or southern great lakes, northern ohio valley and eventually saturday morning right off the mid-atlantic and southern new england coast line. it's a narrow area that will pick up the snow. the snow could come down and be fluffy and aaccumulate let's. chicago 3 to 6 inches for you and looks like the higher terrain out of the pittsburgh up to 8 and pittsburgh 6 or so. bigger cities that haven't seen a lot of snow, hartford and providence and you have a chance 3 to 6 and main a little more if you're fortunate. that is the target area for the snow. that's a look at the national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. areas of concern today. we have a little bit of snow overnight last night in areas of massachusetts and also new hampshire and maine that continues this morning so could be slippery there. otherwise temperatures are warm in the south like areas of texas and oklahoma and still very cold in the northwest. we mentioned yesterday how the midwest had those windchills of minus 40? today is better and now it's only like minus 10. >> bill, thanks

across the great lakes, usual suspects, northern ohio, northern western pennsylvania, that's all coming the great lakes right now. not reaching into our state as they rarely do and our cold blast settling in now. they'll stay breezy tonight and into the early part of tomorrow. partly cloudy skies through the day tomorrow but dry. sunday morning clouds and we dry things out for the game sunday afternoon. sunshine around will make things feel a little bit less frigid but i still think with this cold dome of air that it's going to be tough to get out of the 30s even sunday. overnight tonight, 23, going to feel like the teens with those winds still kicking a bit as we go into the late part of the night. tomorrow winds let up but still cold, still breezy. and then tomorrow night, down to 22 as the winds finally pretty much go calm. as we look to your sunday and further, here's how things shape up. again for game day, mid 30s, we'll look for a freezing start for the tailgate. it gets above freezing at least for the game and as we look to mlk monday, holiday for a lot of people, sunshine, 40 d

especially in the lake effect regions of northern ohio, pennsylvania and new york.aching as far south as virginia. >>> mo one in the lower 48 states has seen anything like this. it's been the snowiest winter in alaska. east of anchorage, they've seen the worst of it. alaska national guardsmen are helping to clear snow there. >>> on the second anniversary of the earthquake that devastated haiti the prime minister said it's a place where people bury the dead and go back to work. a ceremony was held yesterday north of port-au-prince. the disaster killed more than 300,000 people. bill clinton announced the $2 million donation from the reconstruction fund that he leads. >>> natalee holloway of suburban birmingham, alabama was 18 years old when she was last seen in aruba in may of 2005 she'd been missing ever since. >> edward lawrence reports. >>> a judge called this court hearing a sad occasion. right before he officially declared natalee holloway dead. her father asked for the declarati declaration. >> we've been dealing with her death for the last six and a half years.

there are reports of sleet in northern indiana, many portions of central and northern ohio. if you're heading outside, pittsburgh, maybe a little coating of ice out there. be careful as you walk out on your sidewalk. otherwise, plain old rain. lexington, louisville, you will get drenched under flood watches. we could see two inches of rain today and tonight. we could see localized flooding. we saw sleet overnight in areas of new jersey. southern new england, it peaked. now it's fizzling out. you may see a little coating of ice out there this morning too, especially areas outside the big cities. as far as the forecast goes today, we will see rain moving back in during the day, but especially later tonight and tomorrow is when the northeast will get soaked. today the worst of the weather from tennessee, southern portions of ohio, lynn. so we'll talk more about the friday forecast coming up. >> note to self. okay. thank you so much. >>> coming up, big ben speaks. and wall street likes what it hears. your "first look" at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> c

be heavy accumulations from michigan to new england, especially in the lake effect regions of northern ohioennsylvania and new york. reaching as far south as virginia. no one in the lower 48 states has seen anything like this. it's been the snowiest winter in memory in alaska. in the town of cordova, 150 miles east of anchorage, they've seen the worse of it. national guardsmen are helping to clear the 14 feet of snow that's fallen there since november. >>> on the second anniversary of the earthquake that devastated haiti, the prime minister said it's a place where people bury the dead and go back to work. a ceremony marking the 2010 quake was held yesterday at a mass gravesite north of port-au-prince. the disasters killed more than 300,000 people. announced the donation from the construction fund he leads. >>> natalee holloway of alabama was 18 years old when she was last seen in may of 2005. she had been listed as missing ever since. now a judge declares what had been apparent for years. edward lawrence reports. >>> a birmingham, alabama, judge called this hearing a sad occasion. before he

and then that could go right through chicago, northern indiana, southern michigan, northern ohio, areas like detroit, cleveland, toledo, you could have a little mini snowstorm on your hands as we go through friday late into friday night. so could be some shoveling there saturday morning and eventually i think some of that snow could make its way into areas like new york city during the day saturday, possibly even philadelphia and areas of southern new england. so just be prepared if you have your weekend plans in new england. i did tease and mention the windchills and this is the lowest windchills i've seen this winter. right now, temperatures 9 in minneapolis. the windchill is minus 32. many areas of the -- many areas are in the minus 40 range. that's like unbearable. there is something called an extremely cold warning that is in place for all of the northern plains. today in minneapolis, it is 4. that is cold. there is no other way to talk about it. >> i had to interrupt you there for a many up. >> it's fine. it deserved it. >> thank you. >>> coming up, negative developments for eastm

going to be snow unless you get up into new england, perhaps western pennsylvania and right around northern ohiog rain. so mixed in with that rain, it's not going to amount to a whole lot. around the western lakes, tracking snow. another system impacting the pacific northwest. and snow up in the mountains once again. 68 degrees in atlanta. mild ahead of this system, as it swings in from the west. 74 in new orleans. chance of thunderstorms. 42 in new york city. the rain is headed your way, as well. by the afternoon, should see quite a bit of rain in the northeast. and friday, right along the eastern seaboard, we still have showers and thunderstorms forecast. it's new england where we expect the wintry weather. next system brushing the northern plains with more snow. temperatures start to rebound across the south after getting drenched with rain in texas. we'll be back up to 63 in dallas, near 70 in houston. the cooler air across the north, but no arctic outbreak. we still don't have that frigid air in place, which you would expect for late january. saturday, almost looks like a mistake on the map

ohio, mr. johnson, and the gentleman from the northern mariana islands, mr. sablan, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio. mr. johnson: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. johnson: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. johnson johnson mr. speaker, -- mr. johnson: mr. speaker, h.r. 290 introduced by the gentleman from california, mr. hunter, will allow the inclusion of religious symbols as part of military monuments. in 1913 a memorial that included a 43-foot-tall cross was placed on mount sol dad in san diego, california, as the tribute to the members of the armed forces who sacrificed their lives to defend the united states. in 1989 the city of san diego was sued over the cross with critics claiming it violated the first amendment to the u.s. constitution and to the cali

a little bit of mixed presip in northern ohio and back into southern michigan, that's about it. look closely at the lower left portion of your screen, that's a tornado watch. we have had reports in this and we could actually get a rumble of thunder tomorrow night. 46 right now in bethesda. 46 in arlington. 47 in springfield. 46 in reston and off to the east, upper 40s also for college park and also for beltsville. a little cooler up in laurel and 45 in gaithersburg. locate the umbrella. just chilly tonight. the morning commute will be wet, but mainly north of town. especially over to hagerstown. the evening commute will be wet for everybody. and then thunderstorms are possible tomorrow night. i know it's january, but it's not out of the question. all right, late tonight, 11:00, 11:30. we see some showers. frederick back into hagerstown. notice it's all green. and notice how it rolls due east. that's going to wet the roads if you are coming in from hagerstown or frederick toward d.c. you may have some wet roads. nothing heavy. we get to lunchtime, grab your umbrella. now we have

will if they know the economy's coming back and cleveland in northeast ohio, where you see in northern ohio where you see the big democratic vote, people will come out if they start to see the economy come back. >> what's the unemployment rate there? >> it's about, between 8 and 9%. >> so along the national average? >> it's close to the national average, but again, the infrastructure needs in ohio are extraordinary. just two days ago, the ohio department of transportation reordered their priorities and shortchanged the cleveland area by saying they're going to wait ten years to put in a new bridge. we can't stand for that. that's why the federal government's going to have to get involved. this is a great opportunity for president obama looking at infrastructure to get involved in ohio in particular and start to move public support by showing that he wants to put ohi ohioans back to work. >> it's good to see you. thank you. >> thank you. >>> the hot ticket on capitol hill tuesday is the president's state of the union address and look who nabbed one. a homeless teenager from new york who is a

ohio. northern disturbance coming down.ave southern moisture moving in, you see the rain over the carolinas, through georgia, all that converging, doing a squeeze play over the mid atlantic. it's going to mean a significant storm as it wraps together as one yarr of low pressure pushing over the state in to the morning hours. maryland as it is, will be on the rain snow line, with the more significant snows and sleet coming towards the wee morning hours this is midnight. snow starting up. a snow sleet situation with ice pellets towards 6:00 a.m. brief freezing rain as well as we go towards 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, then rain showers towards midday as temperatures go above freezing. a period of time looking for slick icy conditions in the morning. icy accumulations. there is two inch totals towards the pa state line, tomorrow, down to 36, that early icy mix giving way to rain. cold tomorrow with brief freezing in spots. quickly checking the seven-day forecast. finding once we get past this icy situation in the morning, a decent sunday

further to the north, we have had a little bit of a wintery miss in northern ohio, some of the roadswatch those storms heading for atlanta later on today and rain will head for areas like new york, philly and d.c. and the carolinas as we go throughout this evening. no problems on the west coast, just some light rain throughout the state of oregon. you are watching "morning joe," we are brewed by starbucks. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. and i'm a master roaster at starbucks coffee. brian hayes. i'm a master roaster at starbucks coffee. sitting right here we have 40 years of roast experience. how can we use that and do more with it? new starbucks blonde roast was created to increase the offerings that we can give to our customers. [ anderson ] we decided that we would take our experience and apply it to the lighter, mellower, more subtle side of the bean. it's for the person w

storm system out of northern mexico into the missouri valley and central mississippi centrally, ohiovalley with a fair amount of rain. by friday, we will see that front all the way into south florida. cold air stretching, pretty good lake effect snow showers through the great lakes and rain and snow where that cold air dams up against the rocky mountain states. we will check the longer range forecast coming up. >> . >>> this sunday is choir appreciation sunday. to be fair it was not proclaimed by the president or congress but rather a handful of music companies but that doesn't disqualify. after over 30 years directing a church choir and a lifetime of singing with others, i am prepared to testify to the surprising power of the experience of joining voices with others. in my time with the barbershop chorus i recall the theme song we used to belt out every practice. keep america singing all day long. watch goodwill coma winging on a song. smile the while you are singing, carry, oh carry part. keep america singing singing in your heart. it's still hard to just read those words. songs ha

ohio valley. washington, oregon and northern california will see continued rain and mountain snow.t will be dry and sunny in most of the northeast and new england. >>> in sports, plenty of off season baseball news, including a new team for prince fielder and a kings ransom of a contract. a source tells cbs sports the slugging first baseman agreed to a nine-year, $214 million deal with the detroit tigers. fielder will fill a hole in the tigers lineup left by the loss of d.h. victor martinez to a knee injury. >>> jorge posada hung up his yankee stripes, it's official. the catcher formally retired yesterday after 17 major league seasons. he finished with a .273 career batting average, 275 home runs and more than a thousand rbi's. >>> and in the nba, miami hosted cleveland but the heat didn't give the cavs a warm welcome. in the third, lebron james got two of the 18 points with a drive and a jam. then chris bosh came on strong scoring 17 of his 35 points in the fourth period leading miami to a victory. >>> when we return, a chilling rescue video of a snowmobiler pulled from an avalanch

cleveland, ohio got it pretty good. northern indiana. you go right across every major lake and city and everyone saw some snow yesterday. syracuse, buffalo, rochester, even this morning in areas between cleveland and the areas you're still seeing snow. the big forecast is out in iowa. a lot of people wondering what the weather is going to be. it affects the turnout. and right now it's a cold morning. there's no doubt about it. zero in mason city. des moines has a wind chill of three. davenport, two. a lot of the big cities are cold. go through the afternoon, the winds are going to die down. there is no snow. by iowa standards, once we get highs in the 30s in most cases, des moines, 39, not bad at all. we're going to see a decent iowa day. so really turnout should be great and the weather should not cause anyone to stay home. as far as the forecast goes, we mentioned the cold over the great lakes. chicago right now, your wind chill is 4. actually, it was 1 last hour. now the cold air could rise on the east coast. d.c., 19. one of the lowe

sprinkles, light showers, what we're going to see moving into the area south of columbus, ohio and around northernentucky right now. that's the system we're going to start following. the bulk of tomorrow will be dry. it will be warm, it's just not going to look as pretty as today. thursday, there's a little area of low pressure early thursday morning. it will be passing just down to the south of us. showers probably for southern maryland and the area of low pressure continues on. we're going to cool it down just a little bit, not much. 55 to 50 degrees, increasing clouds. 39 to 40 degrees tomorrow morning. we'll take it up to 62 to 67 degrees, just as good as today with the temperatures but not so much the sky conditions. 5 3 your high on thursday, and then into the upper 40s for friday and saturday. right now we have a slight chance for showers on saturday. that's a system we've been watching for quite some time, it doesn't look like a big storm system, we'll talk about the rest of the weekend later. >> we'll see you then. >>> still to come. prince harry opens up about the royal family. >> pizza

and the crews built a northern ohio from the fund to toledo, that is an ohio car. >> now, congresswoman, you've been around washington for a while. what issues do you work with republicans on the closely? >> well, usually on defense matters we have pretty much a meeting of the minds. i would say on agriculture we do all right. hahn transportation, that's what my subcommittees where we really met with. on housing we need to be more robust. there's some cooperation there. on budget it's a little more rancorous. but i would say that there many areas in which we can work together. i think the great lakes members, a great lake issues, find common ground. and so i think you can always find a way to move an agenda forward, but you have to keep working at it. >> well, congresswoman marcy kaptur, your next political battle will be against a fellow democrat, dennis kucinich is also vying for the nomination in your district, correct? >> that is correct. the ninth district remains the ninth district. for the five counties i have represented and carried to come by the state legislature drew about 32

not much reaching that part of precipitation but across parts of the ohio valley, indiana, northern kentucky, a little bit more moisture there. most is bypassing us to the north and northeast. nonetheless, we will see a few more clouds coming in. a breezy afternoon, mild as well. temperatures in the mid-50s. a brief weather front early tomorrow and makes for a cooler start on your sunday and the early course of the day and late tomorrow, increasing the clouds and may ring out a quick passing shower late tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow evening. here we are on your microcast model. not much going on. 4:30 this afternoon. a few clouds across the mountain, dry through the overti overnight hours and late tonight as well. and that might ring out a sprinkle or two late sunday afternoon. that's about or biggest rain chance for the weekend. today, mix of clouds and sunshine. breezy and high mid-50s. a little more in the way of cloud cover and can't rule out one or two passing sprinkles late tomorrow afternoon. not much of a rain threat. 80-85% of your weekend looking good. sunshine on monday and 55

after puerto rico, ohio, northern state, i'll give it to romney.y gingrich. and here's why we wanted to do this, district of columbia and texas, perry endorsed speaker gingrich. gingrich will want to stay around until april. if we got that scenario, romney's ahead, but gingrich is within striking distance. he thinks he can stay in for the long haul. that's the question, is it a momentum race after florida or is it a delegate chase? >> wow, very interesting, john. great to see that. so we think april's the time when we're actually going to be able to see that the delegate count will make a big difference? >> just remember, clinton and obama went to june. >> how could we forget? thanks, john. >>> so are you an introvert or an extrovert? your answer actually says a lot about you, but it could also say the way presidents make decisions. we'll talk about the power of shyness. it's in our new segment, "bookmarks." [ male announcer ] this...is the network. a living, breathing intelligence that is helping business rethink how to do business. in here, inven

just about the rest of the country because of the jet stream, teens across areas of northern dakotas, 20s as we move to ohio valley and 30s and 40s into the course of the day ridge of high pressure will slide its way across into the course of this afternoon and owning it will definitely be in control -- evening, it will definitely be in control once again temperatures expected upper 40s and low 50s that is behind the cold front that moves through last night, we are seeing changes in our temperatures we will gradually warm up into the week then start to cool down a little bit as well for the overnight lows, upper level dispurr turban we will -- disturbance we will see changes. other than that, day planner, 49 degrees, mix of sun and cloud not all bad. today, mostly sunny, keeler high around 50 -- cooler, high around 50. chilly, high of 34 degrees. here is your 5 day forecast expect to see showers on wednesday, that will last through to wednesday night in the form of rain and then see a few clouds lingering through thursday. overall not all bad. areas to the -- over the mountains could by monday night see a l

northern plains. the southeast chilly temperatures. new york, pennsylvania, and ohio, lake effect snow showers.northwest coast, rain. the cascades could get several inches of snow. >>> in sports, big plays and a big score at the fiesta bowl. andrew luck got stanford out to an early lead. 53-yard td pass ty month ggomer. oklahoma state's brandon weeden had three touchdowns but it all came down to this. stanford kicker jordan williamson missed a 35-yard field goal at the end of regulation for the win. quinn sharp had a 22-yard kick in overtime. oklahoma state gets the win. >>> in pasadena the highest scoring rose bowl in history. oregon's deanthony thomas tied the game on this first quarter, 91-yard run. darren thomas touchdown pass put the ducks on top for good in the fourth quarter. oregon beat wisconsin, 45-38, for its first rose bowl victory since 1917. and abysmal in the penn state season. the nittany lions lost to houston. final score houston 30, penn state 14. >>> in the nba miami is perfect no more. lebron james and the heat won five straight. joe johnson scored 21 points for the atlanta

streaming all the way in from lake superior into northern michigan, and off like you are on, across lake erie into ohio and upstate new york. most of the blower is caught in amounts to the north or west. there is a chance for a flurry tonight or tomorrow, even wednesday, but most of the snow will be trapped in the mountains to the north or west. brown the region, single digits in the upper peninsula of michigan -- around the region. 22 in detroit, pittsburgh at 23, below freezing all the way down to charlotte, north carolina. heavy freeze warnings in effect for north florida tonight. the cold is pushing all the way south. the high today was at midnight. as soon as it became january 2, we were in the upper 40's to near 50. temperatures have been steadily falling throughout the day. 31 at bwi marshall, 35 at the science center downtown, down to 16 at oakland. the cold air is making it all the way to the coast. the good news is, the winds are brisk, but not as strong as they were earlier. at times, the wind chill it dips into the teens, 18 is what it feels like in gaithersburg now, and 9 at oakland in gar

ohio valley. a cold front is moving out of the northern plains.he second batch of there will be cold air arriving. we do have rain today. maybe a rain-snow mix. we could see flurries on friday. i am hesitating putting in any kind of precipitation on sunday. we could have a clip to pass by on sunday which remained light snow showers. cold conditions for the ravens on sunday. >> a baltimore county man faces animal cruelty charges after police say he threw a yorkshire terrier from a balcony. this happened in owings mills. wallace is charged with animal mutilation and animal cruelty. the dog suffered serious injuries. opening statements expect any murder case against ollie stevens for the july death of david mcqueen. he was found stabbed to death in jessup. the case could be a test for the death penalty. >> on sunday, baltimore will host its first home playoff game since 2007. it is expected to boost the local economy. more advertising opportunities and more out of town fans prepared to spend big bucks. >> there are going to lose and they will go away

flows to the northern midwest region, ohio, illinois, indiana, minnesota and wisconsin. 94% of all those imports come from canada. 76% of the oil from oil sands. 40% of all the oil refined in this region comes from that area of the oil sands. a report that was somebodied by the canadian energy research institute states that jobs supported by canadian oil will grow from 21,000 jobs today to 465,000 jobs by 2035. i think it's also important to note we're looking at 20,000 jobs right now, another 100,000 jobs on ancillary if the pipeline gets approved and gets moving. it's incumbent that the president takes action and we get jobs in the united states but also more importantly along with those jobs, to make sure we have a secure source of oil in the country. 2,400 american companies in 49 states involved in development of canadian oil sands. it's not the canadians up there doing this, it's american companies, american jobs making sure we have that. when it comes down to it, we need to have the president act immediately and favorably on this to get america moving on jobs but also to make sure

northern indiana. we'll see the snow lift up through the ohio valley with strong wind around. 30, maybe 35 mile-per-hoursix inches of additional snow in chicago. one to three, indianapolis. six to ten in cleveland. big changes compared to most of this winter. here is the forecastç national tomorrow. windy, snowy day. we'll see chilly temperatures in the northern plains. that's a little bit below average. 57 in dallas and quiet weather for the west coast. about 75 in los angeles. i'm sure that would be a lot of folks weather pick for tomorrow. >> thank you very much. >>> now to south carolina where the nasty attacks near mitt romney are under attack. several are blasting newt gingrich and rick perry for going after his bain record. >> i'm outraged.shocked what th doing. it's ignorant and dumb. >> i don't care, the attacks are not defensible. >> joining me is congressman. thank you for your time. what do you say? >> i don't think it's the right message. i don't think it was part of his message. it's gotten from our perspective blown outç of por portion. >> i've done a lot of ads. he says they come in an

ohio, tennessee valleys toward the gulf coast. that's what will be coming in later. this morning, couple of sprinkles northernuthern montgomery counties, that's it. locally. we got up toward westminster with some sprinkles here and from east to north to chestertown running to a few, spotty sprinkles. temps are running 30s and low 40s. it is 41 in washington to fredericksburg and pax river to 37 in winchester and 36 in hagerstown. looking outside, pretty good visibility here in our michael and son weather camera. under cloudy skies. feeling like 39 thanks to a northeast wind at 3 miles per hour. barometer continuing to drop. if you're sensitive to pressure changes, could be a tough 24 hours coming up. there is a big storm system down along the gulf coast. tornado watch until noon. you can see all of the rough weather, the yellows and oranges and reds, torrential downpours and some severe, even tornadic thunderstorms will be possible for them. rains extending up toward indiana and ohio and pennsylvania. we'll watch this whole mess move in our direction as we get into tonight. so, today, spotty showers, a little

ohio valley. temperatures will be colder. sleet and snow on the northern fringe of the precipitation out there. we expect the bulk of this to be rain, chilly rain beginning late tonight and into tomorrow. in the northern suburbs where it is a little bit colder, those temperatures tonight might drop down close to the freezing point, so as the initial burst of precipitation gets there tonight, watch out along the southern border and where there may be pockets of freezing temperatures so that a little bit of freezing rain could occur, at least initially. after that first little burst of rain around midnight, then it will be times of rain overnight tonight and through the day tomorrow as this storm system tracks its way through the mid- atlantic and up to the northeast. rain is coming in tonight. temperatures raising just around freezing to 36 downtown. temperatures stuck in the 40's. still above normal. it will be rain in amounts tomorrow, but that should change over to snow for friday and stay relatively cool going into the mountains. that rain will put a hamper on things for skiing tomorrow, and

northern plains with temperature. that warm air, some begins to slide to the east pu. >>> if you're watching us on wdtn tv in dayton, ohiofrom sparkling gems to beads and leather uncover the story of how july jewelry connection to culture at more than a girl's best friend. >> that's my kind of event, bill karins. >> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment where relationship news and contract signings seem to dominate. actress zoey and ben gibbard are getting divorced a little over a month after their separation. >>> sechlto'connor says their d is over. >>> justin timberlake and jessica biel did get engaged during a holiday getaway in jackson, wyoming. hugh jackman has signed to play houdini on broadway. taylor swift has beat out michele, johansen, wood in the big role in the les miserable. james franco will write a fictional account of his life. barbie, world's most famous doll is getting three high profile new friends. yep, you guessed, it reality tv stars kim, kourtney and khloe kardashian. >> i'll be first in line. they'll be collector's items. >> did you see that? silence. nothing to say

northern suburbs. let's take a wider view of the radar. showers and a few thunderstorms back across the ohio valley. some heavier rain moving across the mountains. if it is not raining in your house, take an umbrella with you. 43 degrees at the airport with a southwest wind. it will be a breezy day. we will see cloud cover and showers. will push thewind temperatures into the 50's this afternoon. in the 30's around the pennsylvania line. off and on rain showers today. the best chance for rain will be this afternoon. cloudy and breezy with temperatures around 52 degrees. showers early tonight. temperatures drop back into the mid 30's. tomorrow, that storm will be pushing away to the northeast. it will be kind of a windy day and colder with temperatures in the upper 30's and low 40's on wednesday. 52 today. 41 tomorrow. a clipper storm moves in on thursday. 37 for the high temperature. another 1 muezzin on friday night and saturday with a chance for -- another one moves in on friday night and saturday with a chance for a light rain or snow. >> if you shop on the website your personal information is at

ohio valley, tennessee valley, memphis, heading into little rock. but to the north of that we're going to see significant snows this week in the northern rocky. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. well, we are watching areas of rain that will develop during the day it's going to be very light and kind of showery-type weather and eventually late today it could make it way to detroit, st. louis. maybe a chance of a thurm late tonight or tomorrow. so no huge snowstorms this week, lynn, but a lot of little stuff, annoying stuff. >> all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> coming up, france is stripped, pump prices rice, and why natural gas customers are jumping for joy. >>> plus, crime pays at the box office as mark wahlberg debut's his new action thriller "contraband." >>> the ravens fly into the afc tight. game, and the giants shock the defending super bowl champs. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry and here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> after threatening to cut off access through the strait of hor muse, iran

on monday we actually show the cold front in to the northern gulf of mexico but it's losing steam by that point. it'll be cold into the ohioh down by the gulf of mexico, scattered showers, thunderstorms, parts of florida, rain showers up the east coast to start the week but inside new england back across the great lakes we see some areas of snow, lot of that will be lake effect snow as we head through monday in the great lakes the way it looks now on the back side that will continue to move off to the northeast. lot of areas like ohio, western pennsylvania you will start with rain and end with snow. next system out west. the pacific northwest getting rain in the valleys and along the coast but snow in the higher el vagues. let's go onto wednesday. couple of areas of low pressure moving from west to east. that's that storm coming in off the west coast as we head into monday. by wednesday this will move eastward. kind of a complex system but could bring needed moisture president . scattered showers and thunderstorms. northern system probably with some light snow around it. high iowa, minnesota into parts of the great lakes a

northern plains a sign of the colder air moving in. and then look at all of this rain that is is across the tennessee and ohio valleys. carolinas, this is all going to lift toward us and that's why i'm anticipating a rather wet evening. so the commute later. you're at work, that commute home could be nice and slow and not just traffic, we've got rain, waves of rain becoming steadier and heavier late this afternoon, this evening. some of the rain locally heavy at times until about midnight when the bulk of it pushes away from us. tomorrow we get into a break, but late tomorrow some more showers develop out ahead of a very strong cold front that should come in tomorrow night, friday 3:00 a.m. rain showers here with snow in the mountains. then the cold is going to be here for several days, mountain snows. you got ski plans this weekend, you picked a winner. they're going to get plenty of snow, they're going to make plenty of snow. 45, rainy tomorrow an early shower. could be another shower in the afternoon, but mild 57. friday 36 with a chance for some snow showers, especially in the mountains. the weekend is chilly, low

ohio valley. you see a little snow over cumberland and parts of our northern suburbs. it's not hitting the ground. it's too darn dry. 32 arlington and bethesda, 31 great falls and reston. so another troubling fact is everybody right now is already flirting with the freezing mark. 34 college park and 33 in beltsville. so here's the deal. not a snowstorm, more of an ice storm, period of snow between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. so yeah, we might have a dusting downtown, maybe an inch up north of gaithersburg and maybe an inch and a half towards frederick and western loudoun county, but it will eventually kick to sleet and freezing rain overnight. it's going to stay a mix now west of i-95 through tomorrow morning. that's not good. icing on trees now is likely from the district north and west. so here's our futurecast. you can see the little batch of snow, this is the blue, it changes to the magenta or pink pretty quickly and then it stays essentially a mix west of i-95. the problem is by the time temps crawl above freezing the system goes away from us. really we're looking at some