lakes counted see a good amount of snow, in the next 24 hours mainly in western new york, northwestern pennsylvania, even through central pennsylvania. you can see some accumulations here, not only today but early tomorrow. so that can add to the snow that is on the ground. as far as the temperatures go, well, they are dropping and they will be even colder over the next four hours. here across the northeast, and then went one on thursday, barely up to thursday and friday. so just a brief cold snap here. >> dave, thank you. the holiday season bring as small sign of hope to the people in the philippines. drapednt lantern draped with the flag sitters in the middle of all the rubble. limited holiday celebrations include a baptism of newborns and children while dancing in makeshift refugee camps. tomorrow there will be a christmas day maz, thank you for watching al jazeera america. >> i'm mei-ling mcnamara in canada here to discover how the great bear rainforest is being protected. >> i'm amanda burrell. i'm in london to find out how to make old houses green. >> and i'm yaara bou melhem in indonesia's s

and then lastly, ida tar bell growing up in northwestern pennsylvania, watches the frustration of her mother when her own family industry is hurt because her father is an independent oil producer making more money than dreamed. she was a teacher. jd rockefeller comes in and undoes his business. the mother hoped to go on to higher education. has to worry about the family's economic. ida prays she will never take a husband. and she does not ever get married. becomes the most famous journalist of her are a. when she writes her standard oil expose they reported john d. rockefeller was willing to pay anyone to take her on trips around the world. it's so interesting to think today however much trouble we have today the choices are broader than they were. it's interest for me to see. they made a choice that fit their own needs and desires. it's the way women were. they were indispensable to their husbands. those two first ladies in very different ways. it. >> and scott? he has a bunch of women. [laughter] >> i didn't mean it in that way. [laughter] >> no, you certainly did not. [laughter] no

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has come in from the northern plans and pushing east and the area of snow over ohio and northwestern pennsylvaniaions today and 24 hours and western new york but not much compared to what we saw yesterday through pennsylvania causing problems on the roads and quiet across the country and radar and the clouds is clear and look what will happen on saturday night to sunday, there is a lot of rain across the mid-atlantic and the northeast and then it gets to colder air and significant snowfall coming late this weekend. >> the philippines hit by natural disasters recently and last month the typhoon killed more than 6,000 people and in october 7.2 earthquake rattled the record and 200 people dude and from one providence hit hard by an earthquake resources are stretched thin and it's a struggle to rebuild what they lost. >> more than two months since the family lost everything they worked hard for. the earthquake that struck the central philippines destroyed their home and livelihood but he is grateful he says because for at least now he has found a job. >> translator: it's a bit hard because you don't

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farther south across parts of northwestern pennsylvania. locally up to three feet possible.like as we head out the door. some current wind chill temperatures, currently about 37 degrees below zero in international falls. if you're old in new york city or other surrounding areas, keep in mind it's probably a lot colder in other areas, like in international falls. today's high in minneapolis, 0. that's your actual temperature. that's as warm as it's going to be today. as we toss back inside, i want to mention we have a storm we're tracking this weekend that could produce a big mess over the weekend. >> all right. that's good. we'll continue to track that. i'm sorry about the monkey giggling, it's part of our next segment because christmas is less than two weeks away and if you are looking for a great gift for your kids, look no further. we've got some of the hottest toys around, right, ainsley? >> we're excited for this segment. >> not as excited as the monkey. >> thank you for being here. what are you holding? >> this is cuddles. he's our giggly monkey. very interactive. he'l

expect to see the snow into parts of northeastern pennsylvania, and that's where at least northwestern pennsylvaniap wards to about a foot or more over the next couple of days. >> three members of the japanese parliament travel to california urging a statue to be removed. it marks a little known episode during world war ii that some japanese citizens and their government would prefer to forget. we have the story of the small statue that has sparked a big controversy it's a simple statue of a teenage girl sitting in her chair. next to her is an empty chair. the statue is always covered with flowers, testament to the continuing emotion this memorial evokes. a korean family came to see it. >> i learned about it in the history class when i was back in korea, and recently, i became more aware about it, because of the installation of the statue. >> during world war ii, as the japanese army conquered korea and other asian countries, they pressed as many as 200,000 young women into service as sex slaves, most korean. they were called the comfort women. >> a lot of them died, a lot of them were left at the

showers in western pennsylvania and northwestern virginia showing up now. the other thing, clouds near the coast. this is all doing a squeeze play on us, giving us, again, mid and high level clouds across the area. hard to escape. we are going stay cloudy for the next 12 to 16 to 20 hours. we have 49 degrees. not having a huge effect on the temperatures. we are at 42 degrees by 9:00. the other thing we are seeing is a fairly light wind. it's not a big weather system pushing in. the light wind dropping to two to three miles per hour. the visibility stands at ten miles to six in hagerstown and winchester. i think there will be areas along and east of i-95 that will have dense fog early tomorrow morning. there's the showers again advancing eastward. not a lot. folks around hagerstown, frederick, for tomorrow morning, a brief shower around frederick. winchester, warrenton, a possibility with the weather front coming through. tomorrow afternoon, again, outside in about 16 hours we could have breaks in the cloud cover. that might give us a bit of sunshine by the

you see this big area of pink could be a little icing in northwestern jersey, parts of eastern pennsylvania. then overnight, warm air makes its way through areas of boston. we'll see that cross over into rain. we've got some areas that will see over a foot of snow in interior sections. coastal areas, three to five inches by the time it's done. that sloppy rain that will come in afterwards. >> the old sloppy rain. rick, long day for you. i think you should go join the santas. >> you might be right. >> all right. as all that snow slams the northeast, washington, another fire storm is brewing over the latest findings over the nsa scandal. the "washington post" reporting that the agency can decode billions of calls and text as the nsa raises more concerns that other countries could also begin to monitor cell phone calls right here in the u.s. molly henneberg live in washington with more on that. hi, molly. >> hi. there is a teach encription developed in the 1980s and used in the vast majority of cell phones world wide, specifically the phones that use 2 g technology, that the nsa is apparently

lake effect snow warnings in place right into place right across northwestern areas of pennsylvania andavid back to you have. >> thank you. a federal judge is allowing same sex marriages in utah to continue at least for now. a voter-approved ban on marriages in the state was overturned by the courts last week and on monday a judge said to halt them until a higher court weighs in and nearly 700 gay couples have been granted licenses since friday, utah is the 18th state to legalize same sex marriage. and indian diplomate arrested in new york could soon have a new job. she was accused of lying on a visa form about how much she paid her housekeeper and outraged she was arrested, strip searched and jailed and they want to put her in the u.n. and provide her greater diplomatic unity and they will have to approve the move, if convicted she could face ten years for visa fraud. six months after leaking a million documents to the press edward snowden says mission accomplished. his leaks exposed details of the nsa massive surveillance program and in an interview with the post snowden said all he w

east, lake-effect snow showers, especially across parts of western new york state and northwestern parts of pennsylvania right through erie, pennsylvania, where you could see three to six inches. down to the southeast, we see a good amount of sunshine. temperatures will finally cool down and be a little more seasonable for this time of year. much more what you would expect that's a look at the weather much more what you would expect that's a look at the weather across the country, your why wouldn't everyone get a straight talk wireless plan? with savings like that yeah, there's unlimited talk, text and data and you can save up to $950 a year... with savings like that you could buy a lot of things. like an industrial size blender. we could have smoothies for days. tuesday smoothies. wednesday smoothies. this phone plan sounds delicious. own the season with the latest straight talk smartphones. get nationwide coverage on america's largest and most dependable networks. and pay only $45 a month for unlimited talk, text and data with no contract. walmart. >>> good morning. anthony slaughter here for christin

have some lake enhancement some of these snow showers through northeastern ohio and northwestern areas across pennsylvania, too. but look near syracuse and the tug hill plateau. we have these winds that are going to produce, perhaps, as much as 18 inches of snow over the course of the next 48 hours. so, that's going to be an area where we will see most of our snowfall accumulations. you can see right off the shores of lake ontario. we can see as much as a foot and a half of snow. else where we should see six to nine inches and in the lighter shade of blue, about three to six. all about that lake-effect snow that we are going to see. else where, we are looking at just a couple of spotty snow showers. those should really fall apart before they get into the new york city area, even up into boston mix with a little bit of rain before we start to see any problems up that way. freezing fog is going to be a major concern right through the plains into oklahoma, where we could see some very slippery conditions this morning. we also have some reports of freezing fog out across the west coast in oregon, as well. tha

across parts of northwestern new york as well as into western parts of pennsylvania. the temperatures, though, have changed, they have come down, since the last 24 hours albany is 12 degrees colder, than it was yesterday. philadelphia is five, and boston is five as well. back leer to the west, things are starting to warm up. what we do expect to see is a new storm system starting in the mississippi river valley that will be making its way up here towards the northeast. on saturday, well, we will be getting quite a bit of snow all the way up here from pennsylvania, new york, and most of new england as well. sunday, it begins to die down, it is really just main, northern new hampshire and vermont, but the totals are snow we will be seeing. upstate new york at 16 inches expected, boston at 10. and here in new york city, we could be seeing anywhere between three and four inches of snow. >> an al jazeera america exclusive... former president jimmy carter reflects on the life and legacy of nelson mandela. >> that spirit of nelson mandela is embedded deeply in the heart and

pennsylvania which excessively bloody. it was paradise arkansas and paradise montana. all had been ruled in one aspect, except one which was in her northwestern kansas. and therefore knew the geographical center of the continental u.s. so i went there. what turned out to be routine, i went to the post office. the postmaster and a said, i'm writing a piece about all the towns called paradise. she said to wallow, here in this old town of about two under and 50 people you have to stay with the patriarchs. in the village there called john and mary angel. so i stayed with the ages of paradise. mary angel rising to the occasion went to the bottom of the guard and baked me a cherry pie. quite honestly if anything appeals to my love for this country this eating cherry pie in paradise and as it happened there was a union pacific train which would leave in the morning from paris and then come back at about 40 in the afternoon. the house twice had been shopping in the market would get back to the farms in time to cook dinner for their husbands, people who worked on the farm. i was trained 545. title to the book was trained 545 the paradise. well, that d