>> i think opossums are so cute.eady eyes and tails. >> he lives in pennsylvania. >> i think he really does want to snowboard. if a opossum doesn't want to do anything they play dead. he'd be playing dead. >> that would be a cool trick if he played dead on the snowboard going down the hill. might i say he's an awesome opossum. >> i hear you. >> that's it for the htm top ten-countdown. we're glad you joined us. we're going to leave you with one more look at naked speed riding. take it into your weekend. enjoy it. take it into your weekend. enjoy it. see you on monday. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

>> i think opossums are so cute. beady eyes and tails. >> he lives in pennsylvania. >> i think he really does want to snowboard. if a opossum doesn't want to do anything they play dead. he'd be playing dead. >> that would be a cool trick if he played dead on the snowboard going down the hill. might i say he's an awesome opossum. >> i hear you. >> that's it for the htm top ten-countdown. we're glad you joined us. we're going to leave you with one more look at naked speed riding. take it into your weekend. enjoy it. take it into your weekend. enjoy it. see you on monday. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> a community begins to say good-bye top 13-year-old monae turnage, why those hop didn't even know her felt they had to come and say good-bye. >> i asked why me, god, why me. why did this happen. >>> a new study suggests african-american women in baltimore are contracting hiv at an alarming rate. >>> forget a spoon full of sugar, kids are dong cinnamon in a dangerous dare -- downing cinnamon in a dangerous dare.

now for a look at your national freaky weather, bill karins. >> tomorrow we'll have a video of the opossum with the bathing suit. >> how are you doing, bill? >> this is easy. >> kick your heels up. >> cake walk lately. beautiful conditions continue, but there are some changes out there. in new england you need to pay attention. also heading towards the pitszburg area. first let's start with what happened yesterday. incredible warmth especially in the midwest. 81 in chicago. one of the earliest 80 degree readings we've ever had in march. areas like travis city michigan was in the 80s. here's -- this map shows where the cold air is. it's mostly showed here in the blue. if you're in the blue, it's cold. it's more like winter. that's far north up into canada. as we go throughout the upcoming weekend a cold air comes down. there will be snow in many areas of california. it doesn't head east. this is thursday of next week. all of the cold air is locked to the north. that's why this amazing weather pattern is going to roll on through the weekend and into next week. we may just stay this way. as f

this is a opossum. he snowboards.ouille. >> look at him with his little sweater. >> do you think he's actually enjoying this or does he hold on for deer life. >> i was trying to see if he's actually secured to it or not but it doesn't look that way. it being looks like he has a little lift ticket on. >> how do you put a lift ticket on a opossum. >> that's ridiculous. >> maybe he got the child rate. >> if he saw him on the lift and you're going up, would you want to say, guys, take it up. >> i would share my lift seat with him. is he so adorable. i could watch that all day. i just want to take him home. that was fun. thanks for playing along. >> you bet. >>> another check of the day's top stories is next. stay with us. where news does not take a day off. ♪ [ male announcer ] the 2012 m-class continually monitors blind spots, scans the road to reveal potential threats, even helps awaken its driver if he begins to doze. so in the blink of an eye it will have performed more active safety measures than most cars will in a

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this is at a snowboarding opossum. who knew you could dress one that weightay he is doing pretty good. prexy also has his lift ticket. >> it's around his neck. that is a hot sweater. looks good out there. >> well done. >> around here it it will be cooler on a weekend, but warming up next week. we are in the '70s last week. that is very common for the early springtime. we will have bad weather pattern most of next week. we will have a few cooler days and then rebound. let's look at live super doppler 7. the back edge of the rain moving into lusby, solomon's island leonardtown, montross. continuing to slowly march east. we will have the rain leaving and then sunshine for the majority of the day. later this morning we will burst into sunshine. the back edge of the clouds moving into west virginia and almost into the shenandoah valley. the band of rain from canada into louisiana. behind the cold front ithat is cold air moving into town. you'll notice the trees up to about 25 miles an hour and cooler temperatures. yesterday

lack at the snow bearding opossum.on top of a special made snowboard at the liberty mountain resort in pennsylvania. staff there up loaded video on to you tube. definite hit. check him out. even point of view camera. he steer was his tail. look closely even a ski lift pass complete with his own photo. so he's legit up there on the slopes. not bad looks like he's smiling a little bit. you are right. >> far more im please i have on the darns i couldn't say on the board that long. he has it going. >> the warriors. they trade the face of the franchise for a big man whether is injured. ellis deal. short and long-term impact of trading away laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug. i have club passes. [ male announcer ] get the mileage card with special perks on united, like a free checked bag, united club passes, and priority boarding. thanks. ♪ okay. wh

ratatouille, snowboarding opossum is here and looks to be the next big hit the better known for playing he shows real skill on the slopes. take a look at that. this video is made at liberty ski resort in maryland. it was just posted yesterday. but already becoming a viral hit. look at him go. he's just taking it easy. enjoying the snow. unfortunately for ratatouille, the ski season seems to be over. not a lot of snow. lot of grass out there right now. liberty closed earlier this week. just in time for today's springlike weather. >> our director has a sweater just like that. a little bigger. >> all right. that's "news4 midday." thanks for joining us. we will see you

." >> that's better than a snowboarding opossum, ain't it? captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning" from washington. we have a lot to get to here, including former white house press secretary robert gibbs and israel's ambassador to the united states, michael oren. first, erica is in new york with the breaking news from afghanistan. >> charlie, thank u good morning. >>> defense secretary panetta is wrapping up the first high-level meetings with afghan officials since last weekend's deadly ram page. half of americans now want the obama administration to speed up troop withdrawals from afghanistan. mandy clark is in kabul this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. today panetta met with afghan president hamid karzai in an effort to repair relations. he's the first american official to visit afghan staph after the shooting rampage by u.s. soldiers that left 16 civilians dead. panetta told karzai, america is committed to staying the course in afghanistan until the planned withdrawal of combat troops in 2014. he also a