the house. this afternoon it will be sunny, but temperatures will be below normal. and then tonight, very cold temperatures. once that sunset, we'll see the temperatures beginning to plummet. we will see a warm-up, though, coming later this week, but today it's all about bundling up even with all the sunshine. >>> tonight it's football night in america here on nbc. we've got another big game. i hope you will tune in. this one is at lucas oil stadium in indianapolis. of course it's a retractable dome, so the weather doesn't matter inside. but mostly clear an

florida into the gulf stream which today crosses the atlanta north atlantic the gotland and go north toward the scandinavian countries norway and sweden and of course affect the climate of the british isles northern europe and of course also russia and ukraine the loop current had been destroyed it's probably an interaction not all of the immense amount of oil that was released but the use of cracks in ninety five hundred two would break the boundary zone between of oil and of warm gulf waters so . the consequences to the climate of northern europe is that. we don't know how fast this occurred with will take just one or two years it's most likely going to take between three and ten years but the. british isles and northern europe areas of france and germany and so on will acquire more of the climate that normally during the mid winter is more like the climate of moscow. our web site is keeping you up to date on the stories we're covering here's what's lining up for you what are t. dot com this week at. a russian company arriving up for a future in an f. he was find out how to receive the motors one it's placed on the grid as the country's first team in the high octane sport. and a group of russia

showers in northern idaho in the pacific northwest with heavy rain west of seattle, thunderstorms along the gulf coast from houston to new orleans and jackson, mississippi. showers across south florida. cool and dry here in the northeast. >> 40s in boston and new york. mostly 50s from detroit to minneapolis and fargo. 71 in sacramento, 58 in billings. >>> it looks like a stunt but it was actually unplanned. >> when bethune cookman university took on north carolina, it was blackout night. in support of breast cancer awareness month. nl three and a half minutes into the first kweert lights really went out at the daytona beach stadium. >> some fans thought it was intentional. it really was a power outage that delayed the televised game by more than 90 minutes. one quarterback thought he blinked too long. >> i guess the way you'd know, though, the graphics were still there. >>> we'll be right back with more world news now. more world n hó let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement nsurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact

to believe that a large part it's driven by demographics here because after florida, iowa and pennsylvania, to more northern highest proportions of older persons of strivers in their state. >> and if i might add, i was very concerned about the severe lack of transportation options that they were able to provide, so that they recognize they had to do some things. and if they could let people drive a couple more years, then they would not be another burden and other areas. >> i would also like to acknowledge that we've been very fortunate as brought up by laura that literally for 63 years we have had -- we've had administrator after administrator in maryland that sees the value of the medical advisory board. and when we think about fiscal cuts we feel very confident that we know right from the top that we are considered a valuable resource to the states and that continues through the current administrator, mr. chabot. >> thank you all. and my last question has to do maybe with kind of maybe trying to encapsulate or summarize the issue. is this challenge that we have in front of us -- is it about older drivers

florida. rain and snow, though, heading to the northwest again today. the mountains could see several inches of snow. be sure to bring a heavy coat in the northern plains, temperatures ranging from the at six minutes past the hour that's your weather. now over to harry. >> the thanksgiving travel rush begins this weekend and this year along with the usual stress of flying. new security procedures are causing some extra worries. the denver post snapped these photos showing what airline passengers, some of them anyway, are going through these days, including enhanced patdown techniques which have sparked a rebellion by some flyers. the tsa administrator john pistole joins us from washington to explain what's going on. good morning, sir. >> good morning, harry. >> let's first talk about the new enhanced scanners that are in operation in some airports, spreading all over the country. and basically, what they do is you can kind of see everything, at least the person who is viewing the scan can. and a lot of folks are saying, i'm not so interested in having a tsa examiner look at everything there is to see of me. >> right, harry. the number of issues

the 20's in portions of the northern plains. 30's in portions of the new england states. 63 here in new york city. meanwhile, from the mid atlantic down to portions of floridahe gulf coast, temperatures in the 70's and the 80's, 58 in kansas city today. if you're out west, today in the city of angels it will be 59 degrees. >> all right. with those hot temperatures on the east coast, that may be why people have voices like mine right now, right? >> could be. you should go to san diego where the chargers play. let's talk about the afc west, san diego chargers since gretch brought it up. actually i brought it up. we'll talk about that later, gretch. stay out of this. they're looking to climb back into the playoff contention and looking to beat up on the broncos to do it. after an early denver touchdown, all san diego. chargers scored 35 unanswered points. phillip rivers who i started over michael vick this week with the fantasy league threw up 233 yards but four scores. they hit the 500 mark and it looks like san diego is ready for their traditional december run for the playoffs. rivers hasn't lost a game in december since 2006 and the broncos are 3-7 and have