you see the rain, there is a lot of it going down toward pensacola. mixing into kentucky and west virginia, trying to get into a little bit colder air with the snow. locally, light to moderate rain although south of town, see the yellows and into pennsylvania on route 15, those are some heavier bands of rain we've been watching. the heavier stuff from quantico coming in toward southern prince george's county, annapolis, it all lifts to the northeast at about 40 miles per hour. 59 in town even though we're behind the front, the cold is lagging. low 50s in the shenandoah valley to mid-40s cumberland and 30s in cumberland. 59, there are your winds in the north-northwest. the moisture continues to stream up. upper level energy coming across tennessee with snow in and around memphis right now. that will catch up to the storm a little bit. we'll have a little window of opportunity tonight with the storm still around, the moisture and the cold still around that will switch to snow during the evening hours out west and a little bit here late tonight and durin

it's really a record rebound. >> trace: phil keating live in pensacola, florida, thank you.familiar, a 12-year-old boy stopping a group of burglars while he was home alone. it happened outside of los angeles and we are told the boy heard the three people knocking at the door, but didn't recognize them. so he didn't answer. that's when they reportedly broke in through a back door and trashed the house. the boy hid in the closet and called 911. the cops showed up just as the suspects drove off. >> we were able to find them and trace them. during the chase, the suspects crashed in the area of gilbert and mailvan, but didn't stay fort crash, they continued to flee westbound. >> trace: police caught one suspect when they searched the area. the other two still on the run. >>> a handcuffed suspect loo he said police on a wild three-county chase after he somehow breaks through a cop car's divider. and gets into the driver's seat. it's our top story on a fox trip across america. michigan. it all started with a stolen vehicle report at a hotel west of detroit where cops reportedly fou

the upper level feature has snow but there's mainly rainaand heavy rain and storms pulling in for pensacola florida. and it's going to head in our direction and why we are dry this morning. we expect to have some showers starting to creep in from westside. harper's fairy and frostburg and frostburg they have rain at 46 in oak lan. 40 hagerstown and york. we will push in warmer temperatures. in fact we will go our way back into the upper 50s to near 60 this afternoon and evening. with showers that could have rumble of thunder. more on the weekend outlook in moment. if you want to take weather on the go, have you heard about the ipad app? check it out and you will get interactive radar and updated forecast and video. and you will get to see my mug on your mobile device. that's what you need to get started. here is angela with traffic. >> reporter: thank you. and good morning everyone. as you head out this morning. no early incidents to report around the beltway. while you your overnight work crews are clearing out there's ongoing construction in owings mills on reisterstown road westbound one

by the way, pensacola, florida, this morning, colder than we are. how about that. the low 40s all the way down towards orlando. but clear skies basically dominated the eastern seaboard. at least mostly clear skies. there's the front making its way through florida. high pressure will have a push of cold air that tries to get at us this weekend. heavy snow inland. ginger good morning america is up there in scranton, p.a. with 1 to 3 inchance they tweeted that someone -- inches and she tweeted someone drop drove up with 6 inches on the car. across the border we showed you pictures with a light coating on the ground this morning. doesn't matter he. if you didn't see it, -- matter. if you didn't see it, it doesn't matter. you will be able to grade my forecast. we hold ourselves accountable for what we called. and everything worked out with the record rainfall and thunder. and now the dry, windy day. weekend is a question. we are looking at this band of clouds and a push of colder air. a little disturbancance in the atmosphere may try to cloud us up on saturday afternoon

down into the 30s and near freezing near pensacola florida it's low 40s in orlando.deep cold air mass. storm is pulling out and the cold front is clear the coast in florida. the next weather system gathering for us is not a strong one but may provide cloud cover as it races across the nation next few days as this storm departs in a hurry. that's a 989 millibar low and that's impressive." good morning america" will talk about the snow in pa but that will go away with sunshine. and we are looking at the future trend bringing moisture up the coast and the next push of cold air could bring clouds and flurries in the his on saturday. today, we are back to reality. 44 after the low 60s yesterday. winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. and that will ease up as the day wears on the tonight down into the 20s. tomorrow 47. saturday, look for increasing clouds with 40s and lows in the 20s and staying in the 40s through next week. next storm system is wednesday. angela. >> reporter: on the road right now a lot of troubles to report standing water and incidents including the accident sou

north this morning. 35 baltimore. 31 montgomery and temperatures in the below freezing range down to pensacola florida this morning. yeah, that's deep cold air wrapping around this storm. and high pressure will dominate heading in through the next day or so. but our storm a low that's a cranker and that's why they are whipping up heavy snow in the mountain of new england. and that's why we had the strong winds very impressive storm that exploded with development just about every thing with as -- that was expected it did. but not what's left over. we are dry into the start of the weekend. moisture in the form of rain, delmarva this saturday morning. this push of cloud to the west on saturday morning could move through midday in the afternoon with a flurry but reinforcing shot of cold air. today, in the low to mid-40s. winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. strong in the morning and clearing out and calm down tonight and 28. again we have a sunny day a clear night and not too bad tomorrow. highs upper 40s and thanks tolack of snow cover could push 50 but 40 on saturday. lows tht 20s over the weekend and

they're in the 30s again back towards pothole and this deep -- towards pensacola and this deep cold air locked in towards the lower tennessee valley and really across the upper midwest and the northern plains. another reenforcing shot producing some snow up there. we've got a split flow in the jet stream. you can see some tropical moisture, at least in terms of clouds across southern texas. some of that moves across the deep south and that may help to generate some showers here across the shoreline to start the weekend. but as far as we're concerned, we're in the squeeze play between them. we are looking at all this moisture in the form of snow. i show you this just because it's nearby and because it's not going to get much closer. they got their beneficial snows back into the mountains. they have the snow guns ready and primed and pumped to go, round top, liberty and whitedale. they said they're excited to really get those snow guns and machines trying to lay down some base. they'll get some flurries back into the mountains and we could get some clouds out of that system as we head thr

they're in the 30s and near freezing down towards pensacola, florida. i keep mentioning them because that really is a sign of the true cold making its way to the gulf coast. by the way, 24 in chicago. not that much colder back here because of cloud cover and snowfall for them. we've got a split flow here, some tropical, subtropical feed of moisture, really nothing exaggerated here, but generally a cloud ban to -- cloud band to our south and this cloud band producing moderate snow across the great lakes where some places may see five to 10 inches. buffalo, late start to their snow season. they're finally going to catch up. that stays to our northwest. we could see clouds ooze in from that and a southern system that may clip the del marva with moisture to start the weekend. we clear out the -- we could have a mix of clouds tomorrow just because of the upper level energy and a push of colder air. by the way, that colder air, yeah, it'll keep us down, many of us, into the 30s tomorrow, just a little bit warmer right by the water. that army/navy game in d.c.

been the bonds being one one way in some respects security forces directed towards the consulate in pensacola and see very little reference to the bonzo bomb gangs non-fact that bonnets began almost from the beginning the slightest movement and the gangs and they can't hide behind the people fighting the general police with them because in a long time it's more recently admitted by the activists that in fact there was monitors but it was a little by practice now i think. a way to have this be found with the government are going to have to accept that in fact we've been through it myself and it's not just the syrian government it has to come if you want to for the army to work with sound but somehow some way have you found. this waiting august what their weapons on the tiriel because they hop in the millions or whatever happens that. we can bring very serious. and global implications not think we're protected very wary of that they agree with russia's position and so if our last. solid behind the syrian government. this position today i think banking at the time that brussels changes its posit

. >> in a couple of years, we will see you coming down to pensacola?she brought her young cousin out here to see the helicopters and planes on display all decided d.c. armory. -- outside the d.c. armory. >> the boys are crazy about sports. they probably would like to see this sort of the equipment. >> this is the fourth year for the military bowl. she drove from ohio with her family to see her alma mater take on air force. >> is a great honor to be in the bowl. we brought our son down to see the sights. we're having a great time. >> fans did show up in large numbers. >> we went to the air force academy and we just moved from colorado. >> as for the game, it kicked off about an hour ago. so far, they are in the second quarter. the score is tied at 21. we will have more on this came later on in sports. >>> >>> let's give back to bethesda, or one person has died in an accident. >> we are out here just moving closer to the accident scene. authorities have allowed us to get a little bit closer. you can see just how much activity is taking place with this mu

i have so many memories, you write about pensacola?y times, traveling up there go from pensacola, right by louisiana, into mississippi, you write about travels much? >> oh, yeah extravel. >> travel florida. >> the old cosell line, enough about me. what about you? what do you think of me? >> exactly. exactly. >> and unfortunately, that may be passe now. >> i don't think so. >> i hope not. >> i don't think so. >> you also had a platform that gave you the time to do what you were talking about. >> an hour. >> that's -- you can really let an interview breathe and you can listen. >> radio had three hours. >> good lord, that's incredible. >> we got three hours here. >> yeah, but you have many guest, but this -- reason this is a fun show is 'cause it's fun but serious and you mingle your topics well and you group well. >> we are also drunk when we come on at 6 in the morning. >> under the influence of something. >> explain this to me. >> drink? >> california. the you know what time you're on in california? 5 a.m. >> ridiculous. >> i get up at

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friends have been tweeting us saying, it's been really rainy in pensacola.and tomorrow. hi, joshtin. >> all right. just so we're clear, sam. it's not just her birthday. she wants a big, new york city birthday hug. let's see it. >> we did do that offcamera. >> well, let's see it. >> will you tell josh we did do that offcamera? >> we did do that offcamera. >> you know what? it's not good morning offcamera. okay? >> that's the weather around the nation. >> all right. and we're live in times square. see if i can get it to work. lara? >>> i'm going to do the morning menu on camera. here's a look at what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." what a year it has been. we're looking forward to reliving the best moments of 2011 with you. just ahead. you do not want to miss it. >>> plus, are you ready for some "steals and deals,"? last-minute christmas gifts at big discounts. and only for you, our "gma" viewers. >>> and a "show me the money" you won't forget. a big check ahead for a mom and daughter. stay with us, everyone. ahead for a mom and daughter. stay with us,

this whole thing started during a public forum in pensacola, florida.n open forum earlier in the week. monk argued that hall violated their right to a free speech. >> you don't have the right to determine what type of speech people are going to have when they are addressing the government for a redress of grievances. it was a sick and gross abuse of power. >> your time is up. sit down. >> no, i have a minute and 12 seconds left. >> i'm ruling you out of order. >> well, i am absolutely within order. >> so nathan monk doesn't want to sit down. officers, you see them stepping in here, a couple council members get up and leave, not happy with the council president's action. monk goes out but not at all pleased with his treatment in there. >> the city council vows an oath and they promise two things to protect the skons institution of united states of america and the united states of florida. i believe that he violated his singular oath by stripping people of their right to speak. >> as for the members of the city council, they are divided as to how the situ

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you have incredible white sands, that is what the big sales pitch for pensacola peaches.ke a look at these numbers, this really reflects the end of a stunning enterprising year for all four gulf states. florida, tourism rebounded up 65%. in bam 51%, in mississippi 7%. they do believe it will be a record year for louisiana as well. retail shops all over the place enjoying a 2011 with substantial numbers of people buying, spending money, coming back to the beaches that are now cleaner than they probably have ever been in decades. all of the tourism officials say not only is it better than the last year oil spill summer of 2010, they are all time record numbers. >> the numbers we saw in 2011 were the numbers that we were on track to make in 2010, had the spill not occurred. we still lost a year. if you look at the growth curve we have a one year set back, you can never gain a last year. we are pleased with the momentum we have now and are looking forward to a great 2012. >> reporter: if we take a look at some of the other reasons we had, oil spill, oil cleanup on the news na

in fact mid-30s in pensacola florida this morning.d our weather system the weather system now bringing in strong winds as the storm wraps up in through eastern new england and a lot of cold air to be found high in the frontal boundary with high pressure in control. environment with fast moving systems and we can't hold it clear and dry for too long. system number one exits but we have more cold air waiting to dive out of canada and we have this system that may race across the nation and could reach us at least with a reinforcing shot heading into the start of the weekend. cloud this morning right on the edge of places that had just a coating of snow or more. and more of that snow up toward central pa and beyond. but as far as we are concerned,the future trend hold for sunshine and there will be a band of clouds on back toward the west. and that will try to approach heading to the start of the weekend. that's a disturbance that will produce snow in the mountains and a flurry on saturday afternoon and the hills west of town. and a littl

pensacola. dodge a big military area up there. what are you studying?> history. >> what are you doing? college? high school? >> probably high-school. i would like to get into grad school eventually. >> i was just with a group of high-school students in new york for the have a group called the master teachers program. very interesting, they have a foundation that pays each of them $15,000 a year because they want to attract the brightest. >> good to see you. the good luck to you. [unintelligible conversations] >> good morning, everyone. i have a very important announcement to make. gov. mitt romney, this is a very important announcement for you and mrs. romney right here and council district no. 1 with all of the authority i have, i have declared it meant and and from the day in district number one. --mitt and ann romney day in district no. 1. [applause] there are those of us to serve this northern district, i could not start to introduce everybody. i will introduce united states senator kelly ayotte. good morning senators. [applause] >> it is always a t

host: pensacola, florida, on our line for democrats with marilyn were searching need. -- marilyn werberafini. caller: someone brought up the issue of last year of life. how do we determine what is the last year of someone's life? guest: that is a good question. we know people that are in hospice care, and then they're out and then back in, and then they are out. there is really no way to know. the medical professionals do their best, but that is an excellent question. host: the name of the report is "guaranteed choice is to strengthen medicare and health security for all," written by ron wyden and paul ryan. you can find it online at their various web sites, and also on our website. we of the and talking to marilyn werber serafini, a special correspondent of "kaiser health news" was helped us understand all of this. thank you for being on. guest: my pleasure. host: we will take a short break, and when we come back, some year-end tax advice. 's grabbed a pen and some paper, and we will be right region go grab a pencil and paper, and we will be tested go grab -- go grab a pen and some pap

friends have been tweeting us saying it's rainy in pensacola. there's more rain today and tomorrow. clear, sam. it's not just her birthday. she wants a big, new york city birthday hug. let's see it. >> we did do that offcamera. >> we did do that offcamera. >> you know what? it's not good morning offcamera. okay? >> that's the weathe . ♪ ding dong ding, dong ♪ hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say, ♪ ♪ throw cares away, christmas is here, bringing good cheer, ♪ ♪ to young and old, meek and the bold, ding dong ding, dong, ♪ ♪ that is their song, with joyful ring, all caroling, ♪ ♪ one seems to hear, words of good cheer, from everywhere, ♪ ♪ filling the air, oh how they pound, raising the sound, ♪ ♪ o'er hill and dale, telling their tale, gaily they ring, ♪ ♪ while people sing, songs of good cheer, christmas is here. ♪ ♪ merry, merry, merry, merry christmas ♪ ♪ most of us want to hear we've done a good job caring for our mouths. that's why there's a rinse like crest pro-health multi-protection. it helps you get a better dental check-up. ♪ because not all rinses provid

even spots like pensacola and mobile, you might have backups.int, though, strong storms move mostly moving through shreveport. all of this driving to the east. the area where we have the slight risk of a tornado. the tornado watch that will be in effect until 1:00 local time. worth watching. we'll also see today, the chance of snow building once again to central and southern rockies. strong winds, possible whiteout conditions. one to two inches of snow in albuquerque and points southward. we'll have the higher elevations. snow amounts anywhere 6 to 12. and national perspective, a chance of scattered showers in the cascades. breezy in southern california. a big bull's-eye in the southeast and mix of sun and clouds in the northeast. new york, we wrap it up with a high of 55. ali, your turn, my friend. >> i'll travel around looking for snow in the next few days. >> i understand. i'm going to go to toronto i heard there is a chance of snow on christmas eve. who knows? a little gift. even when it's not expected. >> did santiago a go to canada or the

we will let you respond to that, but also eric, an independent in pensacola, florida. caller: i have some critiques for some of your basic tenets. i will say this as respectfully as i can. the statement that you made recently, we are supposed to do what people want. no, you are not. you of solano to the constitution and you treat people equally, not like a teenage girl complaining about -- not getting what she wants. your need to do not equate to a right. here is another thing you said, we let reach people keep their money. it is not yours. who the heck do you think you are? congress is the one that is the problem produce stand they're acting like it is some sort of organic action. it does not happen organically. you costed. this is the problem. you have such alien believes it is amazing. guest: it is all about tax policy that can inspire a good outcome, if they can get actuated growth of private sector jobs in the economy. in this global growth -- this global network it grows more significance over time, it is important see what happens in other nations. what you see

and very heavy rain east of pensacola. here's the forecast today, very mild air for this time of year. 50s and 60s all through the mid-atlantic. could even see a few thunderstorms today. middle of the country, you're a little cooler dallas and kansas city, that's not too bad. one of the places i can guarantee white christmas, snow tonight in denver, 6 inches, you may be the lucky ones if you like the white stuff. i can't figure out what to get for my husband. easy. name some things that aren't on your list. jumper cables, camo anything, a power drill -- ooh! [ male announcer ] the only place to go for every guy on your christmas list with great deals throughout the store. walmart. you can put a force field on him and be invisible! [ child 2 ] i call first player. no. i already called it. [ dad ] nobody's playing anything until after we get our homework done. thank you. hello? test drive's not over yet. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. [ louder ] hello? but we still need your signature. right now during sign then

were -- we were actually doing relief efforts every day katrina, hour and a half away from us in pensacolay buddy goes, you know what? he's a conservative like me. he said you know what's led to this? what's led to blanco not knowing what she's doing and a mayor not knowing what he's doing and -- and no leadership. what's led to that is these checklists that we do. how are they on abortion? how are they on guns? how are they -- on all these things we always look at, but we never seem to get down to the box on how will they lead us? and thomas, you write about this, we need a leader that's going to take us into the 21st century and make courageous decisions that have everything to do with growing the pie. >> joe, one of my favorite quotes in our book is from mike murphy, which i'm sure you've had on the show. mike said when he was starting out in the business, he had a friend in the advertising business and went to him for advice and said to him, why did burger king never attack mcdonald's? and this wise advertising guy said, never kill the category. first rule of advertising. never kill th

. >> how could he be bias against a pensacola native?which no other candidate has to that same degree. he started the season with a bang. baylor upset tcu which upset some people. went crazy against texas. a defense that doesn't give up big plays to anybody all year and he torched them from the second play on. and i think baylor has never had a guy in this position. he's a great role model, spokesman for college football, as is andrew luck and richardson. i think it's a three-guy race. all be in new york as finalists, possibly joined by another guy or two. they'll announce that very soon. the voting closes at 5:00 today. but it would be amazing to have the baylor heisman guy that basically came from no where in the last month. >> i loved his post-game interview. he said, i think i just won the heisman. i am pretty sure i just locked it up. >> proving that i'm unfair -- >> and unbiassed, right? >> i had somebody y won't mention his name that i talked to yesterday. a big, big name in college sports saying you guys wouldn't have been anywhe

. >> and boy, that's a real problem as a guy from, you know, mobile is my backyard, pensacola, i've gotfriends in the business, and you can have people from washington, d.c. telling you all you want that shrimp and crab and fish that came out of that gulf when it was soaked in oil for months and months is safe, or that's what they told us down at ground zero, remember? epa telling us afterwards, hey, it's safe to keep working at ground zero. we're just not going to know for a while. >> yeah. that's a very interesting parallel. >> and here's one. "the charlotte observer" says 93-year-old evangelist billy graham was admitted to a hospital in nashville yesterday with a possible case of pneumonia. the hospital said he's in good spirits and in stable condition and obviously i've already -- we were talking a couple of weeks ago what billy graham has meant to my family and so many of my friends in the south and really across the nation and the world. our thoughts and prayers are with billy right now. >> absolutely. >> and his family. great family. let's go to politico. talk to somebody who is

host: pensacola, fla., on the line for democrats. good morning to you. caller: my question is why no one is really discussing the fact that i love is number one in receiving a farm subsidies. we carry a lot of arguments about entitlements and social security, medicare, but no one is talking about farm subsidies. host: what does that mean to you? caller: the politicians are protecting this subsidy issue and not discussing something where there is a lot of money being spent. thens taexas, indiana, illinois. you have this state with a small population getting a lot of money from the federal government. host: dave swenson, in a speech to the issue at all of farm subsidies? -- can you speak to the issue? guest: all farm producers, kan., iowa, texas, corn, wheat, soy, they have all been beneficiaries is directly, but especially over the last 15 years, of a very beneficial subsidies to the agricultural sector. they were designed early on to be stabilizing subsidies by the usda and congress has wrestled with exactly what the right amount of subsidies should be a

. >> pensacola, florida. thank you for holding. you're on "the contenders." >> i remember as a 10-year-old boy when george wallace got shot, a very devastating day to me as a youngster, to be honest to you. my question is when governor wallace was running for president in the 1970's, who was his endorsements? you know how presidential people have their money backers. how did he raise money to run for office? the other question i have -- i know he has a son who is in political office. does he have any endeavors to run for governor at all? >> there was some "big" money, but by and large, george wallace, you can like him or dislike him, but he was an extraordinarily successful fundraiser of small contributions. he got millions of dollars in small amounts -- $5, $10, $20. he was never really backed by the big money individuals. i will let dr. reed talk about george wallace, jr. >> he ran for state senator. he is his son. the democratic conference endorsed him. of course, helater on switch to the republican party and we opposed him. ove

>> i am in pensacola, they have a naval base down there. i am studying history back to what will you do with that? i will probably teach high- school. i would like to get it to grad school eventually. >> i was just with a group of high-school students in math in new york or they have a group called a master's teachers program. they have a foundation that pays each of them an extra $15,000 per year because they want to track the brightest. profession itng is a private. foundation. good to see you. >>are the launderettes piling u? -- are the loans piling up? >> not really. >> good morning, everyone. i have a very important announcement to make. governor romney, this is an important announcement for un mrs. romney in council district number 1 with all the authority i have, i have declared it mitt and ann romney day in district number 1. [applause] there are more dignitaries walking around here. there are those of us to serve this northern district, i could not start to introduce everybody. i will introduce united states senator kelly ayotte. g