raleigh's pimp in an undercover sting.gh was apprehended the next day and delivered home to her mother. >> i couldn't process it. i remember leaning back and leaning on the wall for support because i thought i was going to pass out. i could not believe it. and i remember thinking to myself, i was like this has got to be a mistake. how could it be? not my kid. >> in february 2011 raleigh's 18-year-old pimp was convicted in the first case brought by illinois's human trafficking task force. anita alvarez says it won't be the last. >> we'll have to talk to frank and see -- >> this is a priority. it's a priority for all of us here in chicago and cook county. and a priority i believe any mother would agree with me. i don't believe anyone wants to see their child fall victim to this type of crime. >> today mother and daughter are now reunited and working on mending their past. >> i feel blessed. i think god gave raleigh and i both a second chance at bettering our relationship. >> no, i'm just playing. >> and i think that had that

the raleigh ringers believe that english handbells are instruments for all seasons and lots of occasionsstirring march, many kinds of music can be played on handbells, including one kind of music that has surprised some members of our audiences. apparently, nothing in their experience had prepared them for a handbell ensemble that could rock and roll. [playing handbells and choirchimes allegretto and mezzo piano] ♪ [playing allegro] ♪ [playing allegro] ♪ [playing mezzo forte] ♪ [cheers and applause] [playing handbells and choirchimes allegretto and mezzo piano] ♪ [playing allegro] ♪ [playing mezzo forte] ♪ [playing allegretto] ♪ [playing mezzo piano] ♪ [applause] [playing handbells presto and mezzo forte] ♪ [playing mezzo piano and allegro] ♪ [playing mezzo forte] ♪ [playing choirchimes and handbells allegretto and mezzo piano] ♪ [playing mezzo forte] ♪ [playing allegro] ♪ [playing fortissimo] ♪ [applause] for every one of us in the raleigh ringers, there were some wonderful moments in the past, when we first saw and heard and picked up and rang english handbells. the fascination that to

i'm david crabtree for cbs news in raleigh, north carolina. >>> that's worth the ride down to raleigh. >> still to come on wjz eyewitness news, not giving up hope. the search for a missing 20- month-old baby. >> also a woman set on fire inside a elevator inside her apartment building. the latest. >> i'm bernadette, we're putting together exclusive 5 day forecast, coming back. >> here are the top stories on wjz.com at this hour. for. dates and updated forecast, ,,,, woman: we had been called up for the first time. wildfires were getting close to homes. at that moment, i got my first taste of just how important the guard is. announcer: be there for your community, at nationalguard.com. >> neighbors of an elderly woman died in new york remembers her. 47-year-old jerome isaac is charged with her murder. >>> investigators say a rifle accident is to blame for a amish girl death in ohio. 15-year-old rachel yoder was shot in the head and killed while she was riding inside her horse buggy in fredericksburg. the accident occurred when a man was cleaning his loaded rifle. it fired nearly a half

raleigh? cleveland tonight? [siri- really cold. down to about 14 degrees.]at e-mail with the naughty or nice list. [siri- new message from mrs. claus: go easy on the cookies.] [laughs] how does the rest of my day look? [siri - you have 3.7 billion appointments.] it attends wrap parties... with the crew. there's nothing like the taste of the big mac snack wrap. but hurry. it has places to be. ♪ isn't this great, us working together? i know. yay. how did this happen? it was at one of your office christmas parties, years ago. with steve now in school, i've got the itch to start working again. your chest is crazy. definitely send me your résumé. i didn't get the job at the time, but when i was dropping you off the other morning, i ran into bullock. (tires squealing) (screams) my leg! you bitch! i'm gonna sue the living... crazy chest. how are you? well, that is just fantastic. mind if i borrow your desk rock? are you nuts?! you hired my wife?! so? i also banged your daughter. and remember your fourth of july barbecue? i muff-punched your gram-gram; she was just

[soft instrumental music] ♪ it's my pleasure to welcome you to this performance by the raleigh ringersgh, north carolina. the raleigh ringers is a community-based handbell ensemble that gave its first performance in 1990, but our instrument, the english handbell, has been around for hundreds of years. the ringers of the large bells found in the towers of so many english churches developed complex methods of repeatedly changing the order in which the bells were rung according to a memorized pattern. all this needed a lot of practice standing in a non-climate-controlled stone tower, hauling on a rope to control a massive bell, whose voice would unavoidably be heard for miles around. hoping to make their practice sessions more comfortable and less public, the ringers asked bell manufacturers to make them some small bells tuned to pitches that matched the bells in their tower. once these little bells existed, it was only natural to start playing tunes on them. and, well, here we are today. [playing handbells allegro and mezzo piano] ♪ [playing fortissimo] ♪ [playing mezzo forte] ♪ [playing

. >> reporter: when santa showed up at tar river elementary near raleigh, north carolina, he not only brought gifts, he brought every second grader the exact toy they had asked for in their letters. >> did everybody get what they wanted? >> uh, yeah, obviously! >> thank you. every kid, that is, but bethany arnold. who refused to ask him for a single toy. >> dear santa, my daddy is in iraq. could you bring him home for christmas. >> that would be the best gift of all. >> did you know that you were asking for something that was kind of tough? >> yes. but well, it is tough to go around the world in one night. >> that's true. >> and i never wanted anything more than that. >> bethany's dad, wendall arnold is a contractor in iraq. he's been working on the country's much-needed electrical infrastructure. >> i understand that he has to stay and help people. >> reporter: she's only seen him two weeks in the last two years. >> but i do miss him a lot. >> reporter: last time they saw each other, while he was on leave in germany, they exchanged these key chains. >> this is his heart. >> she carri

look at the mild temperatures raleigh at 56. charleston, west virginia at 59. all of this is moving northeast. that's why we're going to have a warm day for december. right now, some chill in the air. at least in lovettsville at haymarket. it is 44 for laytonsville and columbia. 50 over at andrews, alexandria this morning. 47. and here in washington, we're at an even 50 with cloudy skies. winds south at 5 miles per hour. the dew points have risen into the 40s. lots of cold out west but in the east and southeast, look at the warmth. nashville, 61. atlanta, 58. here is all of the rain. we're going to have several waves of low pressure over the next few days. not only rain chances today but again tomorrow night and looks like again christmas day, there could be some cold showers. 61, breetzy, periods of rain and showers. we start dry tomorrow. clouds increase. tomorrow night. more rain into early friday. friday though, partly sunny, 54. saturday it looks dry. so, the 'skins game should be dry and cool. 46. chance of some showers on christmas day. temperatures stil

steve hartman "on the road" near raleigh, north carolina. no ordinary doctor.say he was smoking a cigar - while performing surgeries. tonight a san francisco man is in. >>> good evening. i'm allen martin. >> i'm elizabeth cook. >>> no ordinary doctor. patients say he was smoking a cigar while performing certainlyel surgery. tonight a san francisco man is charged with impersonating a doc -- impersonating a doctor. joe vazquez reports. >>> reporter: he is not a doctor but he is in big trouble for acting like one. the district attorney says carlos guzman garza was running a clinic in the 2500 block of mission. while he never said he was a doctor he pretended to be working for one as a physician's assistant when he included two procedures including a liposuction on a woman who was later severely infected. >> he administered anesthesia and then while they were waiting for it to take, to start working, he

. >>> el comité en raleigh, la capital, se comenzó a pensar el papel del estado en cuanto a inmigración de arizona, sería aceptable para la comunidad y el estado en general . >>> hemos visto el impacto que ha tenido en al gente, donde las personas han sido detenidos nada más por la manera que parecen. >>> aunque todos los condados de carolina del norte participan en comunidades seguras, este estado no ha tomado una decisión en cuanto a inmigrantes indocumentados. >>> creo que carolina del norte tiene que reflejar la historia de estados unidos . >>> entre los que apoyan las leyes como las de arizona, son dos alguaciles,porque dicen que los inmigrantes indocumentados vienen a delinquir. >>> además se dice que cualquier acción de parte de carolina del norte serían en vano, porque la corte suprema tendrá prontamente una decisión. >>> el discutir proyecto¡s de ley puede ser una gran pérdida de tiempo, porque hay dos casos que van a al corte suprema de justicia en washington . >>> ahora los republicanos estudian la posibilidad de pasar una ley similar a la de arizona o la de carolina del sur,

un hombre de raleigh fue agarrado infranti mientras espiaba en un bano para mujeres de un supermercado stafford... javier leiva peÑa de 43 aÑos, fue arrestado el domingo en el giant, localizada en la evenida worth y la calle north estafford... una empleada del negocio que utilizaba el baÑo noto la presencia del intruso sobre el techo mirandola y notifico al gerente, quien llamo a la policia... leiva-pena --quien aparentemente estaba intoxicado ahora enfrenta cargos por mirar de manera furtiva en un bano de mujeres y posecion de marihuana.. un estudiante de la universidad georgetown fue asaltado a punta de pistola en las proximidades de la institucion.. ocurrio el miercoles alrededor de las 9 y 30 de la noche, entre las calles 41 y la calvert en el noroeste... dos suejtos salieron de un vehiculo negro y lo tiraron al piso ademas de apuntarlo con la pistola... luego le robaron su computadora personal, libros, telefono y billetera... el alcalde del distrito de columbia quiere que el gobierno federal le reembolse por los costos de las protestas de ocupando dc... gray expreso hoy que los ga

down all the weight to the coast. 67 right now in raleigh. 49 in atlanta. you can see the temperatures are cooling down as you head out west. oakland, a 32. 51 at the inner harbor. we have some 60's as you head along the eastern shore appeared those temperatures will be dropping down. the temperatures will not be moving too much more into the afternoon. we're talking low to mid 50's. a little bit of rain this morning. that is ending with gusty winds. some gusts past 25. we are much colder tonight with lows getting near the freezing mark. the cold air pushes in for the holiday weekend. dry for the ravens game. that storm system expected to stay to the south. maybe some flurries in the mountains. sunshine and 44 by monday. our next chance for rain may be on tuesday. >> it looks like wendy's recent revamp of its hamburgers is paying off, about to overtake mcdonald's as the number 2 hamburger chain. this is the first time wendy's will move into the number two spot. this is the time of year when furnaces fail and when consumers can be susceptible to scanninmming

still warm down in raleigh durham. along the boundary of 18 degrees below where they were yesterday. that is where the ripple in the atmosphere has come in and that will be moving to our south rapidly racing out. it is really falling apart. here is what it will be doing. over the next 24 hours, going out. here is the local futurecast. 7:00, for those that did see some sleet into the southern tip of st. mary's county, even that will move out. by tomorrow, in northwestern wind. a blustery day with the northwester coming in. along the cold side but seasonal. outside temperature is probably only into the low 40's. for your sunday, more of the same. sunshine, more clouds, and a passing snow flurry possible. when you head out temperatures still above freezing, no iciness to worry about. day-by-day, once again the temperatures begin to recover next week. the next time it really does anything will be in the form of rain showers on thursday. no white christmas that i see. that is it. >> the toyota sports desk. brought to you by

steve hartman, on the road near raleigh, north carolina. >> that's what matters. >> i need a tissue. that was amazing. >> ok. >> collect ourselves. >> that's right. >> let's answer the question of the morning this morning. according to a "usa today" poll, americans collectively eat 100 pounds of which one of these things every second? >> it wasn't our answer. >> we said cheese. >> the answer is a, chocolate. >> we ate a lot of chocolate, too. >> we did, too. >> but it totally comes in second. >> this year. >> to the 17 kinds of cheese i added to random things. we have a check of the news before you go coming up next. >>> time now is 5:53. we have mainly clear skies. 6:53 we have mainly clear skies. we'll see sunshine through midday and late day. highs making it into the middle range. going to feel much cooler with the wind chill moving on through. we will pull in some rain tomorrow in the forecast. monika? >> i'll take it olga, thank you. 6:53 this monday, december 26th. here is a check of the news. "the washington post" reports an outside firm is going to investigate the suspicious

raleigh, north carolina, heading up almost 70 degrees today. boston at 52. minneapolis, a little cooler today than yesterday. and this rain will be out shortly looks like a dry weekend for a lot of us. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> everything falls on wall street except for fear. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, who would have thought she showed up on time, dressed okay and got along with the judge. lindsay lohan finally has a good day in court. >>> coming up, chris paul is traded. magic make a decision about dwight howard's future. and tim tebow for president. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines. activists say violence across syria left as least 25 people dead wednesday. an activists group says army defectors killed 25 soldiers in security clashes this morning which would make it one of the deadliest attacks by rebel troops in the nine-month uprising. >>> a commercial satellite company says it captured a photo of china's first ai

areas like raleigh, north carolina, expect steady rain throughout the day today. maybe a rumble of thunder. cincinnati, ohio, you're one of those spots that may be on the backside you'll see a couple snowflakes but we're not expecting much in the way of accumulating snow there. mostly, i'd say, 90% a rain event. just a little snow on the backside. >> 10%? >> yeah, very little. >> and maybe mud afterwards. >> yeah. >> unfortunately. >>> well, the goal for the week on wall street, shoppers go on out mega monday and the girl got a violin worth tens of thousands of dollars on a bus. >>> plus, a new lawsuit against lady gaga makes her sound like a -- not the greatest person to work for. >>> another tough outing for the defending champions, a wild play in the independence bowl and drew brees makes nfl history. you're watching early "today." >>> very good morning to you. welcome back to "early today." here are some of your top headlines this morning. one week after the death of north korea's leader, his son and suck success sore is sharpening his diplomat skills. kim jon

the happy little world of sweet and leafy suburb of raleigh, north carolina.amily would aspire to if you were someone like hanna pritchard, for example. >> there's always lots of friend making going on through someone you meet. lots of cookouts and family functions. >> like the one in the neighborhood the night before. so hanna would have heard party stories from her friend nancy cooper. would have. because nancy didn't show up. >> i hadn't heard from her maybe by like 10:00, i called her house. brad answered and he said, she went for a run. >> nancy was an athlete. had been training for a half marathon. brad cooper was nancy's husband. >> okay, when did she leave? and he told me, i don't know. 6:30 or 7:00. he was like, she's not back? >> weird. if nancy had to cancel their meeting, surely she would have called. hanna cooled her heels. >> at 1:00, the phone rang. and i saw on the caller i.d. it was her house. hey, where have you been? he said no, hanna, it's brad. nancy is still not back. >> now brad was worried. >> so i really started to panic. >> especially

we are a little below average. 40 degrees downtown officially and 49 degrees in raleigh. we have cooler weather filling in. there is a cold front off to our west. we were watching a little snow shower action but it will not bring any precipitation just clouds. tappers and i may not be as cold but the cold air will come in tomorrow. -- temperatures may not be as cold but the cold air will be here tomorrow. saturday night downtown may be in the 20's or the teens in the suburbs. there may be clouds tomorrow morning and that will slide out of here. it will be cold and dry it through the weekend. sunny and cool this afternoon upper 40's, tonight maybe not quite as cool because we will have those clouds around and tomorrow, low 40's. same for sunday and next weekend we will have a slight warming trend. next chance of rain perhaps by wednesday. >>> thank you. we have a strong message about popular birth control medication. the food and drug administration voted yesterday that certain birth control madison should have warning labels. a recent study found women who take newer form

. >>> this comes to us from raleigh, north carolina. where nearby in johnson county helping others was the only request on one teen's burt day wish. mckenzie's sweet 16 bash didn't resemble the sweet 16 party we've seen thrown so many times. for these me first kids. instead, this birthday girl wanted to give. she told party gusts to come with donations for the toys for a little holiday comfort showing the teen generation, showing that it can be better to give than receive. >> you are saying my big sweet 16 party was out as a me first kid. >> where you got your new jeep with the big bow on it? >> a hummer, jeep wasn't good enough many. >> i'm not surprised. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> home to the largest sa sculpture festival. some measuring over 16 feet tall. it's comprised of over 2,,400 tons of sand. >>> in beijing, visitors of a shopping mall are greeted with a wonderland of lights. the light festival follows a fairytale theme this year and displays ove

here is the president on wednesday, in fort bragg, north carolina, 50 miles south of raleigh,tary back from iraq. >> so as your commander in chief, and on behalf of a greatful nation, i'm proud to finally say these two words -- and i know your families agree -- welcome home! [cheering] welcome home! welcome home! >> okay, and baghdad this week, on-site u.s. defense secretary leon panetta shut down the u.s. military campaign. secretary panetta is absolute the soldiers who were lost in iraq. >> those lives have not been lost in vain. they gave birth independent, free and sovereign iraq. >> question, are we leaving iraq voluntarily, or were we thrown out? eleanor. >> a little bit of both. i think obama campaign has already done an ad saying promise kept. this president ran on getting us out of iraq, and he has kept that promise. so yes, we got out because it was time and we wanted to. but we also wanted to leave a residual force behind, and we couldn't negotiate with the iraqis that they would accept that, and prime minister -- malachy's problem he couldn't accept that after nine years, t

. >> but with raleigh thai noodle 2 closed many are coming to the sba, small business administration's loan office. who is eligible? renter, home and business owners. >> and nonprofit organizations that were impacted either directly or financially as a result disaster. >> reporter: all the loans are offered at lower than market interest rates. the movies aimed at helping people recover from the november 18th fire which destroyed a 95-year-old building which served businesses and residents. >> hi, how are you? >> i've been here 42 years >> reporter: al geyer was the first business owner on telegraph through the door. he says that business is off 60%. the shop was not destroyed by fire but by restraighted access. >> you can't walk the length. no california or university students are able to walk down the street. >> we hope to recover in this very poor economy. the way to do it is to have some sales at christmas time. >> reporter: people on telegraph avenue also believe that many people don't note street is back open again and they are hoping to get the word out about that as well. report

raleigh. craig: near charlotte. >> yes. claire and i are friends. craig: you're friends with claire danes? what the hell? does everybody in show business know each other? >> of course. craig: oh, i feel like i'm being used like you put your daughter in lesbian row so she could get in show business. [laughter] well, your plan back fired because she was on this show instead. [laughter] are you ok with her being in show business? >> yes. craig: are you in show business yourself? >> no. craig: what business are you in? >> i'm a homemaker. craig: that is a great business to be in. one that you might want to consider. [laughter] although choose your partner wisely. someone who perhaps is a little more job security than your bony friend right now. are you all right with the type of men that she dates? are you ok with that? >> sometimes. craig: are you out here to check up on anyone? >> not at the moment. not that i don't know of anyone. craig: i hear you. i hear you. athena, i've got kids. i know what you're saying. [laughter] anyway. i think all's well th

and in raleigh, north carolina, six protesters were arrested as they are blocking a downtown street and refusing to move. >>> half dozen occupy des moines activists setting up a camp outside president barack obama's campaign headquarters in iowa and they are vowing to stay there around the clock. the occupy protesters rallied on saturday against military spending and then some walked to the office for obama's reelection bid. nobody was there. the doors were locked. obama spokesperson says their campaign has no comment. >>> overseas, nine people are dead and hundreds injured in two days of clashes between egyptian forces and protesters. soldiers went into cairo today chasing and beating protesters. tossing journalist tv cameras. at least 100 protesters retaliated against military police by throwing stones. >> police in los angeles looking for the owner of a 1983 washington redskins super bowl ring. authorities recovered that ring and the 1985 super bowl ring of chicago bears wide receiver from a downtown l.a. jewelry store. in 1983, you might recall the skins beat the dolphins 27-17. the

raleigh. craig: near charlotte. >> yes. claire and i are friends. craig: you're friends with claire danes? what the hell? does everybody in show business know each other? >> of course. craig: oh, i feel like i'm being used like you put your daughter in lesbian row so she could get in show business. [laughter] well, your plan back fired because she was on this show instead. [laughter] are you ok with her being in show business? >> yes. craig: are you in show business yourself? >> no. craig: what business are you in? >> i'm a homemaker. craig: that is a great business to be in. one that you might want to consider. [laughter] although choose your partner wisely. someone who perhaps is a little more job security than your bony friend right now. are you all right with the type of men that she dates? are you ok with that? >> sometimes. craig: are you out here to check up on anyone? >> not at the moment. not that i don't know of anyone. craig: i hear you. i hear you. athena, i've got kids. i know what you're saying. [laughter] anyway. i think all's well th

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their third successive league victory in london united beat around this by two unanswered goals from raleigh and carrick who have pulled beat us the bill away to a. currently entertaining sunderland late you score that is one nail. of remarkable change finally table topping match to city now it's home to the faith seated arsenal its goal is after thirty five minutes of play. now marcus well it has won the men's half pipe by the still burning world cup in finland the thing turned out to be best. for the conditions is high cost performance or hopeful of a range of daring spectacular moves just missed to call border his best to claim second place another thing aleksey copulating completed the podium victory puts second half pipe standings hard follow finn. in the women's event it was frenchwoman look see the third one who talked to every one point two points which was enough to give the competition the perfect temperature of the planet by less than two point she took silver finishing with eighty. two bronze at first world cup. lee westwood has won the title and golf. by seven shots on twenty tw

that will filter in over the next couple days. 56 in atlanta mane 63 in raleigh.mild air ahead of storm number one. storm number two in texas. we will watch that one as it will see the cooler air move in. tomorrow showers likely. most of them should be on the light side. is it not a washout tomorrow. mild ahead of the system. but here is the cold front. we will be along the front on wednesday. as the front moves through we will see heavy rain on wednesday and into wednesday night and then the cold air moves anyone and that rain could change to snow. that is the best chance for accumulation and around the i-95 corridor by thursday morning we could be talking about some problems on the roads. however i'm not too worried about accumulation on the roadways for now. but we'll have to wait so see how strong that system is. cloudy and mild tomorrow morning a few showers. 49 to 55 degrees. take the umbrellas with you. they will be need tomorrow. the showers throughout day with the cloud cover. mild weather. 56 to 62. and i might be too cool here. some areas could be in th

and i-40, from nashville to raleigh. rain soaks i-95, from d.c. up to maine. >> and if you're flying, airport delays are possible on the east coast, from boston to atlanta and in new orleans. >>> turning, now, to a pretty horrible story here. a young texas model and magazine editor is facing a long road to recovery after a horrific freak accident. >> she lost her left hand after walking right into a the propeller of a private plane. we get the latest from abc's lucy yang. >> reporter: she loved fashion. she wrote about it and talked about it. even started a magazine about it called "lolo." 21-year-old lauren scruggs is in a hospital. the young fashionista was flying around saturday night looking at christmas lights. what began as a holiday treat ended up costing the young model and fashion editor her left hand. officials believe when the plane landed at a small private airport, scruggs got off and in a bizarre accident, walked into the propeller, which sliced at her like a giant blender. she was rushed to the hospital, where doctors removed what r

the heavier rain just west of raleigh and real heavy rain just south of atlanta, georgia. much of the eastern half of the country is going to be covered with rain. some of this in one system today. behind it where the colder air is wrapping in. st. louis, missouri, around memphis, tennessee, a little light snow. what happens with the storm system, area of light pressure tracking north through the mountains. we'll get the moderate to heavy rain between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. the heaviest for the afternoon rush. the rain leaves out of here by around 7:00. let's go ahead and talk about high temperatures for today. we'll get up to 49 degrees today. 45 for wednesday. sunshine returns at the end of the week, but know that tomorrow's sunshine, hey, carol, that's going to come with a lot of wind to deal with. >> oh, goody. well, at least today we don't have the rain to contend with. >>> the good news is the bw parkway, all lanes wide open. they did a great job of cleaning up that accident and fuel spill overnight. 66 at 28, may notice the vehicle off to the shoulder. nothing is blocke

teammates in raleigh mode. more bad news for head football coach.'s leaving now and why fans are about to >> one is by far the most productive redskins player is fred davis. the other the anchor of the offensive line, trent. losing two players of that caliber is the last sthi shanahan needed needed but they will be suspended for violating the substance abuse policy at least three times. normally that means a year-long suspension. because of the lockout it's been reduced to four games. >> some people will make mistakes. we understand that along the way. that doesn't mean that we're going to just drop somebody because they make a mistake. >> sometimes you don't make the best decisions that we could make. that has nothing to do so much with your character as sometimes just a lapse in judgment. >> bad news there. bad news in college park. another player is leaving maryland football. junior offensive tackle r. j. duly has been granted his release. it's the second player in two weeks to leave. running back d. j. adams boltedlast week. >>> hockey caps on t

also, slick on i-40, from raleigh to little rock. i-10, from baton rouge, to san antonio. i-20, across texas. windy conditions in southern california. >> and if you're flying, just a couple weather-related airport delays. los angeles and houston. >>> chicago bears' wide receiver, sam hurd, is behind bars this morning, facing some pretty serious drug charges. >> he was arrested during an undercover sting operation wednesday night and accused of setting up a drug dealing network. prosecutors say he was looking to buy $700,000 of cocaine and marijuana a week. the investigation lasted yast year in texas. hurd says he is innocent. >>> two former penn state officials accused of stone walling a complaint about the sex abuse of a child will be in court this morning. but the real focus is likely to be on the man who made that complaint. and that's assistant football coach mike mcqueary. the athletic director and school vice president said mcqueary did not tell them enough to report to authorities. >>> there will also be a preliminary hearing today for army private bradley manning.

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want to talk about some of the nicer ones, considering boston through new york, raleigh, back towardstrol. on the back side we're bringing some of the moisture up into texas, setting the stage for showers. temperaturewise, a few areas on the warmer side, compared to yesterday, 52 in orlando, but notice back towards denver. minneapolis, that's where a lot of the cold air is heading or is in place. that's going to set up when we start to bring in some showers back through western kansas especially later tonight, set the stage for freezing rain, some of it switching to snow, up towards omaha, but not for today. that's the good news for today, as far as friday travels. dallas, san antonio, a chance for showers, we so badly need the rain that it works in our favor. there's a look to the east coast, saturday, sunshine, almost wall to wall. a few clouds down to new orleans. with temperatures in the 70s. notice where the snow will be falling, back towards des moines, omaha, the good stripe of a solid three to six inches towards chicago, you're on the rainy side of things. and especially by la

okay, maps popped back up, wanted to show you our high temperature today was 52 degrees, raleigh toasty. there's some cold air on the map. we'll see this eventually trying to funnel closer to the east coast. by the weekend temperatures most likely in the mid-40s, dallas about 64 degrees for a high temperature today. so it has definitely been rather kind to us this month of december, lot of sunshine today. tomorrow we'll have more clouds around. so a mix of clouds and surgery but by afternoon a bit cloudier, temperatures even with the -- and sun, but by afternoon a bit cloudier, temperatures even with the sun a bit cooler. we'll also watch this deck of clouds coming in and we do believe that will help keep us a little bit warmer, but it's really thursday when we'll likely see the frontal system pushing some showers in our direction. they're getting that rain activity now in chicago and st. louis and that will slowly but surely head in this direction. we're thinking midday to maybe the evening hours is when we'll see those showers. focusing back local glynn on temperatures, not bad. -- ag

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raleigh was 68, atlanta 72, yes, it's december. here's the cooler air and it's not that cold. 25 degrees in bismarck. 44 in st. louis. that's pretty similar to what our saturday temperature will be, so colder air on the way, not going to get here tonight, closer to dawn temperatures falling back to the mid-40s. through the day tomorrow they'll generally be dropping. you'll really notice it the weekend, saturday about 46 degrees, some early clouds saturday from the system that will pass us by to our south tomorrow. sunday morning could be kind of interesting. it looks as though some flurries or snow showers will run down a speedy jet stream and moving through, especially the northern half of this area. so some of you may see a few flurries sunday morning. meanwhile 62 degrees in d.c. as mentioned, that's the big story tonight. quantico is 66 degrees, 63 leonardtown, 60 at dulles, 62 martinsburg, cumberland still 61. on the other side of the mountains this is where our frontal system is, here comes cooler aircrafts but we aren't goin

also wet on i-40, from memphis to raleigh. and i-95, in the southeast. ice and snow on i-70 around denver. and i-25, from cheyenne to albuquerque. >> and if you're flying today, some airport delays are possible in houston, new orleans, memphis, atlanta, charlotte, d.c., denver and l.a. talk about the rough weather. that's a long list today. >> yes. >> so, safe travels, everybody. >>> well, and speaking of flying, the government is ordering airlines to make sure pilots are getting enough sleep. >> still, though, critics say the new rules don't go nearly far enough. abc's duarte geraldino is joining us this morning from new york with more. >> reporter: it was some time after 10:00 p.m., when colgan air flight 3407 crashed into a buffalo neighborhood, killing 50 people, 1 on the ground. susan bourque's sister, beverly eckert, was one of the passengers. >> we could not sit back and say, oh, well. we needed to do something. and we felt motivated by the memory of those people who died in that crash. >> reporter: now, nearly three years later, the federal aviat