look at glen burnie at 20 degrees with the wind out of the northwest. and it feels like 11 degrees outside. so make sure you bundle up as you step out and about. let's look at the radar because we are dry. this is going to be the silver lining for today. we are not dealing with any wintery mix as of yet. we will stay dry going through time and we will have change in the forecast. now let's look at the graphics because i want to show you as you plan your day what to he can spt. waking up -- expect. waking up around 6 or 7, 22 degrees. 28 heading into 9:00 today. and only 35 degrees by lunchtime. that high temperature coming in at 38. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. it's freezing right now. you will need to rank the-- crank the heat in the car. in howard county, this is interstate 70 at columbia pike. nothing in your way west towards frederick or east towards 695. and here's a live look at the beltwaych the northwest corner here -- beltway. the northwest corner here, will take you 7 minutes to travel out

we're live along u street in northwest d.c., wusa9. >> the clock is ticking. six days left until that march 1 deadline for automatic deep spending cuts. tonight, it does not look like congress will make a deal to avert those cuts. democrats and republicans continue to play the blame game. president barack obama blaming republicans, saying the sequestered cuts will leave families scrambling. >> they will slow our economy. they will eliminate good jobs. they will leave many families who are stretched to the limit scrambling to figure out what to do. >> the question is, why won't he work with us? the answer quite simply, is because he wants higher taxes. >> the pentagon says massive cuts to the military will effect the country's ability to defend itself. transportation officials say air travel will take a hit and job cuts will lead to long airport lines and flight delays. the president says the nation's public schools will suffer, too, and says thousands of teachers and educators will be layed off. >>> at a meeting of the country's governors here in washington th

and winds out of the west/northwest at 15 to 20 miles per hour. so we're keeping it in the green zone despite the cold weather. it's not going to be too bad on monday. a high of 42 degrees. lots of sunshine. on tuesday a yellow alert day as you send the kids back to school and head back to work with a wintery mix possible in the forecast. in the seven-day outlook, nice weather on wednesday and thursday. still a little chillier than it should be this time of the year with highs in the 40s on friday. looks like we'll see a weak disturbance move through, just some rain, no big deal. a high of 50 degrees. saturday looks great. probably the best day of the week and that's a good day to have nice weather. we'll get up to 52 degrees next weekend. this weekend is down right cold, isn't it? >> sure is. thank you, erica. >>> you notice our colleague dave owens is enjoying a warmer climate in florida. he is covering the nats spring training and spoke to fans today about the outlook for the season. here's dave's report. >> reporter: these would be the die-har

we have been getting the strong northwest wind. there are really like-effect snows, but a little bit of a disturbance enough to cause isolated snow showers in the area which will be diminishing tonight as the sun sets and the answer stabilizes. 32, the only temperature we could manage for the high today. the wind this afternoon made it feel like we were actually in the teens. by midnight, even colder than that. that's not the final word yet on where temperatures are headed. temperatures now are around 30 down in southern maryland. we're in the upper 20's to around 30 and then in the teen's out west. factoring in the wind gusting to the 30's it feels like single digits or below zero out in western maryland. teens and single digits from baltimore and a mere 20 down to the south. -- some trackts at least 10 degrees. here is a time lapse of the storm. it is a nor'easter-type storm. this one's effects are minimal for us. we are on the outside catching these northwest winds around circulation pattern of the storm and that's about it. the

some in the far northwest suburbs could see some flurries. wave heights 1-3 feet.e will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> thank you. 5:42. the ravens decide to raise ticket prices. >> one of the largest craft shows in the country and it is coming to baltimore this weekend. weekend. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ the one and only, cheerios >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. so far so good in terms of incidents. 63 traveling southbound on 95. seven minutes from the 895 split down to the fort mchenry. 895 checks out ok at the harbor tunnel. 63 on southbound 95 through howard county. this is a live picture of 175. more of volume in the southbound picture. no delays in from 70. 55 on the northwest corner. 11 minutes on the north side outer loop. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> it is a chilly start for us. 32 at the airport. westminster.ha wind chills in the teens and 20 's. 26 at the airport. the change in the temperatures f

on some strong northwest winds. 20 42 -- 34 to -- 24 to 29 tonight. 32 to 38 the high.over on eastern shore, they could see storm amounts of an inch or two. futurecast showing the snow beginning to be strung out along the coastline. the eastern portions get stuck with that and tomorrow we may see some snow showers. for tomorrow and on monday, presidents' day, washington's birthday, we will be in the 30's for highs. snow showers tomorrow. tuesday, warm enough for rain. we could see a rain and snow mix as we go to friday and saturday. >> every bride-to-be knows that finding the address can be one of the most stressful parts of planning a wedding. this weekend, the brides against breast cancer tour stops in downtown baltimore with 1000 designer and brand name wedding dresses on sale at huge discounts. a great sale for a great cause. the tour stops in 100 cities every year and raises an average of 20,000 to $8,000 per show, a huge portion of that going towards the fight against breast cancer. >> offering free support programs, free education. >> if you missed this weekend's

shooting in northwest d.c. police officer. >> select one man in the hospital and the police officer injured. if john gonzalez is on the scene at 13th street. what happened? >> as you can see, police are still at the scene. d.c. police tell us a suspect was stalking his estranged wife when police arrived. police have been called to this home in the past. they know the man involved in this domestic problem. we understand there is a restraining order against him but the man has made several attempts to see his estranged wife in the past and has always left by the time police arrived. this time it was different. police found the man armed inside the home and at some point there was a scuffle between the two officers and the suspect who was apparently armed with a nice, according to the police chief. the man assaulted one of the officers at the scene. he was shot. police are not confirming that. -- police are not confirming where he was shot. he may have been wounded in the head. a 10-year veteran has been placed on

the northwest seeing light rain today moving in. we'll continue with a little better chance of maybe more amounts up to half an inch to quarter inch throughout friday. a little rainy and wet in the northwest, but chilly in almost all areas. >> thank you so much, bill. >>> it's time for entertainment. which big action star is afraid of heights? it's not schwarzenegger, it's not willis, but stallone, the star of "cliffhanger." in a recent interview, the film's director outed stallone's fears quoting the actor saying, the highest i'll go is the heel of my cowboy boots. he had to slowly coax stallone up on the 13,000-foot mountain they shot on. >>> "america's got talent" has found its newest judge in spice girl mel b. aka scary spice. she'll be joining howard stern and howie mandel when the show kicks off this summer. >>> the show's producers confirmed they are not causing it the 85th academy awards anymore because it sounds old and musty. instead they are going with the oscars in hopes of the bringing in the hip viewers like me and bil

here are the winds out of the northwest right now about 10 miles an hour in towson. that's where the temperature is coming in at 29. so, yes, we're feeling more like we are in the low 20s to around 19 degrees this morning. make sure you do bundle up as you head out and about. more of the same in hickory, temperature coming in at 29, the winds out of the northwest at about six miles an hour, so we are really feeling it this morning, and that trend will linger right into the afternoon, even into tomorrow. davidsonville coming in at 31 degrees, winds out of the northwest about seven miles an hour, so make tailgate feel more like we're in the 20s. let's switch over, i can tell you what's going on on maryland's most powerful radar right now and we look like we're seeing a few flurries with some of the darker blue colors here. now this is dying down. we can see it right on the border of carroll county and also baltimore county, so if your travels are taking you in this area this morning, look at the darker blues, so pittsburgh, don't be surprise fd you're seeing some flurr

thursday morning in the northwest and that storm could work its way down the coast. most of the week it's quiet until thursday and friday. today. california, sunglasses. nice warm day. enjoy it. looks like southern california maybe a chance of shower thursday or friday but that's the weather headline. that's it. >> thanks a lot, bill karins. fidel castro's first public appearance in two years. bill clinton bids father we'll to a fred. and madam trousseau melts down lance armstrong's image. here's some stories making news this morning. officials in turkey are questioning 15 people in the death of a new york city mother whose body was found saturday in istanbul. she had been vacationing in turkey and police say she was killed by an injury to the head. >>> in cuba the public people got a close up look at retired leader fidel castro. castro voted in the general election at a polling place in havana. >>> new u.s. kansas city john kerry spent the weekend talking to leaders of israel, palestinian, turkey, canada, mexico and japan. >>> and a star in the all american girls pr

even a few lonesome flakes in northwest washington. steadiest of the light snow now is western parts of montgomery county, up to southern frederick county, maryland. most of this now leaving dowden county, virginia. temperatures are generally in the low to mid-30s in most locations. even the snowflakes that are coming down not really sticking too much. temperatures will go back down below freezing between now and 11:00. another clipper coming our way tomorrow. >>> a normer navy s.e.a.l. who wrote a best selling book about his lethal career has been killed at a gun range in texas. 38-year-old chris kyle and another man were found dead on saturday. and police have arrested an iraq war veteran and charged him now with murder. nbc's brian moore reports. >> reporter: former navy s.e.a.l. chris kyle risked his life on the world's most dangerous battlefields and he claimed more enemy kills than any other sniper in american history. he and 35-year-old chad littlefield were gunned down saturday at this north texas shooting range where a friend

. >> an officer involved shooting in northwest d.c. since an officer and the suspect to the hospital. johne scene this morning to explain how this went down. >> a major a earthquake rattled the south pacific, leading to a deadly tsunami. >> looking outside on this wednesday, pretty clear skies 37 degrees as we look at the capitol. good morning, washington. i am cynne simpson. >> i am scott thuman. great to have you along on this wednesday morning. jacqui jeras is outside our studio with no scar for gloves. look at her. >> i probably should have the gloves. sampanyou could probably live without a hat today. by this afternoon you will need none of these things. looking at the headlines, are temperatures will be right around the seasonal averages. this is what normal looks like. starting out with quite a bit of cloud cover this morning, but it is starting to break up already. we will see more sunshine this afternoon, finally. we're also tracking the storm system which will be developing and will bring a postal system near us on friday. wi

now we have winds northwest at about 10 to 20 and gusty. so, the next three days, we're going to keep everything green for now. we'll monitor monday, but certainly tomorrow is green. windy in the morning, clouds and mostly sunny, 39. sunday not as cold. clouds come in late. the bulk of the day is nice. mid 40s. and then monday, locate the umbrella. we're on the warm side of that storm. that will bring us rain with temperatures in the low 50s. however, the next seven days, tuesday looks very nice. we're back in the low 50s. wednesday, thursday, we have a storm from the south. may start out as rain, could end as snow wednesday night into thursday morning. back in the 40s on thursday and next friday looks nice with temperatures back into the low 50s. >> all right, we know it is a big night in d.c. sports because dave has on a vest. >> coming back. >> this is from the deacon collection. >> we have a big board for d.c. sports fans tonight. every team represented. john wahl leads -- and we go back and find the top plays of the week from local spo

wind out of the northwest at -- winds out of the northwest at 5 miles per hour feeling like the upper 30s. dress accordingly as you step out and b myersville at 39 degrees. wind out of the northwest at 3. these are the sustained wind. we will get them sustained at 5 to 15 miles an hour. we will have gusts a lot higher than that talking about 30 miles an hour. hereford temperature at 40 right now with the wind out of the northwest at about 8 miles an hour. so we are feeling more like we are at 33, 34 degrees there. we look at maryland's most powerful radar and it's dry right now. and this will be the trend as we go throughout the day. dry weather on tap but setting us up for a new system that's going to work its way in here going into tomorrow. i am going to detail more of that coming up. but right now check out the planner because this is what to expect heading throughout the day. temperatures coming in at 49 degrees. we will have a few more clouds moving in here but more sunshine. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there a

portland 50, still fighting the clouds in the northwest. want to mention sacramento, you're going to look for very nice conditions, 69 on saturday, sunday right around 66. for everybody else, watch some showers in the northwest on saturday. i guess not ruining your weekend plans. >> if you do go inside we have some movies to watch. >> not good ones, clunkers. >>> the fifth installment in the diehard franchise expected to rake in the most crash despite terrible reviews equaling bad criticism. nicholas sparks "safe haven." and the twilight crowd, no he said to their supporters. maggie smith, one of the stars of downtown abbey has never seen her show. she thinks doing so may make her agonize over the performance. she may someday end up watching the show. that's interesting. no critique. >>> new york's fashion week hand in hand for all the celebs that want to be see and be seen. jessica chastain down the runway. michael douglas enjoyed seeing all the new fashions. it's always star-studded. with oscars over a week away, actresses are busy gettin

through the morning, we'll have lots of sun, blustery northwest wind. we'll stay in the 40s by noontime into the upper 40s. winds gusting around 20, 25 miles per hour. charles town, west virginia, hometown forecast by 3:00 p.m. in the upper 40s there. a look at the rest of the region all the way into this evening. that's coming up in ten minutes. first 4 traffic now with danella on this tuesday morning. >> good morning. still tracking this earlier accident. chopper 4s in columbia, maryland right now. if you're traveling westbound 32. trying to get on a northbound 29 northbound pike. your exit ramp is blocked by an overturned box truck. crews on the scene trying to turn the truck back on its wheels. it you're thinking of avoiding this mess altogether, the volume is light. depending how long it takes to get the accident out of the roadway -- thinking of taking 95 northbound. instead, here's a look at 32. very light volume here. 95 in maryland north and southbound between columbia and the beltway, no issues to report. crossing over the wilson bridge, picki

reporting live in northwest, megan mcgrath, news 4. back to you in studio. >> a lot of questions to be answered. >> new today, police are investigating two bank robberies that happened one after the other in northwest. police say someone held up the pnc bank in the 4200 block of wisconsin avenue and the bank of america in the 3400 block of connecticut avenue. the first hold-up happened around 9:30 this morning. the second happened only 20 minutes later. police tell us it's possible these robberies are related. today, the group raise d.c. released its first findings on young people in the district. the numbers are discouraging. only four in ten third grade students can read proficiently. only six students graduate high school within four years. nearly 10,000 low income youths between 16 and 24 don't have a job nor are they in school. raise d.c. includes the chancellor and leaders from the business sector and other organizations. the goal is to help young people in d.c. from the time they start school to job training opportunities after

. >>> police are looking for a female who robbed two banks in northwest washington.nvestigators say that she first robbed the pnc bank on wisconsin avenue northwest. then moments later the same woman approached a teller at the bank of america in the 3400 block of connecticut avenue northwest. in both cases witnesses say that the robber got away in a black jeep. no one was injured. police are not saying exactly how much money was taken. >>> well, the rest of the world knows what the baltimore ravens fans have been saying all season. we are the best. their win against the san francisco 49ers last night was 34-31. it came after an amazing comeback and a half-hour blackout. vinita nair has more. >> and the vince lombardi trophy. >> reporter: the ravens are headed back to baltimore as super bowl champions but many fans will remember this game as the blackout bowl. >> i want to know who's in charge paying the power bill at the super dome. >> reporter: half the lights went out. interior sections of the stadium were almost completely in the dark. the outage left fans and pla

. >>> a murder mystery in northwest baltimore.efighters find two bodies inside a burning vehicle. now, tonight, gigi barnett explains. investigators say the two were shot before that car went up in flames. >> reporter: city firefighters rushed to this alley in northwest baltimore, just before daybreak friday morning. next to the trash and debris was a car fire. and the 2100 block of north monroe street. firefighters worked to put out the flames. but soon after, they found two unidentified bodies, stashed in the vehicle. >> the bodies were burned pretty badly. and our arson unit is continuing to work with the fire department. we will have the bodies go to the medical examiner this weekend for an autopsy. >> reporter: jerome digs' daughter lives just a few blocks away from the scene. he says he visits her frequently and called to tell her what happened in her neighborhood. >> i said, oh, my god. that's the key. i mean, it's ridiculous out here. >> reporter: firefighters say the cause of the blaze is also a mystery. in northwest balt

a few sprinkles in the northwest. if you get hit by rain in the northwest consider yourself from unlucky, a few showers are hit or miss. more miss than anything else in the santa rosa 63. more clouds in arizona. while all the active weather remains in the east the west will be relatively quiet and tame. >> i'll take that. 60s and sun. >> a lot of us would sign up. >> any day. >>> a job for shooting a reality tv show crash, proof of life on mars and great news for investors. and joe paterno's widow fights back. "early today" is back in two minutes. >>> welcome back. >> at the top of our news, surprise news from the leaders of the roman catholic church. pope benedict xvi says he plans to step down at the end of the month. he says he no longer has the strength to fulfill the duties of his office. he will go to his summer residence after he steps down and then later move into a cloistered residence in rome. three people are dead after their helicopter crashed in northern los angeles county. it happened during the filming

unusual but it's a powerful northwest wind helping to drag down this lake-effect snows. look how cold it is now, upper 20s, we never got above freezing today in west baltimore. the wind gusts around 35 making for a brutal wind chill in the teens. this large storm we just showed you the video of still blowing out to sea. you can see the circulation off boston but the wrap-around winds dragging in the snow showers to maryland, we're going to keep the cold winds around tonight. more snow showers to talk about. how things will clear out tomorrow. then we have additional chance for wintry weather as we go out of presidentsgpday into your tuesday morning coming up. >>> home coming on the shore ends deadly. this is our developing story. from the campus of the university of maryland eastern shore in salisbury. 21-year-old edmund sinclair was stabbed to death last night he grew up in the area. his family lives in severn. state police say he was stabbed while sitting with his brother and another person in a honda driven by sinclair's girlfriend. police say sinclair was the targe

a wintry mix west to northwest possible friday morning. otherwise a cold wet day, 40. then saturday and sunday drier, milder on sunday. more wet weather on monday. we've got some sweet treats for your valentine's coming up when wusa 9news >>> i'll in the kitchen. i want you to meet my new best girlfriend sarah. she was a banker. she went to paris, perfected her cooking skills. she's always baked ever since she was a child. now she's a chocolateier. guess what i'm eat something chocolate chip cookie dipped in chocolate. if you want to go to heaven, put one of these in your mouth. oh, my god, it's so good. you're going to show me how you do it while i'm eating part of your stuff. >> i think valentine's day is about taking anything that's regular and dipping it in chocolate. take a cookie, a cupcake, classic strawberries, grab it, drop it in, flip it over. this is the part i learned in paris. this part, the shake. >> how long were you in paris? >> a very, very short year. it was great. drop it down. you can do this with anything. a cookie. or you can take a piece of cooke

light west, northwest winds at 10, highs around 50 tomorrow, but keep in low winds. partly cloudy, pleasant, maybe a jacket, a nice valentine's day for everybody to deliver the flowers and chocolates. okay. terrific thursday, 51. now friday i think it's going to be nice, 54. yes, we have a chance for showers late, but mid-50s and here comes the arctic air saturday, temperatures essentially steady. notice the low 38 and high 39 on saturday and snow showers possible. again we don't see an organized storm. snow showers also possible sunday with temperatures around freezing, but the cold air scoots out of here pass. we're back to 50 monday, rain and 50 on tuesday, a little cooler next tuesday with highs in the mid-40s. some conversational snow in d.c. north and west tonight and the winter continues in measurement of snow by 10th's of an inch. >> i like to talk about it. >> conversation would be the word. >>> president obama hits the road to push proposals he unveiled during last night's state of the union address. >> but up next the light at the end of the tunnel is in s

here north-northwest winds. at the mouth of the patapsco.inds as well. the bay forecast. didn't want that. let's advance to the next seven-day forecast. computer got confused there. flurries east of us today and diminishing this morning. we'll generally have partly cloudy skies. into the 40's tomorrow. dry weather. lots of sun. nice day. not as windy. temperatures still in the 40's but by wednesday a little colder. we could see a wintry mix. >> in washington this morning two numbers tell the story. 20-3. 20 days until the crippling spending cuts call sequester. >> and it the defines thousand fight over sequester and other issues might end up. steve handelsman has more now from capitol hill. >> the next few weeks will be another struggle. actually several between republicans and president obama. over three key issues. gun control. the obama call and public clamber to do something is boiling down to universal background checks. a possible deal being worked out by senator schumer, mansion, coburn and kirk, a bipartisan quartet. two rated a by t

the other deadly shooting happened just a couple hours earlier in northwest. man shot multiple times less than a block from the busy u street corridor. derrick ward talked to neighbors who heard the gun shots and has the latest on the investigation. >> these vehicles, this sign, all damaged by flying bullets. it happened about 1:12 a.m. when what they're describing as an altercation between two men here in d.c. spilled out on to the street. >> i woke up at 1:15 in the morning to four really clear gun shots. >> a woman who lives nearby and doesn't want to appear on camera says what she heard next confirmed the gunfire was real and that someone had been hit. >> a woman was saying no, no. please don't die. >> i mean you see fights every once in a while. but never anything as intense as that. just dead body. >> police have identified the victim as joseph harden of alexandria. police responded to the scene and arrested 24-year-old cedric spicer. he is charged with first-degree murder while armed. as the investigation continues, the d.c. council member representing

police were involved in the shooting this morning in northwest washington. john gonzalez has been following that story. he has the latest. >> is a disturbing scene that has played out to many times at his home. neighbors awake and by a slew of d.c. police officers. at least one gunshot was fired. >> the first time this happened was about 15 months ago. someone fired a couple of shots. >> a woman who lives here called to report that her husband was stalking and harassing her. they found the man armed with a knife. he launched at 1 upper-one status one of the officers during a scuffle. >>there is a restraining order to stay away from home and his wife. he has violated that court order a number of times. >> it was crawling with police officers everywhere. >> neighbors say it seems like a number of adults and children live here. some described as a half with house. police escort a group that and hours after the incident. >> we have a small child. we are moving. >> of this are wondering if the city will get involved with a loss are seemingly a nord -- ignored. th

you can see just a little bit of banding coming out of the northwest. the main system continues to be off to the east right now. large, powerful storm swirling out to sea. we're picking it up on maryland's most powerful radar. a little bit of wintry weather here near harford county. winter weather is actually coming down as light rain. but there may be some embedded sleet, maybe a few flakes. cecil county is one county that you have a winter weather advisory continuing into the evening. here is where we think there could be a little more banding, on the very back edge of this large, large storm system that continues to churn off of new england. i want to show you a little bit of our camera action across the state and take you up into boston. first, in baltimore, obviously ugly. wet conditions. that's been the deal throughout the day. how about further north? yeah. take you up to red sox stadium. there's the snow, pounding the lens. and the snow just keeps coming up there in bean town. looks like a bad camera there. i do want to be take you into parkvill

then we will see a little bit of sleep into the northwest suburbs. most of the ice will be in western maryland and the eastern shore. this is just a rain event for you. same case in southern maryland. this continues to be arraigned at an eastern baltimore -- are rain event in eastern baltimore. maybe a little bit about snow accumulation in the mountains. still looking like mostly a rain event. maybe we could get a snow shower out here. temperatures dropping off tomorrow into the 40's. mostly a rain event tomorrow. sleet into the northwest. it looks like we could see that on thursday. then we will see drying conditions for the rest of the week. >> screening smokers for lung cancer could save thousands of lives each year. researchers estimate more than 8.5 million americans with a history of smoking could be eligible for low dose ct scans. the tests could potentially prevent or delay lung cancer deaths each year. experts are not sure if national policies on a long cancer screenings will change because of the high rate of false positives as well as the

coming from the northwest. another showing up on the right are producing light snow -- light snow around chicago and indianapolis and the trajectory taking it toward baltimore. the timing probably after 5:00. we'll get through most of the day without weather problems but 5:00 or 6:00 in the early tonight some snow developing. like the last couple of storms, it will not produce a whole lot for us. an inch or less in most areas and it should be done before midnight. after midnight, the skies would clear. rear snow at the mountains. a mixture of sunshine and a flute -- a few clouds during the day and a chance for light snow this evening and early tonight. i'd temperatures between 31-36. overnight tonight, the light snow before midnight and after that the skies would clear out. an inch or less. north northwest wind at around 10 miles an hour. temperatures dropping back into the mid-20s's. seven-day, fairly quiet through the middle of the week. another weaker clippers storm could tuesday night into early -- early th

prior to the merger, northwest operated a significant hub in memphis. given the closeness to atlanta. in this very room, in 2008, richard anderson delta ceo said about the future of the memphis hub, it will be additional. it will be more business for memphis not less. i expressed concern to him about reduced service or outright elimination of the hub and asked about continueuation of the memphis amsterdam flight. at the hearing mr. anderson testified there would be no hub closure and the merger would maintain international flights. he went further to say we can expect more international flights and suggest the memphis to paris is going to happen and more flights and enhance the status of traffic and service at the memphis international airport. he said it would add not delay take away from the memphis international airport. he said he knew memphis when northwest he loved the ribs, the city, he knew how great the airport and managed it was. how the time on the tarmac and taking off was less. they saved oil and the best connections they could have. those

patchy fog, north and northwest winds and a low of 29-34 degrees. during the day tomorrow, back into the 40's may be approaching 50. we will see scattered clouds and a lot of sunshine. a little bit on the breezy side, northwest winds at 10-20 miles an hour. small craft advisories will be up. a 3 foot shop on the bay. and the water temperatures are in the mid to upper 30's. we expect these calls to be with us tonight for a while but by tomorrow morning they start to break up. sunshine, a few scattered clouds to the north. that will extend into monday. by monday night and tuesday, that next storm system develops, and we get a piece of it. it will be a snow maker in the midwest and as it comes in here, there will be a little bit of mixed but it looks like the mix will be off to our north or northwest. looks like it will be mostly a rainmaker as we go through tuesday. here is the forecast. for sunday and monday, it looks nice. a little breezy tomorrow, 48 the high. similar day monday. a pretty good rain chance on tuesday. again, well into the 40's for h

the wind out of the northwest at 4 miles an hour. we feel like the teens in arnold.re to dress accordingly. then ijamsville where we are starting out in the teens. wind out of the northwest at 6 miles an hour make you feel like you are in the sippingel digits and the last stop perry hall 18 degrees more of the same. wind out of the northwest at 3 miles an hour. and look at the dew point the air is dry. so, make sure to have the extra lip balm for today or you will have chapped lips. we will deal with dry level and eke show you that. dry weather will continue this morning. this afternoon and then later overnight into tomorrow morning that is when we will see a change in the forecast. and speaking of the forecast, a switch over to graphics so i can show outplanner. and we can see plent -- you the planner. we can see plenty of sunshine at 8 continuing into lunchtime. a few more by 3. the high temperatures at 38 and clouding up by 7 this evening, but it's dry nonetheless. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. we are dealing w

especially up north and northwest of us. the further south you go temperatures do bump up a little bit. that's where most of the rain has been. drizzle doesn't show up very well on radar. we have some around the city. south of us between baltimore and washington there is a little area of light showers cover ago good portion of the eastern shore. the darker shades you see further south that is more significant rain. that is what most of it will be south of us especially down in the carolinas as a new storm develops along the coast. we have a rain chance for part of the day. >> hour big story several lawsuits just filed for the obgyn who police say killed himself after learning he was under investigation for photographing patients during exams. news reporter has more. >> they contacted lawyers in the pursuit of justice and more information about the case. these lawsuits claim hopkins hospital should have done more to keep an eye on dr. levy. >> his picture gave me chills. it is creepy. >> she is among the first former patients

when they -- 13th street northwest. when they got there they say the man pull add knife and stabbed the officer twice in the back. that's when police shot the suspect in the temple. the suspect is still alive hospitalized in serious condition. the officer was treated and released. >>> an obama memo authorizing drone attacks against u.s. dozens working with terrorists over seas, the justice department says the government doesn't need evidence that an attack is imminent, just that the suspect is actively plotting against the united states. >>> president obama is headed to israel. the white house confirms the president will be in the west bank of jordan coming up in march. this is going to be the first time he's visited the country since he took office. mitt romney jumped on that fact during the last election claiming the president doesn't support the jewish state. the white house maintains president obama has a solid relationship with israeli leaders. >>> a 6.9 magnitude quake off the solomons islands has destroyed dozens

clearing skies today, west-northwest winds picking one some cool sunshine, should see highs mainly in0s and tomorrow we'll see the numbers coming up a few extra degrees. today close to 60 in san jose, upper 50s toward livermore and near 60 degrees in fairfield, some of the warmer places around the trivalley near low 60s. the best bet of finding those low to mid-60s will be around santa rosa as the winds pick up out of the northwest and help to dry out the air and warm things up for the afternoon. the trend for the weekend, drizzle shutting down. we'll see a dry finish to the weekend, a little bit warmer as we get into sunday. if you like warming temperatures here by february into early march standards, you're going to find it by the second half of the seven-day forecast. you can see 60s, maybe even some low 70s. this will be passing wednesday, thursday, and friday, and while the weather is nice, everyone appreciates a nice sunny day while your relatives on the east coast deal with snow, and now we're getting through two months, the two key months of snowpack building for the sierra an

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weather systems have been staying up to the north, pacific northwest. you can see another area of low pressure, but it's high pressure that continues to deflect the weather systems to the north. it builds in to the eastern pacific and keeps all of california dry. a few sprinkles up towards eureka and crescent city but cool conditions at our coast, forecast animation shows the cloud cover really eroding throughout the rest of the morning hours. breezy winds to keep us on the cool side around the bay today. we are looking at conditions warmer in southern california with mid-60s here. should be really nice day but few clouds lingering in the central valley. 74 in palm springs and temperatures back home today, you'll notice a few 50s around and lower 60s with the northwest wind. we'll call it breezy to mostly sunny today. if you have plans to come into town tonight for the chinese new year's parade, it will be clear. numbers will be cool from the mid 50s to lower 50s. then after 7:00 dropping into the upper 40s. cool evening throughout the overnight hours.

winds northwest at on 10 to 20 with higher gusts. high temperatures only 36 to 40. zone forecast, you will not get out of the mid-20s in oakland. 32 in cumberland. mid-30s for hagerstown, martinsburg and winchester. downtown, 38. sunshine in the mountains for the coast. 40 in andrews. we're looking around 40 into southern maryland. near 44 in annapolis. there's small craft advisories for the bay and potomac because of those winds. you're up to 70. next three days for now, everything is 9 weather alerts are green. nothing to change your plans tomorrow. sunshine. 38. windy and cold. low 40s on thursday. still kind of cold though. and then showers and chilly on friday. drop temps a little bit, 42. but right now, everything is still liquid. no mix yet. next seven days, pretty good chance of rain and showers lingering into saturday. should be out of here late morning, early afternoon. sunday still looks great. sunshine and low to mid-50s. that's nice. and we get into monday, mid- 50s. tuesday more rain. temperatures in the mid-40s on tuesday. >> flaky winter. >> yeah, ha

. >> we don't have to gig out in the northwest. dealing with light rain north of seattle. couple of showers here and there. the weather pattern is very quiet. it will warm up over the next couple of days especially in southern california towards the weekend the northwest still going to have clouds falling in over the top of the rich on you. you'll be a little bit cooler. 44 in l.a. i mentioned it will be a nice stretch of weather. san francisco if you're going to the 60s by friday. saturday warmest day about 64 degrees. that's great february weather. if you want to top that l.a. could be near 80 as we go through friday and saturday. we're talking good stuff head urge way. that's anny. great stretch of weather here right into the weekend also. i left out the great weather in the northwest because they will have some showers. >> straight ahead, what's happening to 4,000 carnival tourist with no power and problems with the toilets. >>> plus, a freshman in senator getting slapped down by veteran colleagues. "early today" is back in two minutes. >>> chuck hagel is one step clos

the snow could mix with rain to the northwest of washington. not expecting accumulation during near hagerstown and martinsburg. even frederick and western loudoun county could see wet snowflakes briefly over the next couple hours. otherwise we're looking at the rainfall late morning into the midday. not much moisture expected just a sprinkle and a few light showers on this tuesday. highs in the mid to upper 40's, near 50 degrees in spots. let's get a look at the commute with jamee. >> nice and quiet around the entire metropolitan area. in virginia on 66, inside the beltway in falls church and arlington, inbound teddy roosevelt bridge into the nation's capital, nice and quiet. constitution avenue, no problems. southeast southwest freeway d.c. 295 looking good. u.s. park police say that the parkway is incident free. the beltway near route 4 pennsylvania avenue looking good, as does 270. back to you. >> thank you. it's 5:11, 37 degrees on this tuesday. >> burger king has to do a whopper of damage control on twitter. wh >> you are watching abc 7's

red corporate to northwest d.c.ooper appeared as a panelist before a crowd at the center for american progress. >> from somebody who was ignorant to empathetic and now i can take action. it's triage right now. >> reporter: the actor visited walter reed yesterday and said his visit was magical. he now understands the need for mental health and healing for our american heroes is enormous. >> you could just see last night they're starving for some sort of acknowledgement. we have a tsunami public health issue with these returning veterans. >> reporter: former congressman patrick kennedy diagnosed with bipolar disorder left congress to launch his own mental health organization. >> and i thank god that at this time in the discussion we have a movie out that begins to humanize these illnesses. >> reporter: some in the crowd just wanted a glimpse of former people magazine's sexiest man alive, but the subject was far from glamorous. the actor realizing his star power and silver lining's playbook have a power far beyond the

winds northwest at 10 to 15. next three days, over green tomorrow, we'll do a 9 weather alert yellow because of the evening rain on wednesday, 45. that could go to snow wednesday night, maybe early morning flake on wednesday. even thursday looks good. highs near 50. now the next seven days, gets a little bit cooler on friday. temperatures go back in the mid 40s and saturday and sunday, just looking at new models. it's all over the place. there is arctic air coming in and moisture. the question is, are they going to converge over the metro area? right now, a chance for snow late saturday. light snow early sunday and cold. temperatures in the low 30s saturday, sunday, and monday. it's going to get cold once again, so we'll see if we get the moisture. the trend is not our friend right now. >> you have two chances for the trend to be your friend. >> yes, we do. >> that's right. thanks, top. still ahead a new study says hundreds and thousands of lives could be saved if americans could cut out some of the salt. >>> up

the clouds now coming in on those gusty northwest winds.ind gusts over 30 miles per hour already this afternoon. that is going to continue. it has brought in some cold air. temperature wise, 32 in baltimore, 18 degrees in oakland. when you factor in the wind it feels like 1 in oakland, 22 baltimore, 20s all the way down to the ocean. a cold day and windy day. the cold air is going to continue tomorrow. we will lose some of the wind. see this huge round of cold air coming down from the north that's going to over spread the mid atlantic for the next few afternoons. when we have that in place we'll have a new storm system moving our way. for us, it's not getting here until friday. friday afternoon or friday evening is probably the better timing with this. when it first arrives it will be maybe mixed. it's going to last into saturday. gusty winds for today. tomorrow breezy with sunshine. that next storm system on friday. saturday changing over to rain. the forecast looking like this, for today, windy and cold, 37 for our high. sometimes clouds,

and go back to the northwest. once they go back to the northwest, it will drag in colder air. and we have a batch of rain down to the south, which will move in our direction. we'll see some rain in the afternoon. but late in the evening, maybe by dinnertime, maybe some snowflakes as the storm moves off the coast. it will drag down some of that colder air that is up to our north. not super cold. but it's moisture. moisture in the texas panhandle. mostly in the form of rain. but this low pressure is going to head for the virginia coastand quickly out to sea. it's another deep storm. it's going to move out to sea -- sea. and probably just brush us with rain during the afternoon. and let's say by dinnertime, the storm offshore. the winds go back around it to the north. that drags in the colder air. so there's the little low pressure. and it's all gone by midnight. sunshine returns on thursday. looks like really not a terrible end to the week. it will be cooler and certainly breezy once that storm leaves. east winds on the bay. becoming north to northwest. once the storm gets just

you want to get out there, go to the sunny veil area. >>> a little system moving into the pacific northwest kicking up that breeze once in a while nothing too outrage, a power house low moved into new mexico and that will be a big weather maker. sierra nevada could get some isolated showers, upper 30s and 40s due to moisture and patchy low clouds in the area, that is a little bit added into the morning lows, mostly sunny partly cloudy at times, breezy out of the west, and a combination of clouds which are there and were not there yesterday. low 50s and 60s and temperatures are staying the same friday into saturday and we have a rebound sunday and monday. >>> two controversial proposals two supervisors will debate today. >>> also plea searchers are saying there -- rye searchers are saying -- researchers are saying there is something fishy about the labels on food, we will explain. [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ]

police responded to a domestic violence cool in northwest d.c. they -- call in northwest d.c. the man pulled a knife and stabbed an officer twice in the back. that's when police shot the suspect in the temple. the suspect is hospitalized in serious condition. the officer was treated and released. >>> now to a lighter and much nicer story of an incredible feat. the national geographic society is the holder of a new guiness world record for the largest collection of recycled chews. national geographic kids collected tens of thousands shoes including from singer taylor swift and danica patrick. they also marked another record, the greatest number of people to walk 100 meters if 24 hours. that achievement dates back to october and was part of first lady michele obama's let's move campaign. >> neat video. that's a lot of shoes. >>> 5:34. time for another your money segment. >> jessica is back with the high price of the latest smartphone. >> that's right. if you're thinking about upgrading to a 4g phone which so many of us are doing because the technology is available, you need to k

we have another storm making its way into the pacific northwest. temperatures in the mid-40s from seattle right down into portland we're seeing it as mostly rain right now. but in the higher elevations, especially northwestern washington state we could end up with a foot or more of snow. boise, idaho will see snow today. salt lake city as well. tuesday more rain in seattle. it will start to dry out across northwestern oregon. california looks chilly in the north. milder down south. l.a. should top out at 80 degrees for highs on tuesday. >> did you have a favorite out of the oscar dress? >> i thought everyoning looked stunning. no one stands out as bad. i did like jennifer hudson's dress. >> she looked good. >>> dazzling and bright were the themes repeated on the red carpet at the oscars. from naomi watts and halle berry to charlize theron and jessica chastain, metallics and whites were the big hit. the best dressed was jennifer lawrence who wore this white dior gown which paired nicely with her new best actress oscar. let's not forget, though, abou