we will be in the raineys on on zone.nyy r it's mostly sunny today, temperatures near average.verage high is 51. be in a low 50's 50's farther south of the metro. from the morning tomorrow afternoon, rain off and on. showersew lingering especially south of the metro. expect around three-quarters of an inch of rain locally. high temperatures near 50. clearing on president. moving overnight construction. on 66.ll be gone they have been doing work on the 202 and should be out of there soon. we will take you into live pictures across the 14th street bridge. uneventful heading into down. and the next picture is coming t of frederick, maryland. outsidedlights clarksburg. 270 outside the beltway. dupont circle at 10:00 lightsrning all traffic out.go doing because if they're upgrades to the signals. crews will direct traffic as the done several .ours they hope to have the signals back on by the evening rush hour. easy area telecommutes even with lights. keep your eyes open. 4:42, 37 degrees in olney. the first of several meetings on a proposed fare increase for metro. what customers ha

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. >> that was the great voice of hal rainey, brilliant mark.ion? >> i went to kiss the ring of hal rainey, such a guide in our business, i had lunch with him, he had four whiskeys and a pack of cigarettes. >> great having you on, mark, who will have the best ads this year? on the political side? >> i think both -- the team that produces ads like clint eastwood is the team that will win. >> optimism sell or are the people down so much? >> it always sells. whether you're the challenger or incumbent you have to paint an optimistic future and vision that is better, whoever does that, most persuasively will win the election. >> mark mckinnon, when we return, fine wish president obama's reelection campaign strategy, going to be i think how he's doing not who is running against him, i disagree with the talk about it matters who he is running against, all abut him and he can win or lose the campaign. you're watching "hardball" on msnbc. >>> let me finish with this, lots of talk about the poll number shows obama six points ahead of romney in a face-off.

>> that was the great voice of hal rainey. brilliant advertising. mark, why don't democrats put ads like that on television? what is it? go ahead. >> i went to kiss the ring of hal ryan because he was such a god in our business. he had four whiskeys and smoked a pack of cigarettes over lunch. i realized where he got that great voice. it's great having you on, mark mackinnon. who is going to have the best ads this year? on the political side? >> well, i think both -- the team that produces ads like clint eastwood last night is the team that's going to win. i'll tell you that. >> will optimism sell? or are the american people down so much that -- >> it always sells. whether you are the challenger or incumbent you have to paint an optimistic future and a vision for the future that is better. whoever does that best and most persuasively will win this election. >> the great mark mckinnon. when we return, let me finish with president obama's re-election campaign strategy. it's going to be, i think, about how he's doing, not who is running against him. i d

. >> we can see the rainey seasons and the dry seasons over the continent. >> but it was just a hiccup in an otherwise steady rise in global sea level, which has been faster during the past 100 years. snas sa scientists say that any signs during the past 2,000. >> so what this paints is a picture of sea level rise that looks like a hockey stick. it's pretty stable for several thousand years. then at the end, it goes up. that is us. >> a new satellite study of the earth shows why. the blue shade indicates places where the land ice is being lost. red is where it's gaining. human amounts of the planet's land ice, greenland, antarctica and the ice caps are, the study indicates, melting annually and contributing to sea level rise. some spots in the u.s., alaska, louisiana, could be hard hit. south florida already is seeing it. >> during these extreme high tide events, it will be completely inundated with water extending from one waterway to another. >> here is what it looked like two years ago. jennifer herrato is responsible for helping broward county deal with rising water. the county is