the rain is beginning to reach into pennsylvania. in frederick county, there is some snow as well where temperatures are a few degrees chillier. down south, a lot of heavy rain falling. rain today. snow and a forecast tonight. -- know in our forecast tonight -- snow in our forecast tonight. we'll talk more about that storm coming upper. we do want to check the roads. >> the potential for problems out there. right now we're not tracking any incidence. this is 95 down towards the beltway, 7 minutes from the 895 split down to the fort mchenry. this is southbound traffic and the roads are wet. a reminder to leave early. seven in the eastbound direction, 62 prior to the beltway. we will keep you posted as any new problems develop. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we want to continue our team coverage. >> jennifer franciotti is live in timonium. >> good morning. tricky, tricky. the temperature is not quite freezing. we're along york road. it is just rain. reports of some icing conditions. salting operations just began. satl truck

[applause] >> now pennsylvania gov. tom on the's annual address state budget. >> i know you all want to get to lunch. [laughter] >> lieutenant governor cawley, president pro tempore scarnati, speaker smith, majority leader -- thank you for allowing us to come in your house. majority leader pileggi, majority leader turzai, minority leader costa, minority leader dermody, members of the house and senate, distinguished guests, my fellow pennsylvanians, thank you. the dick thank you for this opportunity to speak with you today. before i do, i am going to go off script very early on. would you all please join me in a moment of silence. which to preach -- please rise in a moment of silence. in the past year, we have lost eight of our servicemen and women from pennsylvania -- nine firefighters, five police officers, 2 ems people who know suffered -- served their commonwealth and their country with great service. i would ask for a moment of silence. thank you. i have just had the pleasure to spend a few months -- moments back in

but republicans in pennsylvania have now said not so fast according to the newcastle news pennsylvania's republican state senate leader dominic pledge he will introduce legislation that divides the state's electoral college votes proportionately based on the popular vote rather than the winner take all system that's currently in place and had this plan been in effect last november mitt romney would have received eight of pennsylvania's electoral college votes rather than the zero he actually received meanwhile of course all the red states like texas and oklahoma which vote for republicans will keep their winner take all system and while this latest scheme will benefit republicans quite as much as the last team which doled out electoral college votes based on congressional districts it will still make it much more difficult for democrats to win the white house in future elections so now that republicans have shown this willingness to do this a willingness to blatantly rig future elections what should progressives be responding with what needs to be done to fix our broken political system

many people are used to using it to get on to pennsylvania avenue.that the ramp is closed. you will have to detour to m street to get access. it's part of a much bigger project to improved traffic. you will notice driving up on the southeast southwest freeway this morning that the eastbound access to pennsylvania connecting from 395 is also closed. this is the latest change in the project and has been going on for sometime in the district. kohl shares are expected to last 18 months to 20 months while they continue working on the project. -- the closures are expected to last 18 months to 20 months. you will need to take the 695 outbound ramp. the eastbound southeast southwest freeway will be closed. back to you. >> thank you. students at a northeast d.c. high school are on alert. police are looking for a man who tried to abduct a fellow student. the 16-year-old h.d. woodson high school was walking along nannie helen burroughs avenue on thursday. the man forced into an suv. the suspects started suspectsher, opinion letter ago when she fought back. the

what do you think the people of pennsylvania would accept? think that people should accept? should there be a ban on assault weapons? should there be a limit on the magazine size of say 30 bullets to a magazine? should there be new background checks? what do you think should get done here after newtown, connecticut? >> yeah, the people of pennsylvania are very reasonable people. i mean, we're hunters, we're fishermen, we're sportsmen, all that kind of thing, but we're also very reasonable and practical. i think the people of pennsylvania would accept a limit on the amount of clips. you know, i believe and i believe a lot of people feel the same way that you don't have a right to go into a classroom and take down an entire class of children in under a minute. so i think that they would probably be okay with limiting the size of the clips. universal background checks. it has nothing to do with your second amendment right or your ability to keep your gun, but i think everyone agrees that it is a common sense approach that we should have backgrou

instead of barack obama getting all 20 in pennsylvania, he is going to get 11 or 12 under this new pennsylvanialan. it has the same effect. they're trying to accomplish through legislative trickery what they couldn't do at the ballot box. >> are they trying to disguise this as totally different from the last one? like this actually a lot more fair? they're going to make that case, i would assume? >> they're going to say it's not based on gerrymandering. everyone should have a say. if every state did this, that would be one thing. but we're talking about doing it only in states like pennsylvania, wisconsin and michigan, and not in state likes texas and georgia. so this is a recipe for keeping the red states red, but splitting the blue states. and that's what is so fundamentally unfair about this plan. it's not something that is being considered all across the country. it's only being considered in states that republicans control and that the president won in 2008 and 2012. >> it could have changed the dynamic how they campaigned if it was this way? >> absolutely. wouldn't have been a swing state

the outer loop at pennsylvania avenue, crash just past the pennsylvania avenue exit blocking the left side of the roadway. i've been watching this camera for some time. i have seen cars come to a complete stop. imagine that means the roadway temporarily blocked to clear the accident. overturned dump truck delays are just under a mile right now. chopper 4 should be back with a live look in ten minutes. aaron and eun. >>> thank you, danella. 6:12, breaking news. hundreds of people are hurt, windows shattered. a meteor slammed into russia overnight. a nasa scientist explains how it could arrive unexpectedly. >>> the not so triumphant return of a >>> welcome back at 6:15. that disabled cruise that became a nightmare for passengers sits empty in mobile, alabama. a long trip homemade longer with problems towing the boat to shore. jay gray is also in mobile this morning where that ship is docked. jay, good morning to you. i cannot imagine the relief those passengers are feeling today. >> reporter: absolutely, eun. good to talk to you this morning. relief. it started with a lot excitement. ad

[applause] over the past two years, we have worked together to reform and remake pennsylvania. we, working together, eliminated a $4.2 billion budget deficit without raising taxes. [applause] we took the first steps toward reforming our tax code to attract new businesses and jobs which has already resulted in more than 100,000 new private pennsylvania in

but turns out the holdout is pennsylvania. the republican senate majority leader said he would introduce a bill this month in february, even if it makes some folks in his party a little queasy, i thought it was home to the republican party in 2013. but maybe it is pennsylvania, maybe it is actually tom corbett eating the cobra. hard ball's up next. good night. >>> the pain of mccain. let's play "hardball." >>> good evenly iing. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. why is john mccain so gri? why america? why are we fighting the vietnam war all over again in the united states senate. the have it tree troll against chuck hagel. is it about lyndon johnson's inability to win that war or end it? what is it that burns so deeply in john mccain today? for some reason he wants to play it again and again in iraq and afterno afghanistan and again in iran. we look at the resentment burning in john mccain's heart. it's not against george w. bush and his political henchmen who tried to stay mccain's reputation in 2000 bu

of for alarm fire along pennsylvania avenue in west baltimore. this fire is huge. >> down by franklin where pennsylvania avenue begins. this is a four-alarm fire. they had a portion of the building collapse and had firefighters that were trapped. one firefighter injured. this fire is nowhere near under control. we've got numerous units here at the location. exterior operations only. they have anything they can to get some type of handle on this fire. we do not know the severity of the injuries of the firefighter but we can tell you there is more portions of this building that is actually collapsing. just look at this. it is immense smoke, flames, he. city police is in the process of the touring traffic, keeping traffic away from the scene but this thing is growing. we heard it come out as a building fire that went to 82 alarm fire and then they put out an emergency distress call. the building had collapsed and there was a fire fighter that was trapped. they're treating him right now and taking care of him. we do not know the severity of the injur

but republicans in pennsylvania have now said not so fast according to the newcastle news pennsylvania's republican state senate leader dominic pledge he will introduce legislation that divides the state's electoral college votes proportionately based on the popular vote rather than the winner take all system that's currently in place and had this plan been in effect last november mitt romney would have received eight of pennsylvania's electoral college votes rather than the zero he actually received meanwhile of course all the red states like texas and oklahoma which vote for republicans will keep their winner take all system and while this latest scheme will benefit republicans quite as much as the last team which doled out electoral college votes based on congressional districts it will still make it much more difficult for democrats to win the white house in future elections so now that republicans have shown this willingness to do this a willingness to blatantly rig future elections what should progressives be responding with what needs to be done to fix our broken political system

it fills the air over pennsylvania avenue in west baltimore. but it tells firefighters the flames were put out inside the building. minutes before this video was captured by ron peoples, flames shot through the building at penn lumber. >> when we heard the poof and the front of the building just blew out onto the firefighters. >> reporter: reports came in just before 6:00 monday evening, about three hours after employees left for the day. it seems the firefighter in charge spotted danger and called to evacuate crews, which was life saving. >> the building, three stories, literally collapsed and the firefighters were in the vicinity where they certainly could have lost their lives. >> reporter: five firefighters had minor injuries. witnesses watched and hoped and prayed for the best. >> we saw the aluminum ladders that were leaning against the front fagade were knocked backwards and hit the truck. there were several firefighters on the truck. one was knocked off and fell to the ground. >> reporter: larry wright tried to help the firefighters. >>

that's the argument, look at pennsylvania, look at michigan.e of states that justify, justify the need for act five of the voting rights. >> did you think you would grow old to believe eisenhower republicanism looked pretty good? who would have believed it? thanks, jim. judith, it's always good to have your expertise. >>> up next, if presidential elections are a mood ring for the country, oscar night is a close second. what did we learn last night at the oscars? this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> we're back. if the presidential election is the best mood ring in the country, the academy awards are a close second. perhaps the biggest surprise at last night's oscars was when first lady michelle obama joined the ceremony via satellite from the white house to announce "argo" had won best picture. >> and now for the moment we have all been waiting for. and the oscar goes to "argo." >> i was here 15 years ago or something, and, you know, i had no idea what i was doing. i stood out here in front of you all really just a kid, and i went out

that's the argument, look at pennsylvania, look at michigan.ustify, justify the need for act five of the voting rights. >> did you think you would grow old to believe eisenhower republicanism looked pretty good? who would have believed it? thanks, jim. judith, it's always good to have your expertise. >>> up next, if presidential elections are a mood ring for the country, oscar night is a close second. what did we learn last night at the oscars? this is "hardball," the place for politics. oh this is lame, investors could lose tens of thousands of dollars on their 401(k) to hidden fees. is that what you're looking for, like a hidden fee in your giant mom bag? maybe i have them... oh that's right i don't because i rolled my account over to e-trade where... woah. okay... they don't have hidden fees... hey fern. the junk drawer? why would they... is that my gerbil? you said he moved to a tiny farm. that's it, i'm running away. no, no you can't come! [ male announcer ] e-trade. less for us. more for you. the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf

life in pennsylvania means life.ennsylvania has one of the largest "life" populations of any state in the united states. it had the distinction of having the absolute highest number of juvenile lifers of any state in the united states, indeed, many jurisdictions in the world. that should give you some sense. >> juan, if you'd like to ask mumia abu-jamal a question? >> mumia, i know over the years this enormous putin has developed around the world demanding more freedom and your insisting on the unjust nature of the trial that many years ago in your case, it your reflections on this enormous movement that has developed and its role in terms of the prison industrial complex in general, in your case in particular? >> it is the essence of a grassroots movement because it came from the bottom, not from the top. people, many of whom i knew in freedom, and would not let me go, and would not leave me alone, and held on to me despite every challenge. at the core, of course, are people i fell in love with many years ago. from

maybe some freezing rain in pennsylvania. it deserves a little caution.ratures at the lower eastern shore around 40. two parts of the storm. the cold part up near the great lakes. these pieces of the storm merge offshore. it will be passed us by then. it will explode from new york city and north word. for us, we should see mostly rain. we're on the edge. tonight we will see what happens. the serious stuff is new york can in the state of maine. the source of blizzard warnings. excessive amounts of snow. boston seems to be in the bull's-eye. officially 1-2 feet of snow. new york city could see a foot of snow. we could see some snow around here. 36 to 41 will be the high temperature today. rain changes to snow. could have an inch or two or three of snow and the wind will pick up. >> we will check your morning commute. no incidents at this hour. his volume is still light -- volume is still light. everyone at the conowingo dam, traffic is flowing very well. 11 minutes on the out of the north side. watch for possible sleet up to was the pennsylvania line. 65 fr

our candidates are right on the usual shoes in pennsylvania.e have won the presidency here since 1988. if the republicans would do it the easy way, put a moderate candidate up who is more in touch with the needs of pennsylvanians versus these radical right candidates, maybe they would be more competitive. but they have to try to rig is the system because they continue to get sent back in defeat. >> philadelphia, for example, 85% for the democrat. i grew up in that state. it was always a 50-50 kind of state. >> yeah, but, you know, look at the suburbs around philadelphia. that's the real battleground now. >> well, they think the republican party is a whack job. >> well, good point. >> even on guns and stuff and abortion rights and gay marriage. they think these guys are 50 years ago. >> it's not that kind of hard right state. and it's true. if you put up those hard right candidates, you're not going to win the state. >> i agree with that. by the way, michael smerconish shows that issue very well. dominic pileggi, he gave us his rational. >> they

we see the effect of the voter changes, for example, in the state of pennsylvania, with the photo i.dof color are disproportionately less likely or more likely not to have the type of i.d. that the commonwealth was requiring there. but what we also saw in the past presidential election is that where there was a proliferation of voter suppression tactics outside of the states covered by section 5, so in pennsylvania or ohio or wisconsin, there we saw that state-level remedies and to julie's point a different provision voting rights act, section 2, was enough to cure the discriminatory change at issue. but in the jurisdictions covered by section 5 congress recognized that those places were the ones where discrimination over time had been the most resistant to change and required the strongest antibiotic. >> julie, quickly, one answer, julie, whether you win or not. >> we are going to win. >> are you going to win? are you going to keep the voting rights act? >> we'll absolutely win. and that's because four times the supreme court has recognized the constitutionality of the voting rights

and ron, from pennsylvania.g the sports illustrated swimsuit he digs may be racist, but i'm going to buy a company so i can be upset. (laughter) >> and the factor tip of the day. this morning i got angry, very angry. i was justified. somebody did a bad thing to me. the worst part, i couldn't right the wrong. it drives me crazy. and now, the politically correct thing to do is to control the anger and count to ten. it's not what i did. i walked into a room, closed the door, nobody was there and i let loose for about 30 seconds. very loud, very colorful language. you should have been there. dogs began to bark in the neighborhood, but now what? i felt a lot better and i thought a the lot clearer after that. factor tip of the day. that's your anger, be-- vent your anger and be alone when do you it. yes, indeed. that's it for us tonight. check out the fox news factor website which is different from billoreilly.com. and also we'd like you to spout off from the factor anywhere in the world. oreilly@foxnews.com, oreilly@

after 14 months worth of data, bicycle related crashes on pennsylvania avenue. caused by drivers making u-turns. he admits education is a good to start changing behavior of drivers. it is the first time that this cab driver -- this time he got a warning. abc 7 news. metro silver line to dulles reached a milestone with urging of a third rail. it will be followed by tests with railcars. it will all be done in phases. coming up, we are hours from the big game. >> football teams had to fight to earn a spot in the super bowl. .> a few flurries remained what to expect on sunday and beyond. [ regina ] i got it when we could download an hd movie in like...2 minutes! [ male announcer ] once you've got verizon fios internet, you get it -- the difference 100% fiber optics makes. but don't take our word for it -- ask a real fios customer. ask me why fiber optics matters. ask me about the upload speeds -- they're sick! [ male announcer ] so go online and send a tweet to a real fios customer. because once you've got it, you get it. and now there's never been a better time to

up on their efforts to corrupt our democracy and rigor elections where about what's going on in pennsylvania and is there any way to stop the republican election rigging machine. you need to know this last week to fifth graders in colleville washington town of around five thousand people brought a knife and a semiautomatic handgun to school to kill another fifth grader a girl they say had bullied another student or did school fishel so what was going to happen to fifth graders were arrested as it tried to enter the school with their weapons. there are two ways we can try to prevent this sort of thing happening in the future one advocated by democrats is to increase the number of school counselors we have make classes smaller class sizes smaller so teachers are better able to deal with problem problematic kids denmark and singapore do both those things and those two countries have the world's best early education outcomes they also pay their teachers about the same as their physicians in other words one way to respond to this program problem is to strengthen our schools pay and empower our te

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the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. pitt pitt mr. speaker, i -- mr. pittenger: mr. speaker, i yield myself -- mr. pitt: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. pennsylvanians are fortunate to have excellent children's hospitals in the state. one of these hospitals is the children's hospital of philadelphia. the country's first hospital to exclusively care for children. and they remained one of the best for over 150 years. in a recent survey, the hospital was rated number one in six separate pediatric specialties and ranked no lower than fourth in another four special categories. other children around the country aren't so fortunate to have access to excellent doctors. a study in the journal of pediatrics found that more than eight million children have no pediatrician in their area. many other sick children have to drive hundreds of miles to see a doctor who specializes in treating their conditions. children aren't just miniature adults and treating them isn't just a matter of working on a smaller scale

we have a closure of the freeway headed on to pennsylvania avenue.. >> thank you. 4434 degrees. global winemakers are targeting the u.s. market. >> and nasa plans to honor astronauts lost 10 years ago captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> welcome back. an alaska airlines flight makes an emergency landing after the pilot lost consciousness in the cockpit. airline officials say the flight originated in los angeles. somewhere over oregon, the pilot passed out. he eventually regained consciousness and was cared for by a doctor on the plane while the co-pilot should charge -- the start of the emergency landing. in alabama, swat team san hostage negotiators continue communicating with a man holding a 5-year-old boy hostage in a bunker. if police don't believe the man harm to the point was separate from autism. they say that he has been allowed to have medicine, coloring books, and a tv. standoff started on tuesday when a man shot and killed a school bus driver and then took the child. >> there's a ceremony being held at the k

most in pennsylvania. the new revenue allowed bradford county to retire the $5 million debt and lower property taxes by 6%. it has been great for business. at cindy's jewelry store. selling pendants and rip only a roughneck could love. >> don't worry about retirement as we did before. vacations are better every year. >> slowdown in fracking because of the rock gas prices. >> it goes through, it ebbs and flows. if a person wants a job, they a job. they can go to work tomorrow morning. >> shale gas drilling is economic game changer for town and vil lanels in the rural pennsylvania that otherwise might have fallen on hard times. while the shale continues northward, underground the economic boom stops right here. >> new york state officials have been bringing their hands over whether to -- wringing their hands whether to lift moratorium over part of the southern tier to drilling. >> a lot of the land has leases already. >> county executive says it's a no-brainer. he is in elmira where unemployment is 9.3% a th

but this is not the case in pennsylvania. keystone state republicans have just introduced a new bill that would change the way they allocate electoral votes. under the plan, a large chunk of pennsylvania's electoral votes would be awarded to the republican candidate, even if they didn't win the state. two votes would go to the winner of the popular vote, but the rest would be split based on vote percentage. gerrymandering. that's what it's all about for them. if bills like this are passed in other swing states, it would greatly increase the chances of a republican winning the white house. not surprisingly, this bill comes right out of the rnc chair's playbook. in january, reince priebus said republican-controlled swing states should change the way they award electoral votes. he argued a new system would give more control to states. however, we should point out no such bills have been introduced in any solid red states. in the past, pennsylvania governor tom corbett has supported similar vote-rigging legislation, but this time

we have those cold air temperatures north of pennsylvania. the hour banks of the n.c. -- this is the warm, moist -- the outer banks of north carolina, this is the warm, moist air. as these two systems combine of the mid-atlantic coast, they become very strong. this pink-shaded area is a winter storm warning. the red there is the blizzard warning, and that is up for matra n.y. all the way up to boston. that will be the hardest hit area. there is the potential for two to 3 feet of snow in some of those locations. the storm will hit the new england coastal area. it will clear out after morning snow. watched this bull's-eye up near boston. that those of our skilled. that means over 36 potential inches in the boston area. we do get some snow here. two to four inches is a possibility. but you know we get two to 4 inches. they get two to 4 feet in new england. western maryland has a mixed tomorrow. all snow saturday. more snow. then snow showers on the coast. heavy rain tomorrow. a good and onions and the showers or flurries -- it could end in snow