it was virginia to northern maine and the carolinas up to northern maine.now goes, it's still happening because it has been coming down for quite some time and so the snow is going to continue to come down for the next day, maybe even more, anderson. and then as far as the rain goes, the hardest hit was anywhere from new york city to boston. >> a lot of flight delays. >> from new york city to boston, you could be sitting at the airport for four hours or more. lucki luckily, the airlines are starting to catch up. now we see an hour and a half delays at both jfk and newark and one of the reasons, look at these wind gusts and 45 to 55-mile-per-hour gusts. if you were sitting at the airport, trust me, you do not want to be flying in that. >> what do you expect for tomorrow morning? >> this is going to linger, like we said. we have the winter storm warnings in effect from upstate new york to northern maine. that's going to be in effect through wednesday and we still have those flood watches in effect. we are starting to come down a little bit. new york city we i

satellite 6 and action radar showing this low pressure spinning over northern maine the nor'easter finally weakening and moving away. high pressure building from the west. if we look at the cloud cover over us it's thinking out and breaking up and that high pressure is nudging in. that high pressure will win out over the weekend. tonight, partly cloudy skies and unseasonably chill limit overnight low 31 in philadelphia, 27 millville, 27 reading, 2858en town -- 26 allentown and 28 trenton. roads are dry. no worry of icing tomorrow morning. this is what is ahead. the skies will brighten as we head through the weekend. really nice, dry stretch through the weekend and early next week. temperatures recovering near normal. talk about temperatures in near 40s. going to feel nice. i'll talk about that more in detail and track our next chance of showers in the accuweather forecast, shirleen. >> thank you, cecily. we'll see you again soon. take the forecast with you wherever you go with the stormtracker 6 abc app it's update around the clock and available for your apple and android devices at no cos

satellite 6 along with action radar showing the snow across northern maine, that is low pressure spinning. the temperatures will be a seasonal 44 degrees, factor in the winds, windchills in the afternoon will be in the mid-30s, it's going to be a cool and blustery day. heading into friday low pressure builds in and sunshine and seasonable. with the high pressure getting closer to us, the winds will not be a factor until friday. friday is looking nice, the same time on friday, low pressure is developing across texas and gathering moisture from the gulf of mexico. and this low pressure is tracking east and i want to show you future tracker at noon on saturday, you can see clouds on saturday extending to our region, this has real trouble moving to the north. yesterday's track has the pressure moving off the carolina coast and moving to the north and east than would bring us a brush of light precipitation however the trend with today's computer model keeps the storm system to the south and that brings us a little bit of cloud cover and that brings us a dry weekend so as long as the computer m

all the way from upstate new york to northern maine.to be in effect through wednesday. we still have those flood watches in effect. they are starting to come down a little bit. new york city was included earlier. no longer the case. but still, a couple of thops flood watches and warnings still in effect. we are going to possibly see up to a foot of additional snowfall. upstate new york could see the same. and an additional four to eight inches of rain in portions of maine. this low is just being stubborn. it's taking a while to get out of here. that's why you're going to see the snow linger for the next couple of days. >> jennifer gray, thank you very much. if you're waiting for a flight, i hope you get on it soon. >>> susan hendricks has the 360 in business. >>> we start with quarterback cam newton. he's hospitalized tonight with two fractures in his back. the former heisman trophy winner was involved in an accident a block in the panther stadium. that is video of the aftermath. witnesses say they saw cam newton's truck flip over four

right now in northern maine. but the moisture still making it down into the delaware valley traveling hundreds of miles with some scattered snow squalls earlier to the north and west of philadelphia right now though in south jersey and salem and cumberland counties and also in atlantic county this dark purple area really intense band near galloway, estelle manor, egg harbor right along the atlantic city expressway into atlantic city and this expected to lift toward the north and really dissipate later on tonight. temperatures below freezing in reading, and lancaster and the poconos at freezing in allento allentown. so any snow that falls will be sticsticking on area roads specy those untreated surfaces so for the overnight areas of low snow where we see some intense banding still less than an inch and mainly on the grassy surfaces but once those temperatures fall below freezing, it will be sticking everywhere. watch out for some icy roads, some black ice and reduce the visibility where we see that heavier snow. i

if you look over northern maine you can see that swirl. that low pressure. what really funneling in winds out of the west. high pressure is trying to build in, behind this system and will give us that wind tunnel effect all day long. tomorrow wind gusts up to 20 or 30 miles an hour at times. so that high of 44 will feel more like temperatures in the mid 30's when you factor in the wind chill. good amount have of sun behind for the day mixing with clouds. as we head into friday high pressure movees a little will bit closer. that will bring us loads of sunshine. it will relax wind a bit so about 43 degrees will feel more comfortable, then tomorrow's 44. and then heading in the weekend le pressure, begins to form, and over, texas, 7:30 on friday, starts to really pull in moisture from the gulf of mexico and then it moves to the east. now, if this low pressure were to track to the north and east, we will get sideswiped buy some light precipitation. that now appears to be less likely. the computer models have a good consensus showing that low pressure will merge

satellite six a along with action radar showing low pressure is just spinning, over northern maine andhis is what is helping pull down the wind, westerly wind, we a had wind gusts up to 30 miles an hurry to day and we will keep those win gusts throughout the night and really throughout the day tomorrow. so future tracker is showing a shock to the system tomorrow, 7:30 in the morning. wind chills will be in the 20's. the it is time to find the winter gear, again, and really it will be chilly tomorrow. 44 degrees, which is seasonal and cool. but then factor in the wind, wind chills in the mid 30's throughout the day. good amount of sunshine. as we head into friday high pressure builds in and this will bring us more sunshine. it will begin to diminish the winds. 43 degrees. seasonal. that high pressure will have a bit of the role in protecting us over the weekend from a storm system to the south. future tracker showing friday, morning around 10:30 low pressure really begins to gather some moisture from the gulf of mexico but as we put this into motion by saturday, 5:00 o'clock you can fee

the snow is well to the north, places in vermont, new hampshire, even into northern maine, getting thatright now from new york city all the way to boston. but could be changing into snow just a little bit over the next couple of days. so the storm system is going to linger. so we still have those winter storm warnings in place all across the northeast. still have the flood watches in place around the coastal areas. this is not going anywhere at least until friday and possibly saturday. we could see 8 to 12 inches of snow during the next 48 hours, 2 to 4 inches of rain outside of boston. dealing with a mess the next few days across the northeast. >> jennifer gray, thank you so much. make sure to follow me on twitter. check out our show page at cnn.com. that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper. i now turn you over to the able hands of one mr. wolf blitzer right next door in t"the situation room". >>> happening now, breaking news, terror warning, an urgent bulletin issued to law enforcement nationwide. they're warning of possible extremist responses to the controversial report on cia inte

this low pressure is currently over northern maine and finally it will be moving out.h pressure building in over the weekend. what this will do is bring us more sunshine as we head through saturday and sunday and it also will bring us a slight warming trend. in the meantime satellite 6 along with action radar on the west coast showing they're getting inundated with rain. san francisco 4-inches of rape, that's nearly a month's worth of rain in two days and some of the higher elevations reporting as much as 14-inches of rain and unfortunately it's not over quite yet for the west. water vapor imagery shows if you look out into the pacific you see that comma shape. that is an indication of a very strong storm system. this is round two and that will be moving into the west coast on monday and that will likely come with another soaking drenching rain with the possibility of more mudslides. so, back at home our weather compared to that pretty nice. tonight partly cloudy, a december chill, 31 degrees in philadelphia, 26 in allentown and wilmington 30 degrees. day planner tomor

nor'easter, powerful system taking shape, snow, rain and heavy winds for millions from virginia to northern mainedylan is tracking it now. >>> prince william and a pregnant kate middleton arrive

fart north of here, colder air, so just plain snow for northern maine, but a big temperature contrastmuch warmer, 50's along the coast versus where the cold air is funneling in, 30's. >> it could be a lot worse. >> always. >> pakistanis coming together to mourn the people killed in that attack on the school. we are live with a look at aftermath of the attack. >> haitians taking to the streets demanding big changes to the government. >> mother nature providing a stunning start to the workday, a picturesque view. that video and others captured by our citizen journalists around the world. >> time now for the videos captured by our citizen journalists, a blizzard hitting japan with heavy snow and high winds. 296 international and domestic flights have been canceled due to that storm. >> fire crews in australia, this is footage of an airplane battling a wildfire. homes had to be evacuated in recent days. >> a beautiful view of tampa, florida, tuesday morning, a drone capturing the heavy fog engulfing the city with only the highest buildings poking out to catch a glimpse of the sunrise. >>

a water main break is causing traffic problems in northern virginia. we want to go back to kristen at the live desk. >> reporter: that's right. it's described as a large water main break. columbia park is shut down between gordon and malibu circle. police tweeted the picture this morning. they tell us the road he unstable and buckling. therefore traffic is being diverted. stay away from the area if you can. repairs, police tell us are expecteded to take at least 24 hours, a full day. we are following the situation carefully and we'll have updates later on. angie? >> kristen, thanks. so for a second day in many a row, we started things off with gray skies, but check it out. it looks like a little sunshine is breaking through. amelia is in for all. >> if you're still noticing cloudy skies in your area se don't worry. the clouds will continue to move out. here on storm team 4 radar tracking light rain and snow showers, especially in st. mary's county on the eastern shore. you can see most of the activity has come to an end, pushing out of the area. and wit

it will top a foot in central vermont, north and back into northern maine and a wind at the coastline as well may seek up to 60 miles per hour. jeff, back over to you. >> danielle, thank you very much. >>> nationwide protests continued over the weekend. most protests have been peaceful but there have been some pockets of swrie lens. jericka duncan is here with everies to diffuse tensions. good morning. >> good morning, jeff. protesters roamed the streets yet again last night, but the most intense confrontations occurred in california. for a second straight night, protests turned ugly in berkeley, california. demonstrators shut down a freeway while vandals roamed the streets, trark stores and setting fires. over the weekend, police used smoke bombs to disperse protesters, some of whom shat r shattered windows and looted. in new york demonstrators gathered for a fifth straight night, but no violence broke out. i can't breathe, which garner said repeatedly before he died, has become a rallying cry for professional athletes too. chicago bulls guard derrick rose wore it on his shirt on sat

maine, where we have seen about 10 inches, just in the last 24 hours of snow up here towards northern mainewe are seeing problems across northern new england, but this system is starting out not too bad this morning. you can see port land's at 38. temperatures are only going to go up, which means snow falling on the ground is not going to be too much of a problem down towards the southern areas. boston, a mix of rain and snow, there's no delays at logan at the moment, but the forecast through the region is quite nice. you can see here in new york as for washington, there is an indication there is rain coming in. that was what i was talking about with the rain and snow mix for christmas. >> ok. thank you. >> swift reaction from around the world on the u.s. unexpected decision to change policy towards cuba. >> we will be bringing you the latest reaction right here in little havana in miami. >> the federal government filing murder charges against top officials at a pharmacy tied to a deadly meningitis outbreak. we have the damaging allegation over who new what. >> going back to its roots, blac

wherever she, i feel like we ought to do a fundraising drive, like, you know -- >> in northern maine.she left the state. >> i don't think she ever -- i think she was allowed to stay. she was feuding with chris christie remotely. >> and passing out halloween candy with her bare hands. >> think about these people that go over there when their lives are at rick, think about this doctor going back there when he's already gone through it. i mean, they are remarkable. remarkable people to do that. >> i think, these people are in less risks, our reporters, we have people going over there regularly, at times, i'm, sure, too. even that, you are putting yourself at, i know it's lard to transmit and all, you are putting yourself in harm's way tore a political reporter. >> no. >> who very rarely puts himself in harm's way. it's remarkably courage outlook it really is. >> by the way, i know the post over there, i think the "time's" are sifting through the north korean hacked e-mails right now. >> we go to the washington post right now a. labor disput at u.s. ports along the west coast has held up

temperatures cool for northern portions of maine.und new york, points southward, looking to be dry. >>> breaking overnight, new developments in the manhunt for an ex-marine wanted in the murder of six people in a pennsylvania suburb. new information next. >>> the manhunt for a former marine reservist wanted in the murder of his ex-wife and five members of her family, that manhunt is over. the search for bradley william stone ended with the discovery of his body in the woods near his home. appears to be a suicide. national correspondent miguel marquez is in montgomery county, pennsylvania, with the latest. miguel. >> reporter: john, it's a very gruesome end to this horrible, horrible story here. the district attorney here in montgomery county saying that mr. stone, bradley stone, killed himself by self-inflicted conduct wound to the center of his body. he was found in the woods about a half mile from his home here in pennsylvania. his victims died in a very brutal way as well. both by gunshot wounds and cutting wounds. the only surviv

though the peshmerga forces have managed to move a line all the way along that stretch of northern iraq, north of the mainl military base that they hold just to the west of mosul, they have managed to push quite a lot of what i am told is military hardware, tanks, hu humvees and a number f many thousands of peshmerga fighters but these pockets of towns in these areas are very clear places where the isil fighters can just disappear in to. and indeed, to the south of there, in to toe suggest city, even though the kurdish fighters have significantly managed to take their fighters all the way over there and we understand the main fighting going on in an enormous town which is about four-kilometers north of the sinjar mountains, that even though that fighting ongoing, whether they can hold these various areas or whether indeed this even might be a tactic that isil those draw them in to these areas, and then they will now push on them in the days and coming week, we have no idea. it's worth saying that kurdish fighters have made significant gains, but to say that they are now holding all of this area and indeed

in new england, quite a bit of snow on wednesday, specifically up here in the northern parts of mainend new hampshire and vermont, 3-4 inches there. as we go to thursday, things get a little bit better. but if you're traveling to new york to see the 8 5-foot tree in rockefeller center, things getting better in the coming days, but if you stay to sunday, things start to go downhill. rainy conditions mixed with snow, and things are on the way down. texas, a flood situation that we'll see building tomorrow. and it's going to be a major problem starting on wednesday and thursday, and then in this area in northern and eastern texas, 4-6 inches of rain in a 48-hour period that will affect northern louisiana and arkansas there as well. dallas, you're going to be seeing rain all the way to the next couple of days, ending on friday morning. it's not looking too bad. that's the national weather. and more news coming up right after this. >> we have one more psychological test that we have here, word association, and if i say dog, you say. >> tree. >> tree. dog. >> tree. >> that's the start of a

nor'easter, powerful system taking shape, snow, rain and heavy winds for millions from virginia to northern maine. dylan is tracking it now. >>> prince william and a pregnant kate middleton arrive in new york city. after a chilly night on the town they're going their separate ways "today," monday, december 8th, 2014. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. hi, gang. >> hi. >> how are you doing? >> hi. >> you make it sound so ominous, they're going their separate ways, will and kate. >> no, because they're off to do separate things. they're going to see lebron james play at the barclay center and sitting next to jay-z and beyonce. >> shall we call him king james? >> and queen bee. >> it's like willy wonka's golden ticket everywhere they go. >>> first to today's top story. >> that's right, that's the imminent release of a damning report in the wake of 9/11. one official warning it will lead to violence and death in troubled spots around the world. andrea

northern united states. if you take that line and run it across the country, you take that parallel, you end up in buffalo. that means that the united states would have lost maine, vermont, new hampshire, and all of northern new york. that way the british would have had control of the southern shore of the great lakes. that's what they were after, but plattsburgh put a stop to that. the british army is not in the united states. the british army is back in canada. so when the treaty is signed on christmas eve in 1814, the statue quo is what we see today. we're five miles north of plattsburgh, new york. it was here this whole battle began. but let me give you a bit of background first. when the war with napoleon ended in the spring of 1814, the british had a problem, we wellington wanted to keep this victorious army in attack, but no one saw this vision. when the army returned to england, it would probably be disbanded. when the ogre goes away, there's no need for a democratic society to fund a very expensive army, and they would just simply go away. so in order to keep them, he went to lord bathhurst, the secretary of war. he said i've got this other problem, i

and also up into northern new england, snow up into maine and new hampshire. temperatures are warm.ms, just murky, a lot of clouds across the country. rain breaks out today in texas, tomorrow that moves into the southeast. so look for a soaking rain down here in the deep south. as far as the christmas eve forecast part goes, this storm is going to develop not until probably monday or tuesday next week. it should be some over the top of new york city on christmas eve, windy as all can be, very, very rainy too. not a lot of snow with that system. so -- but it looks like for christmas eve, for millions of people, a big wind storm and a lot of rain. so -- >> that's a big story. >> airports. >> there should be a record number of people traveling this year too. thanks, bill. >>> some stories making news this morning in florida, nice try. two suspected robbers targeted walmart. one distracted folks by faking a heart attack there so that his pal could rob the place. when the crime was complete, he got back up, but the getaway didn't last long. cops eventually caught them. >>> it is a bird,

you want to be careful in the northern and western suburbs for slick spots, the main roads are okay. if you're dressing the kids, bundle them up. it's cold and windy and chilly this afternoon. as we look at the temperatures through the day. 32 degrees at 8:00. back up to 37 at noon, 38 at 3:00 p.m., the high will be 39 degrees around 2:00. all right, matt, the roads are the stories this morning. >> reporter: yeah we have slick spots if you're heading outside this morning. it will take a few minutes to clean off the car i know mine had a light dusting of snow. there's construction to watch out for along 202 northbound side of paoli pike they are blocking the right lane and should be out of here in the next half-hour or so. a vehicle into the poll in westtown township along 352 at johnny's way. a crash at montgomery township getting a report of slick icy conditions, in upper begin i gwynedd at dekalb pike. a pole down at easton road and blair mill road. kensington germantown avenue shut down because of the water main break from yesterday, stick with 5th instead. no delays on the schuyl

right now the main focus on the northern side of the region.ut toward the richmond san rafael bridge, steady downpours to millvalely and san rafael. as you can see up in vallejo and fairfield a few scattered showers out in the concord region. once again san francisco we had more development here out toward ocean beach and also right around the embarcadero. speaks of the bay bridge here is our live camera looking out toward the toll plaza. we're going to add more rain in the short term. the chance of a shower tomorrow especial little for the morning hours then a stronger storm is approaching our coastline. so this has been the overall weather headline over the past few days, a rainy pattern developing. system number one, second one for today, next one is going to be moving in on tuesday. and it will be stronger packing more winds around 40 miles per hour. the possibility of thunderstorms, and rainfall expectations tuesday through wednesday. easily a good one to 2-inches in the coastal hills an additional two to three inches. and here's the over

northern united states. and if you take that line and you run it across the country. you take that parallel, you end up in buffalo. that means the united states would've lost maine, vermont, new hampshire, and all of northern new york. that way the british would've had control of the southern shore of the great lakes. and that's what they were after. but plattsburg put a stop to that. the british army is not in the united states. the british army is back in canada. and so when the treaty was signed on christmas eve 1814, the status quo is what we see today. >> we're 5 miles north of plattsburg, new york. looking up the road at the american/canadian border. it was here this whole battle of plattsburg began. let me give you a little bit of background first. when the war with napoleon ended in the spring of 1814, the british had a problem. wellington wanted to keep this victorious army intact because he thought he needed it again and he will need it again in 1815. he was right. and if he left alone, when the army returned to england, it would probably be disbanded. you know, because when the ogre goes away, then there's no need for a democratic society to fund a ve

northern province. they are now in control of serious main highway. -- syria's main highway. >> aired on social media, thesemages purportedly show the capture of two military bases in northwestern syria by radical islamist groups affiliated with al qaeda. they are located -- they were held for two years by moderate rebels who were then driven out. the have yielded to the assault of the jihadist equipped with tanks and heavy weapons. >> the regime was defeated and assad forces left the area because they know longer have the means to defend it. >> according to the syrian observatory for human rights, at least 31 government soldiers and 12 rebel fighters were killed sunday in the battle. with this victory, it is possible the front could turn its attentions to the last city in the area still in the hands of the assad regime. taking the two military bases also allows them to control a highway from aleppo to hama. a heavy blow to the regime in damascus which claims it is in control of major cities and main highways in syria. >> a brilliant lawyer whose mother -- to his mother to three young children and a cafÉ ma

maine. >> drought-stricken northern california is going to get a drenching.news for that state. >> reporter: if it isn't heavy snow, it's torrential rain. as the powerful nor'easter slams the northeast. along the jersey shore in ocean county, streets under water. the conditions treacherous for drivers in town in new york in the far eastern side of the state. similar conditions in upstate new york, as much as ten inches could hit the area before the end of the week. >> we're stuck at home. you know, until this dies down. i don't know if i can get my kids to school. >> no fwhert boston where the streets are lined with ice. people and cars sliding. an suv ramming in to a parked car. >> i couldn't stop the car. it was so icy. >> reporter: all of this bad weather having a ripple effect on air travel with more than 1,000 flights cancelled on tuesday alone. what happened on the east coast could pale in comparison to what could occur on the west coast. in san francisco bay area communities are gearing up for flooding. a winter storm is expected to hit the region toni

main impacts will be northern california. we'll be closer to them. a few scattered showers in the forecast. forecast highs tomorrow. still kind of mild. not as warm as today. but because we're not going to see showers until after lunchtime. we're going to get a chance to go into the upper 60s. the forecast with the bay area weekend in view. looks like this. what i'll do is when i come back i'm back in like 15 minutes or so or something like that. we're looking at a chance of showers in the afternoon. when i come back we'll take the computer model and we'll just dial it in for your wednesday afternoon. there's your weekend. the holiday weekend just kind of mild and nice. this rain event heather and kenney nothing like what we've been seeing. more nuisance showers than anything. if you're traveling but it should be short-lived in very light amounts. >> thank you, bill. >> thanks. >>> happening now, we are just minutes away from the lighting of the eighth and final candle of the bill graham manora in union square. according to jewish belief the last day

the hour by hour forecast by 1:00, we have the main band still across northern delaware and parts of south jersey. briefly heavy. by 2:00, it's tilting a little bit more. still delaware and south jersey, getting much of the action as we go through the afternoon. later today and tonight, things do quiet down. then watch what happens. we have some more snow showers coming around. not as many. and then it may actually be sunshine during the day tomorrow. not much during the day today. visibility is down in the last couple of minutes. snow showers today, temperatures generally below 40. the wind gusting to 30 miles an hour. the seven-day forecast, still cold and breezy on friday. not too much warmer on saturday. sunday, for the eagles game, well, it's going to be sunny during the day, but a night game, temperatures will be dropping. 42 by the start of the game, 36 by the end of it. and then we start to warm up as we go into early next week. >>> more reasons to get a good night's sleep. new findings that show the serious long-term affects of a lack of sleep. as well as what you should not

northern california. so there are the showers now. the main wave moved through, but now the powerful wave.his area here. this is the area that has the most instability. the most cold air. that cool air will drop snow levels. right now, the snow has been, well mostly been rain up there and switching over from snow to rain. after tonight and tomorrow morning, it's going to drop that snow level and they could get 1 to 3 feet of snow as we head into the 36 hours. that snow advisory stays into effect until thursday morning. so this is going to wake you up, i suspect. as that low moves in, it's not a front. it's just some really unstable air. it could easily pop off a thunderstorm. and if it doesn't, even if it does, it's going to be dumping some rain. it's that thing you hear on the roof at 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning. you see those reds go through real quick, a thunderstorm, at least what the model suspects. 6:00 a.m., right? heavy rain. more widely scattered now. so this morning it was everybody was getting a fire hose from north to south. tomorrow we'll see heavy rain and you'll get a break.

main issue. and it's continuing in the northern provinces of aleppo. strikes killed more than 50 over the past three days, including seven children. syrian jets are targetting the islamic state of iraq and levant in the city of al-bad >>> the iraqi army has retaken the town for i.s.i.l. fighters. security forces of shia militias have been involved for two days. security forces have taken two more villages in the nearby town. meanwhile fighting is underway in another down 100 metres north of the capital. the army says some areas of the town live in fear of i.s.i.l. fighters, but they still have a large presence. >>> 2014 draws to a close, al jazeera is ley flecting on the -- reflecting on the year through the eyes of a family in the second part of the series. jane arraf meets a family in baghdad displaced by recent fighting after more than a decade of chaos in iraq. >> this person has a family of chess players. one of his two sons in the u.s. was an iraqi chess champion. his children from a second marriage are eager to learn. here they have rebuilt thei

isil has occupied the northern half since june. it connects to a mainay to the capitol bagdad. >>> moving to a key battleground, the city of cur of -- kirkuk. mohammed has this report from the front line. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: on the front lines outside the city of kirkuk contact between kurdish peshmerga forces and islamic state of iraq and the levant is regular. the peshmerga use sandbags as protection. there is a fair amount of in-coming fire here. a short distance away isil positions display their trademark black flag. >> translator: the distance between us is very small, in some places we are just 700 meters apart. they are always trying to push forward. >> reporter: so far the peshmerga lines have held but isil fighters have been unrelenting in their operation to take oil rich kirkuk. the kurdish forces have had to adopt some drastic measures. fighting has also come with its own humanitarian impact. this is the road that links kirkuk to towns and villages to its west. it's now totally closed. and peshmerga fighters say they had to do that to pr

much of central and western new york and northern vermont and maine. the snow is still coming down.to albany, care from driving today. periods of brief heavy snow. now this storm, one of the b biggest storms to hit california in four or five years. when you combine the rain that will fall and the wind gusts. a lot of power outages expected. it's a huge storm. it has moisture connections all the way from hawaii to the west coast. we're expecting anywhere in 3 to 6 inches of rain. even at the lower elevations. up in the mountains, they could get as much as 8 inches of rain. hurricane force at the higher elevations. even in the cities like san francisco could get wind gusts 40 to 60 miles per hour. this is going to be late tonight and then all day tomorrow. so california, you desperately needed it. you're in this historic drought. this is going to be a drought denter. you're going to pay for it with a lot of power outages and flooding ahead with this big storm. we leave you with a shot of a gloomy new york city. some low clouds around. we fared pretty well through this nor'easter. we'l

extending from the northern plains all the way to the eastern seaboard, light rain moving in our area at moment but you can see pink, freezing rain, impacting poconos later tonight. main center of the storm is way back over northern plains in the upper midwest. that is rain that will get here on christmas eve. four to at the the airport. forty in reading. forty-two mount pocono. temperatures near freezing in poconos. the freezing rain is possible tonight. but, christmas the average high this time of the year is 43. we will get to 45 today. the pretty seasonal day. fifty tomorrow. sixty's on christmas eve. almost 20 degrees above average feeling like spring and 50's on christmas day. we will keep it the right around 50 for friday as well. temperatures well above average all week long. the lets take a look at that christmas weather. rain is moving through, wednesday, even into christmas morning but most of the the day thursday it does clear out. owe that goodies news. if you are traveling your christmas day forecast windy conditions. scranton, buffalo, pittsburgh but look at these temperatures, in mid 50's in philadelphia and washington. 58 degrees in new york city. so

america's strategists, it was a diversionary theater, at best, a place to mark time until the main show in northern europe at worst, a and squandering of lives and treasure in the interest of the theish empire all stop mediterranean was seen and continues to be seen in most of the standard histories of world war ii as a quintessentially british theater of war in which the americans participated after invariant -- varying different versions of the story by their political british .llies it is quite striking how often the british are referred to as being clinical while the americans of course are nonpolitical and simply wanted to get the fighting over and done with and go home. led to think about and re-examine this standard narrative, which i would suggest is the one most of us are familiar with. i began to re-examine this narrative not from studying world war ii, but i thinking about events in the early cold war. in particular, the events of 1937 with the proclamation of the truman doctrine. very rapidly following that, the american intervention into the civil war in greece, the intervention into t

we're looking at rain by tomorrow at noon, anywhere from northern florida all the way up through parts of mainey warm storm system so much of the precipitation with it is in the form of rainfall. as much as six inches of it could fall across parts of the southeast, so we do have a number of flash flood watches out there, and on the backside of the system, that's when we're looking at some snow, pretty heavy at times by tomorrow, across portions of the western great lakes and also to the midwest, through ohio, you're looking at more of a wintry mix. now let's head back to "the five." >>> welcome back, time for the fastest 7 minutes on television. three cheery stories, seven fast changing minutes, one chipper host. everyone has a cell phone camera. can you imagine this scene? santa, rudolph, this comment and the up uploading of that comment to youtube and the backlash. >> i don't have any freaks on the sleigh team, that's for damned sure. >> i want to apologize to rudolph and rudolph, i hope that you will lead my sleigh tonight. >> it was a very clever take of how the world works now. they only l

>>> developing right now traffic is backing up on a busy commuter route in northern virginia as crews try to repair a water main that burst early this morning. it happened on columbia pike and bailey's crossroads near gordon street. jackie bensen there with some drivers who are growing impatient. >> r we got two things going on here. we'll show you one right behind me. work to repair this 16-inch water main and i'm not an engineer but i do think that piece of pipe on the ground is the water main in question. that work while it is being done requires columbia pike to be shut down between blair street and tyler street. we have some pictures of what the traffic looks like right now. they were taken just a few moments ago and the traffic is pretty bad, folks are just telling us it has been a long wait to go a short distance. we also have some video to show you of what it looked like when this water main blew and buckled columbia pike here in the bailey's cross road area early this morning. there was a great fear that water would be cut off for an extended period of time. that didn't happen. but these repairs are ca

northern california, but more rain is needed. here is where we stand. the pardee reservoir, the main for customers is at 88% capacity. east bay relies on the co man chee reservoir. lexington is now at 30% capacity. so progress, but more rain is needed. you can track the rain with live doppler 7hd. it is free on apple's app store or google play. we have more information at abc news.com/app. >> full forecast in a few moments. after 56 years of isolation, the u.s. is reopening the doors to cuba. president obama announced the major policy change to improve relations with the communist nation today. the plan includes expanding economic times and allowing state sponsored visits. in an exclusive interview with abc news, the president was asked if that means he will visit cuba. >> i don't have current plans to visit cuba. >> not ruling it out? >> let's see how things evolve. >> bay area residents are open minded, but not confident that anything will really change in cuba. it is the people who go through the adversity. >> i want to see and i can't believe it. >> the end of the economic embargo with cuba requires congressional

northern california, but more rain is needed. here is where we stand. the pardee reservoir, the main for customers is at 88% capacity.elies on the co man chee reservoir. lexington is now at 30% capacity. so progress, but more rain is needed. you can track the rain with live doppler 7hd. it is free on apple's app store or google play. we have more information at abc news.com/app. >> full forecast in a few moments. after 56 years of isolation, the u.s. is reopening the doors to cuba. president obama announced the major policy change to improve relations with the communist nation today. the plan includes expanding economic times and allowing state sponsored visits. in an exclusive interview with abc news, the president was asked if that means he will visit cuba. >> i don't have current plans to visit cuba. >> not ruling it out? >> let's see how things evolve. >> bay area residents are open minded, but not confident that anything will really change in cuba. it is the people who go through the adversity. >> i want to see and i can't believe it. >> the end of the economic embargo with cuba requires congressional approval.

this will form off the northern california coast. that's the main factor and the water temps to be so far above normal in the 60s this will boost rainfall rates that i think add into convective nature. we saw that with the december 3rd system that came in. plenty to talk about. here is your -- here is your system. here comes the cold air coming in. there will be multiple waves forming on this system. what's that? that's just a change in wind direction on the front. what does it do? it slows the system down. there will be really heavy rain for some. for others, it will be windy. here is your water temps. 60 degrees. how can that not boost rainfall rates when up get a system like this coming in? it will. coastal hills, santa cruz mountains, north bay 4 to 8. 2 to 4. 1 to 3, south bay. a lot of high wind warnings posted. there will be hurricane strength gust, coast, hills, 50s for some of the lower elevations and the high surf warning. seas are beginning to build. that's when the cold air arrives. the sierra, snow level goes up, up, up. i why to get up

maine. >> temperatures mostly seasonable. 70s across the south. chilly 30s in the northern else. >>> the weather in florida could again cause problems as nasa attempts to launch its orion spacecraft. for a second straight day, the orion and huge rocket that will take it deep into space are sitting on the launch pad. yesterday's attempt to get it off the ground had to be scrubbed because of wind gusts. orion's nearly five-hour flight will test systems as nasa works toward a possible mars mission. >>> despite a sometimes bumpy ride, they have faith in uber. the ride-hailing app. the company valued at more than $40 billion after raising more than $1.2 billion in financing. its value is more than linked in, twitter or netflix. uber is now available in 250 countries, cities in 50 countries but it's facing complaints about privacy, sexism and unfair competition. >>> attention parents who may be awake with a young child. amazon is now selling diapers. the online retailer's new brand of diapers and wipes is called amazon elements. they are available to those who are amazon prime me

northern california, but more rain is needed. here is where we stand. the pardee reservoir, the main for customers is at 88% capacity. east bay relies on the co man chee reservoir. lexington is now at 30% capacity. so progress, but more rain is needed. you can track the rain with live doppler 7hd. it is free on apple's app store or google play. we have more information at abc news.com/app. >> full forecast in a few moments. after 56 years of isolation, the u.s. is reopening the doors to cuba. president obama announced the major policy change to improve relations with the communist nation today. the plan includes expanding economic times and allowing state sponsored visits. in an exclusive interview with abc news, the president was asked if that means he will visit cuba. >> i don't have current plans to visit cuba. >> not ruling it out? >> let's see how things evolve. >> bay area residents are open minded, but not confident that anything will really change in cuba. it is the people who go through the adversity. >> i want to see and i can't believe it. >> the end of the economic embargo with cuba requires congressional

main issue we have with this invitation. >> while the syrian government appears to be considering negotiations fighting continues in the northern province of aleppo. air strikes have killed more than 50 people in the past few days including several children. areas under control of islamic state of iraq and the levant of abad and nearby city of kabasin. >>> military officials say they have captured a member of al shabaab, but he says he left the group and surrendered to the somali government. >>> including improving maternal health reduced by 75%. searvehe south africasouth africa has been slow to adopt this. >> 1iewinie using her mobile phone she sends an s mfortsms to a designated number. this is a free government service where she can ask questions and receive valuable information on what to do at any stage of her pregnancy. >> like having a clinic next to you. it's great. many women can't go for checkups, if there's no clinic in my area, if i'm worried i just send an sms. >> south africa has made progress reducing deaths of women and babies. but many are still dying. home connect is a radical idea to help save lives. >> espe

we are tracking wintery weather in northern new england with as much as 10 inches of snowfall across portions of the maineyou can see the storm system bringing in areas of rain across the great lakes and portions of ohio down to georgia and alabama. further west we have a number of storm systems across california. that continues today. we had snow along the higher elevations of the sierras. we have those drought continues that continue in place. through out most of the week we will continue to see storm systems impacting portions of with several inches of rainfall are expected. wednesday still on the northern side of it across parts of kansas heavy rain through portions of arkansas and also into texas. here's a look at the high temperatures heather and ainsley across portions of the northern plains and parts of the southeast. also on the cool side highs in the 60's in atlanta and rale li. >> not too bad to finish off the shopping. we have a payoff for frequent flyers. loren simonetti is here to explain. american airlines customers buy the treatment yum seats. regular frequent flyers who fly first and busi

the main incidents we have had down here is somehow northern hispanic inmates cross paths, and one guy hasn't told us his gang affiliations and then a fight has happened. >> rodriguez. out the door. >> this prison is different than any prison in the state of california. in here they have got level 4, level 1, level 2, 3, mixed in the same unit. the physical layout is different. you've got upper yard, lower yard. it's quite confusing at times. >> inmates who cause problems or are considered dangerous are placed in a section of the prison nicknamed ad seg. >> ad seg is just short for administrative segregation. like i said, in essence, it's a prison within a prison. >> yes! >> inmates housed in ad seg are not allowed contact visits and must remain in their cells 23 hours a day. when they are allowed out, they are handcuffed and escorted by an officer. >> they are in trouble. most of the time they're in gangs and violence, so for our safety as well as everybody else's safety, we just have them handcuffed behind their back and escort them everywhere they go. >> if you would have came yeste

maine. by the time we get to saturday, things will improve. towards northern newhampshire and vermont. new york - better conditions, cold in the morning, down to 30 degrees. below freezing. temperatures beginning to warm up nicely as we go through the weekend and into next week. temperatures, a high of 46 to 48 degrees. boston - you'll see a little more snow from that storm system but you will begin to warm up as well. for the rest of the united states, the storm out here to the west - that will bring rain across many cities in parts of seattle, down towards portland and san francisco. friday - as we go towards saturday, the storm system moving towards the mountain state, that is a look at the weather, more news coming up after this. >>> joan didian is an author with a life full of joy and sorrow. she's camera shy but expresses thoughts with her right. her nephew is telling her story and is raising the money for the film through kickstarter. >> joan didian is a writer, an essayist, novelist, national book award, a writer who is probably the most influential writer in america today. [ c

main break, causing the headaches for drivers. >> this happened on bailey's cross old -- bailey's threshold. that road is closed right now. a northern virginia bureau chief is there live right now with what it means for drivers and when it is expected to be cleaned up. jack? >> this is definitely a mess going on. you can see a water main break right here. this is the firehouse at columbia pike. you cannot hear it, but here you can hear the bubbling going on. a few moments ago we were told that there was a possibility that this ease of road could buckle again. he could have a situation where more of the road gets more torn up. you can see the water flowing in this direction. columbia pike is close from tyler, east from where i am standing, all the way west to blair road. at the moment the traffic backup but i can see -- john is showing where fairfax police are directing traffic. at the moment it is not terrible but obviously the big concern will be into the rush hour tonight. fairfax police are telling us that the repairs here could take up to 24 hours to fix. you are looking at a possibility of not only rush-hour being impacted toda