at this point we don't see any major rainmakers on the horizon, so, we will stay with a dry and mildattern for the foreseeable future. >> thank you, jim. >>> well on friday the labor department said the u.s. unemployment rate jobbed to 8.3% in january. ployers added a net 243,000 jobs for the month. >> the question is if the trend continues, how will improving the economy affect the presidential campaign? joining us is joe tuman, our political analyst. it was the economy that got romney, right? >> yes. it was the economy that helped i am, you mean? >> yes. >> yes. if you want to select somebody on the republican side to go against president obama, you can pick somebody that can speak to his weakness or a growing strength to the president, which is the economy. >> if the numbers improve, how will it help president obama? >> hugely, and maybe in this way. the more the employment numbers trend in the right way -- and by the way, it is a modest increase. not a big increase that he wants. it looks then to be an unemployment issue for voters in the fall. it is not the only issue they will

the next system that arrives on thursday looks like it will be a rainmaker from the coast all the way to the mountains. for valentine's day, temperatures in the mid-forties, mostly cloudy skies and a sprinkle of rain here in the afternoon. gerry sandusky's favorite day of the entire year, valentine's day. eastern shore, maybe a sprinkle of rain tomorrow with high temperatures, upper 40, then clearing out and mild on wednesday. lower eastern shore for valentine's day, look for partly to cloudy skies. 46 tamara, a 52 on wednesday and some rain on thursday. breezy with clearing skies on friday. we are keeping our eye on a potential presidents day weekend storm. something may be developing saturday into sunday. updates on that throughout the week. >> from the susquehanna bank sports center, this is 11 sports. >> the biggest recruit late last week was seriously diminished today with were the danny o'brien will leave the maryland football program. he held off making a decision until today. the acc rookie of the year two seasons ago. o'brien's release prohibits him from transferring to the v

though it has a slight window the for potential development, it's more of a rainmaker for many of us. may see gusting winds down through the keys. you're talking temperature-wise still way above average for a good chunk of the country. that's a look at your region. let's check out the local forecast. boston mass hanging on the sunshine. at least a pretty decent looking day. pittsburgh, pennsylvania, with sunshine. houston texas coming in at nearly 60 degrees. so a number of buflt spots across the country. whether you like the win or the loss, at least starting off quiet. >> a little sunshine even for the people that are depressed. >>> well, job numbers looking up, france will still fly, and why a giants super bowl victory may look good for your stocks. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus a bunch of relative unknowns knock off a big name at the box office. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. western and arab states are voicing outrage after

before another rainmaker moves in. possibly tuesday night, early wednesday morning.f you have travel plans tomorrow to the sierra. winter weather advisory until 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. a foot of snow expected above 7,000 feet, four to six inches lake level. don't forget the chains. lows with the rain coming in and the cloud cover will keep news the 40s. the highs tomorrow, with a bit of afternoon clearing in the mid-to-low 50s. so a cool day. san francisco, 54. northwesterly winds howling near the coast. watsonville, 55. a little bit of a break. monday night, tuesday, and then another chance of some showers tuesday night, wednesday morning, and then we should dry out for a couple of days. >> thank you, leigh. >> valentine's day. don't forget. let's talk to shu. pebble beach was up for grabs. >> mike: like a pack ten championship. charlie wi. stanford, by tiger. today's final round at at&t ex-it was an old-school feeling with tiger woods and phil mickelson paired together, both hoping to chase down charlie wi. the most beautiful finishing hole in golf. charlie wi loo

area, along the mississippi valley, heading in to the tennessee valley and that will be our next rainmaker and storm maker as we move in to your wednesday. what is going to happen with that? chance for snow. as we go in to tomorrow, snow in to western maryland, probably to start in the morning. moving our time frame in to the afternoon, yes, we could see snow around here, that is possible. maybe up to 1 inch, maybe a little bit more, the higher you go, in to the northern counties, 2 inches. the sooner we get in to it, maybe tomorrow, i will be able to know that rain-snow line. we will get white flakes flying around as we go in to tomorrow afternoon. for today, though, lots of sunshine in the forecast, make sure you do what you need to do, we will have unsettled weather moving in as we go in to wednesday, and boom, there goes the dynamite. a chance for snow. ly break down the seven-day forecast and have your running forecast as well, now over to angela with a check of traffic. good morning. >>> good morning to you. getting ready for the tuesday drive, u.s. 50, doing good, we got two lanes w

gathering storm, significant rainmaker right now for the country's midsection. however as it begins to track eastward by tomorrow evening, we could see late rain showers saturday night, converting to wintery showers as we go in to the first part of our sunday. we will talk about this storming up. enjoy it, 40s and partly cloudy. >>> developing story , the komen foundation reversing decision to stop funding planned parenthood. their two giants of the women's health care industry, over the past few days they have been taking heat from the people that supported the organization is in the past. >> reporter: susan komen for the cure did an about face. the charity announced today it will reverse decision to eliminate funds to planned parenthood. in a statement komen said we want to apologize to the american public for decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives. se the president says it was the target of political bullying and called it a victory for women. >> what we have seen and outpouring of support, is a important message

then moving and spreading across the bay area, by the middle of the day, and then like i said, that rainmaker is not going to stick around for very long. and sunshine, mild temperatures, through the end of the workweek. >> it seems like tomorrow will be the day for it to rain. everybody will be inside. >> watching the game. >> hopefully you got to enjoy it today and got your hikes in. >> yes. >> and tomorrow's the big game. >> and who are you picking? >> i don't care. >> you don't care? either way. >> either time, i will be pretty happy. >> and the 49ers head coach doesn't have a super bowl prediction. and cal bounces back from the worst loss of the year. sports is next. for ariz >>> cal lost at home for the first time this season on thursday night. that turned out to be bad news for arizona state. they dug an early hole against arizona on thursday. but that wasn't the case this afternoon allen crab drills a three. and cal jumped up to an 11-0 lead. the sun devils shot 38% and committed 20 turnovers. crab is set up for the lay-up. 19 points for crab. cal led 34-16 at the half. and second half

across the state, next rainmaker moving through eureka this afternoon, 59 and rain there, mid 60s throughout the central valley, sun around tahoe 47, yosemite 53 low to mid 70s l.a. and palm springs, sunny 66 in san diego. you can see rain coming down and how much milder it will be, 50 in san francisco, the rest of us in the mid to you upper 40s. let's look at what is happening two areas of high pressure getting pushed apart losing their grip on our with weather, thanks to this cold front, cold front is going to spin the better part of its energy and time trying to punch through that blocking high that's why it is going to lose a lot of its moisture and why we'll have light rain tonight 1:00 in the afternoon, nice day to be out for lunch, may see a little light drizzle along the coast around sunset and then the better chance of seeing moisture as the front moves through during the evening and overnight if you have plans to be out this evening, go ahead, take the umbrella to be safe as far as rain it will end by 8:00 in the morning less than 1/10 of an inch better chances in higher elevations

northern california, that storm looks like it comes in the middle of the week for us, that will be a rainmaker, not a snowmaker. 49 today the high, 48 is typical so a normal day temperature wise. even the lows were close. a little above freezing, 33 and 37, typical low is 29 degrees. we're going to do the seesaw act here for a while. in the past week, we've been up, we've been down, back up again tomorrow, then we go down again, then we stabilize. the whole winter has been like that. we go into march, march starts on thursday. we go into march with rising temperatures. this evening, 41 degrees at indianapolis, 32 at cambridge. parkton, 33. westminster 37. down into the 20's in frederick. 27 degrees. 30's and 20's in far western maryland as well. no clouds around us at all. you have to go way to the north that disturbance is going to move through the great lakes and next as the snowmaker is well off to our north. a big area of high pressure sitting overhead. one more night of chilly conditions. with this weather system to the west, a front to the west, mild air coming in ahead of us. that's a w

but tuesday, that's our big rainmaker. some changes there. starting in the north bay on tuesday morning and moving east by the afternoon. should be just a few lingering sprinkles on tuesday and then by wednesday, the rain is out of here and we are dry and mild once again, so the ground hog quite hasn't gotten it right just yet. we'll see. >> he'll keep trying. >> thank you. >>> on this super bowl eve, americans are about to break records. the national retail federation predicts $11 billion will be spent on food and merchandise for super bowl xlvi. and that is an all time high. it breaks down to about $64 per viewer for snacks and apparel. also, more expensive, the commercial. a 30 second spot costs $3.5 million. back to the food though. among the things americans will chow down on, chicken wings. the national chicken council says fans will eat 1.25 billion of them. also 11 million-pounds of potato chips. in fact, the average fan will consume 12 00 calories in snacks. some healthier than others. vegetables are the number one snack eaten on sup

this is going to be a rainmaker across the country through the middle of february. there's no cold air in sight. we had that shot of cold air in the east. the areas in blue, show you where the cold air is now. mostly in canada and along the northern u.s. the really frigid stuff is up here in the purple and the white. look at the next seven days. a little bit of cool air over the northern plains into new england this weekend. we don't see arctic air. nothing really, really cold. we don't have any snowstorms on the way at all now even towards the end much february february. your valentine's day forecast. beautiful day in san antonio and houston in the mid 70s. cool, but not bad in the northern plains. even areas of the east will be a lot of clouds and light showers here and there. it's not going to rain on anyone's valentine's day. >>> coming up, apple hits a milestone. ipad upgrade rumors. how your valentine's get to be arctic. your first look at the business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, lebron goes buck hunting. a wild go on the ice and a poolside pro

you see the progression of that system that will get into texas as more of a rainmaker which i suppose at this time of the year could use some showers across the area. the northeast, that system very quickly skirted through, did see a few numbers upwards of about an inch in washington county, again the edge of d.c. from yesterday, but not much in the way of big-time snow. it has been enough and temperatures have been cool enough that as this made its way through there are still a few areas along i-80 and some of the neighborhoods where you certainly have to clean off your car this morning, maybe enough to make for some slick road travel especially on the edge of cape and towards the berkshires. a little bit of a coating. by local standards not much but by this year's standards a lot of us out of practice for driving on the slick roads. there's a look at some of the temperatures. barely freezing in new york, 33 in philly. beautiful day travel wise across the northeast and good portion of the eastern u.s. high pressure in control, some cool temperatures. seems cool here towards minneapol

will get cooler this weekend this cool canadian air circulating into the area and we have another rainmakeroming next week low pressures lifting into the midwest ... so tomorrow we will see some light day sunshine by late friday there could be more rainshowers that would go to snow showers friday night will be cloudy overcast saturday with maybe an occasional flurry ... there are indications from our weather models that we will get some colder days coming ... we will see a federal works out if that works ... high temperature to be 44 degrees tonight we have occasional rain developing. maybe some ice pellets or hale in the far northwest suburbs >>tomorrow things will get dreier and clouds will break by afternoon friday begins sunny but there will be a rain shower late in the day ... and back into the 40's we go. the top dog was crowned at the 1 1/3 to 6 annual westminster dog show tuesday night mala kye the pekingese took best in show the four year-old pompom beat out more than 2000 purebred dogs entered in that contest is the stock's 115th best in show title overall [ woman ] my washer had

moving east by will move to our west thursday, putting us on the one system and that be our next rainmakerernoon with allied southerly winds at 5-10. chance of a sprinkle this evening. and to get in a way of any plans for later today. sunny and 53 tomorrow. by thursday, still near 50 with a chance of rain especially by the midnight through the afternoon. clearing again friday. mostly cloudy on sunday, slight of a system affecting us. we will keep a close eye on that. will update you accordingly. lisa baden, happy valentine's day. >> thank you. happy valentine's day, everyone. pretty good about the beltway. is.rstate travel new york avenue, watt avenue, the district, quiet on the suitland parkway. we will take you to maryland to show you traffic moving very well the beltway to and from andrews air force base. on the beltway at about four. good north of 395 the beltway. at duken dry pavement to the 14thhe way street bridge. back to you. >> thank you. fog and clouds 53, 36 degrees in lanham. -- the and the survey by restaurant association's find that men don't mind receiving gift cards valent

but without any cold air in the east, it will be a rainmaker as it makes way east of the mississippi. sunday morning, showers south of town. by the time we hit next week, dry and mild again. it does not look like the system will bring much winter here. 47-52 is the high today. some sunshine in the mountains tomorrow. a storm is approaching on saturday, but only 20% chance of messy whether there. -- of messy weather there. as the western system move south of us, ocean city has a better chance of rain saturday night into sunday. seven-day forecast, a bit cooler, but not more than normal. monday and tuesday, back into the 50's. trying to cool off a little bit next week. >> the number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell last week according to the labor department. unemployment applications fell by 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 267,000. economists expect the january employment report to show that employers added 155,000 jobs last month and that the unemployment rate remained at 8.5%. a big win for consumers in a los angeles courtroom this week. a woman took on honda because

this will be mainly a rainmaker to the south and a narrow band of snow on the northern edge of it.an see it developing as begin to the midday hours tomorrow. anytime after 11:00 in the morning into early afternoon. temperatures will be above freezing when it begins. the initial snow will probably melt on contact. as we get toward sunset and beyond tomorrow, during the evening rush hour, that is when sunlight accumulations may occur. we could see some rain mixing in with the system is out of baltimore. it lingers into the evening hours. tomorrow's rush hour may be impacted by this. it will taper off late tomorrow night and by thursday the skies are clearing. sunshine back in your for thursday and friday. tomorrow evening is when we could see anywhere from 1-3 inches of snow. the main target is the northern suburbs, about an inch or so around baltimore and south of the bay, generally speaking in the baltimore area anywhere from 1-3 inches. most of it will be toward sunset tomorrow evening as the temperatures begin to cool and the ground begins to cool. rains out of town, northeast wi

looks like a rainmaker on thursday.t's mainly for the midafternoon. 48 this afternoon, 20% chance of a few sprinkles later this afternoon and evening. tomorrow sunshine, 53. by thursday, still near 50. we will be on the one side of the system, so it looks like rain maker by the midday. clearing on friday. computer models say there's a storm system possibly affecting us on sunday. they have not had the best track record so far this winter. i will keep an eye on that. let's go to lisa baden for the commute. >> there is a backup. exactly what you'll find on 66 eastbound traffic slowing at the visitor center. seven has a little volume getting to clark's gap. open-collar of leesburg. upstream all of manassas, here come your neighbors from 28, open to get past compton will. looks good through falls church on 66. quiet is 395 north the beltway to the 14th street bridge. green light on the george washington parkway, moving very nicely. and and the beltway in maryland looks good at university boulevard. back to you. >> thank you

it will stay a rainmaker there.m west to east before i show you a little bit of a super bowl forecast. storms ahead of the system. and warm in florida, 81. i'll leave you with, even though it's an indoor stadium, if good morning,, washingn, a a but a taste of winter before we are finished. temperature will be degrerees and rain tonight snow in the morning but >> this weather report has been brought to you by party city. dan and bianna? >> nice to know the weather in indianapolis is mild. >> even though they're going to be covered. >>> coming up here, madonna facing the music. critics howling about her new song and movie. now she has a chance to silence the haters on her biggest star yet. >>> and a toddler that might be able to beat you at ping-pong. find out how he got so good. he'll join us live. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle -- 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got revigor. what's revigor? it's the amino acid metaboli

fast they are not going to drop a lot of rain good news we won't see flooding we also won't see a rainmakert a dent in this deficit. clearing slightly calmer tonight and tomorrow chance of showers wednesday and again this weekend richmond 52, clear lake 48, everyone else mid 50s a few peeks of sun and scattered showers throughout the day same will hold through around the monterey bay and inland the winds over the ocean will be the fastest where we could get gusts up to 45 miles per hour bay shore pan bay up to 35 gusts up to 25 over our valleys with -- mountains up around 35 to 40 also tonight third one santa rosa for the cool spot mid to upper 30s inland valleys fremont, palo alto, morgan hill, santa cruz everybody else low to mid 40s not going to be too cold in a lot of areas tonight because the winds still stay up enough to keep the atmosphere mix . that's the center of instability while we'll keep scattered showers in the forecast. storms run in go up and lose energy grab a lot of cold air from alaska and slide back down this side and keep the breezes in and cool weather in the forecast

this is not a big rainmaker nor will there be a lot of cold air behind it.bit of a drop in the snow level started at about 5000 feet. owing to about 4000 or 3500 by monday evening as the snow is likely anywhere from 3 inches to 6 inches of snow at lake levels. in the higher terrain as we look for patchy fog around the bay, cloudy and cool here today. temperatures near seasonal norms. upper 50s to low 60s. late tonight the remnants of this front moves into the area. so it will be a minor event as it brings more clouds than rain to the area. a chance of showers developing but around 9:00 tonight into early tomorrow morning. could be a bit wet for your early morning commute. we will see the bulk of moisture in the evening hours here tonight turning to showers by tomorrow morning. again, the roadways may be a bit damp first in the morning. another weak system approaches the area with some valentine day showers expected into early wednesday morning. this too will be a minimal event. not expecting a lot of rainfall. around a quarter of an inch or so. temperature w

. >> the rainmaker we had yesterday pulling off shore. fog overnight has burned off.y. we are watching carefully the developing weather system. that won't be an issue. toda ♪ >>> adam le vine made his mark as a singer with maroon 5 and collaborating with gym class heroes. now he's trying to help other singers reach the big time in his role as a celebrity judge on "the voice." the second season is a smashing success so far. adam will be here to tell us about it monday on "today." >> closing in on beating "american idol." >> i know. it's really good. i'm hooked. >> they just jab each other trying to get people to come to them. >> they're competitive. >> more than last year. they were sweet last year. >> did you see what adam's music did to the women here? [ sighing ] >> mesmerized. >> immediately went to the amy cam. meantime just ahead the story that has people everywhere buzzing. the dad who pumped his daughter's laptop full of bullets to teach her a lesson. justified or too far? a lot of folks weighing in. we'll talk more about it ahead. >> on a different note, think

even out in western maryland, looks like a rainmaker. seven-day forecast, for 40's to nearly 50 tomorrow. 80% chance of rain. decompressing air will warm-up thursday. looks like we will be able to get into the 60's again. in a storm arrives friday night and saturday with more showers and could end with much colder air and some flurries on sunday and monday. >> thank you. as voters head to the polls in michigan, president obama defends his decision to bail out the auto industry in our commitment 2012 update on the race to the white house. that is next. >> nascar fans are used to seeing crashes, but huge, fiery explosions? chills, thrills, spills at last night's daytona 500. the bizarre accident that led to the scene straight ahead. >> this proposed new license plate to help military veterans is meeting resistance in annapolis. details new at 6:00. >> the other option was to do absolutely nothing and let these companies fail, and you will recall there were some politicians who said we should do that. some even said we should let detroit go

here comes a little rainmaker tuesday, back to sunny and mild conditions wednesday, thursday and fridayl we get. it looks like that one day. >> except for the one burt last week or the week before, it's been a little teasing rain here and there. >> i know. hopefully this will get here. it might not even bring us that much rain. >> all right, lisa. thank you. >>> in sorts this morning thousands of giants fan will be at&t park for the team's annual fan fest and the hape continues to build with the super bowl now just one day away. here's larry beil with a preview of sports. >> did morning. last time the giants won the super bowl it was four years ago. they start the the tradition they had to this pizza every friday. yesterday they had 12 pies flown in. part of their preparation for super bowl w4*6. a lot of people thought tom would be preparing for unemployment or working at hum humbertos. >> we've had our backs to the wall. players have performed very well under that circumstance. our leader, our quarterback has been a very cool customer and has done very well late in the fourth quarters

. >>> and stormwatch, a rainmaker in texas could pack a winter punch for our area. >>> good morning,elcome back to "news4 today," i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. be careful as you head out this morning. it is soupy out there. we shot this video overnight. fog socked into washington, the monument, can you even see it? you can only see the half of the monument there, and the lights give you a good idea of just how thick it is. >> wow. >> try driving through that. >> yeah. through the washington monument, do not, please. leave it where it is. the fog has been a problem. >> could be dangerous. can be dangerous, too, because pedestria pedestrians, you won't be able to see them. watch out, students waiting for school buses. keep in mind, they can't see you, either. there is the live view from the city camera showing reagan national now. an hour ago we couldn't even see reagan national airport. visibilities have improved. right now it's 41 at reagan national with a light southwesterly breeze. and the fog is rather dense, especially in southern maryland. these are the latest visibilities. no

this is not a massive rainmaker but it is something.hen we come back a look at your 7 day around the bay. >>george: we do not have any accidents. we have been lucky so far but did not expect that to last. there are no backups on the approach or across the stand. for the golden gate is a wet deck for short. >>mark: we are continuing coverage would jackie sissel live in san rafael with more on weather and traffic conditions there. >>jackie: the rain has let up in the last 45 minutes or so. right now things have lined up a little bit. >>darya: we are waiting for a ruling in the battle over same-sex marriage. this is the voters approved a ban on same-sex marriage. >>mark: on the stanford campus, police are searching for suspects in two different sexual assaults. in one incident the woman says a man climbed into her dorm room through a window and climbed in her bed. >>darya: new information coming from san francisco school overwhelmed by illness. nearly two-thirds of the students at st. ignatius high school in san francisco came down with an

it is not a big rainmaker but something is better than nothing. this will translate to snow in the sierra. >> believe it or not we are not tracking in the hot spots. at the bay bridge we have been tracking a delay for the better part of the morning. it is a slow ride with a 18 minute drive time. notice the e.d. approach is backed up. " looking at your ride on 101, the golden gate southbound, heavy volume. >>mark: stanford police are searching for a suspect or suspects on to sexual assaults that will happen within 15 minutes of each other. a woman says a man entered her dorm room, she fought him off in he ran out of the round. a few minutes later another woman says she was attacked by walking back to her room on campus. police did send out a text message. officials have not yet determined if the assaults are connected. >>darya: we are back with more and a couple of minutes. in the bay area it is raining, they will get some saw this. >>james: here is your snowbomb.com ski report. >>darya: here is a look at storm tracker 4. pretty much light rain and

a big rainmaker is going to be moving to the east. 59 in dallas. 49 in albuquerque. 42 in salt lake cityk. 43 in chicago. tampa with 83 degrees. new orleans with 77 and boston 40 degrees out by the frog pond. it should be a big day in terms of the east. >>> anyone with a sweet tooth, watch out, of course. there is sugar in candy bars. but something else to worry about? guess what other foods are full of shut sugar. find out right here. >> deviled eggs. and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ [ male announcer ] engine light on? come to meineke now for a free code scan read and you'll say...my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> happening later at cnn this morning, the u.n. security council could vote auto a draft resolution to stop syria's crackdown on protesters. >>> at 10:30 a.m., the reverend al sharpton will hold a trip tribute in new york honering don corneilus. >>> and at 8:00 tomorrow, nevada's gop caucus results are expected to start coming in. >>> the game, the commercials, also halftime.

it will be a decent rainmaker although not too long lasting.y wednesday it will be nothing but a memory. mild weather will be firmly back over the bay area will warm conditions and sunny skies through the weekend. >>erica: the commute is essentially over. we do not have any delays to speak out. we did see some sluggish conditions along the east shore freeway westbound but it looks like speeds have picked up there to 45 mi. per hour. if you are taking a 80, that looks good. the ride has climbed back down to just 10 minutes. the san mateo bridge ride is a problem free. we have an accident free throughout the morning. the ride is 14 minutes from end to end. the golden gate shows a lot of space between cars and a pretty decent ride coming out of the north bay pass the bottle and highway 37. coming up in my next report a look at traffic maps. >>mark: clashes--class is at st. ignatius college prep have resumed. the health department is now confirming that it was in fact the highly contagious neural virus that sickened more than 300 students and facul

as this blizzard moves out of the plains and toward chicago, it becomes a rainmaker. for right now, that's the weather around the nation. >> we have fog and severe weather, lots of it to talk about in the next half hour. >>> we were all stun when he learned about this after the show yesterday. music and dance fans paying tribute to a pop culture pioneer. don cornelius, apparently took his own life at the age of 75 on wednesday. for over three decades, his show entertains. chris connelly takes a look back. ♪ >> reporter: what don cornelius created for television would become the most influential music program of its time. ♪ soul train >> reporter: over the years, stevie wonder, the jackson 5 -- ♪ oh, baby >> reporter: and so many other greats. >> everybody watched "soul train" and don cornelius. he was a gentleman first, last, and always. >> reporter: contemporary music by african-americans, a mere side salad on network shows back then was placed front and center. >> when it came on, it was overnight hot. every black person in town knew about it. >> reporter: he rallie

. >>> rainmakers come in during the evening and overnight.the low to mid 40s. cooler than average with mid to uper 50s. rain moves into the north bay steady 9:00 tonight moving out of the south bay by 7:00 tomorrow morning. >> the news continues with go manssor arbabsia ♪ >>> hello, grandma alice. getting chilly in times square. we'll take that hello. >> oh, the baby. that's the baby. she was inside. >>> out there in l.a., we have just met all the stars. big "gma" dance party this morning. we learned the cast of "dancing with the stars." a little gladys night, gavin degraw. steve urkel. a big live, two-hour event on monday, march 19th. who will be the stars' partners. let's find out. back to robin. before josh cracks up. >> they've already been trash talking here. >> they have. >> in the short break of time. you have met the sleblcelebriti. time to meet the partners. with tom and brooke. help us out. >> this is the first time we have done this. let's start with jack wagner. you lucky man. your dance partner is going to be and i love saying he

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