most the activity between charlottesville and roanoke. the green indicates the rain and the mix is the mix of sleet and/or snow. everything is pushing off to the east or northeast. some of the moisture will get in here. it looks like it's already producing some precipitation south of town into fredricksburg, but d'vauntes smith-rivera not. -- but it's not. not going to range your planes. a morning flurry or sprinkle possible. again, don't change your plans tomorrow morning. the sun will return tomorrow. actually, it'll be a nice end of the day. cold but sunny for new year's eve day. but a very quiet day weather- wise. really the even 2nd 3 of the country and certain -- 2/4 of the done -- 2/3 of the country. temperatures to the upper 30s to the north. about 44 downtown. by 10:00, still some clouds. notice no precipitation blobs. all of that is to the south or west of us. early in the morning, by 8:00, clouds still prevalent. the model just updated a little bit. it's pushing the clouds too south too quickly. a couple flurries west of charlo

and roanoke is one of the best. and they have a made in america gallery. and so we are still fighting this battle and it's been a long time in doing this. but i think we are beginning to get some traction and that is a beautiful part about this. because it tells the story of what happened and i'm not opposed to globalization. i have heard wonderful things about globalization. and i want them to turn around and go to work. [applause] [applause] >> thank you, john. at this point the ushers are going to walk around and collect questions go ahead and pass them around. we will be beside you shortly. walking around, let's start off with a few questions. that is how you know how it works when you hear the story. >> is does the hair stand up on the back of my neck reign that's always a really good one. does it that make me laugh or cry, doesn't make me think of something that i hadn't thought before. and this story had it all. and i told you a year ago, don't die. [laughter] >> he has done really good. >> that's all i ask. and it, this is a great story. .. in this

she works for the roanoke times telling stories about us that have helped us know each other bert than we know ourselves. you know that journalists are supposed to be objective. but beth credits fellow journalist, mary bishop, who i think is here tonight -- [applause] >> beth credits her with telling her it's okay to care about at the people you're interviewing and care about their story. this isn't a religion book but is rife with stories that resonate in this church setting. stories about doing the right thing regardless of cost. stories about real human beings, and their all too human frailties. and when they did and didn't treat each other with grace and humility, yes, this book is about what is related to whom and big industry and 1930's trade tariffs, but most of all, this book is about what it means to live in communities. so, please, join me in welcoming beth macy. [applause] >> wow. i'm already tearing up. that's not good for you. so, i'm going to read three passage and read a little from the beginning and then i'm going to read a little from the end, and then i'm going to rea

she works for the roanoke times telling stories about us that have helped us know each other bert than we know ourselves. you know that journalists are supposed to be objective. but beth credits fellow journalist, mary bishop, who i think is here tonight -- [applause] >> beth credits her with telling her it's okay to care about at the people you're interviewing and care about their story. this isn't a religion book but is rife with stories that resonate in this church setting. stories about doing the right thing regardless of cost. stories about real human beings, and their all too human frailties. and when they did and didn't treat each other with grace and humility, yes, this book is about what is related to whom and big industry and 1930's trade tariffs, but most of all, this book is about what it means to live in communities. so, please, join me in welcoming beth macy. [applause] >> wow. i'm already tearing up. that's not good for you. so, i'm going to read three passage and read a little from the beginning and then i'm going to read a little from the end, and then i'm going to rea

wonderful children in our district thank you for your leadership it is a very difficult position but the roanoke city council root of democracy to have an elected school board the next time this is called a speaker card we would be happy to help you fill this out we welcome you back at any time the legacy you'll have is the legacy around the practices and legacy of ethnic treatment of our students and who the students are in our wonderful city you have many points to say i have a piece of making that happen on behalf of all of us thank you for your service. >> (clapping) and now the vice president who would like to say a couple of words for kim try. >> thank you, president fewer pr susan solomon executive vice president of sfusd i didn't want to miss the opportunity to thank you commissioner maufas for the students and advocate she's a fierce advocate for everyone 3 needs a fierce advocate she's everywhere not a street fair that matters to students and their patents and educators that kim try is not there i'm hoping that will go on we'll miss you at the front of the room thank you so much on beh

most of it is between charlottesville to roanoke. it's a weak system. most of it will go to the east, southeast. if you're in gatorsburg, you probably won't see -- gaithersburg, you won't see some snowflakes. so mainly dry and colder tonight. a flurry or sprinkle possible on tuesday. but the sun also returns tomorrow afternoon. actually not a bad day. and cold but sunny for new year's eve day. so a quiet end of the year and i quiet day if you're traveling. maybe you want to get to a certain spot for the new year's end, but you contact. it's just cold. -- can't. it's just cold. we're south of the jet stream. that's why we're warm. highs tomorrow. 20s in chicago. 5 in indianapolis. 5 in bismark. we won't see the brunt of the cold air. but this will tell you that arctic air is on the way as we close out 2014. okay. futuretrack. tonight, 8:00, clouds, yes. 37 in gaithersburg. 40 downtown. or 44 downtown. by 10:00, still some clouds. 30s to 40 around downtown. no green or blue blobs. i think this is aggressive pushing it too far too quickly. i think it'll be

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wonderful children in our district thank you for your leadership it is a very difficult position but the roanoke city council root of democracy to have an elected school board the next time this is called a speaker card we would be happy to help you fill this out we welcome you back at any time the legacy you'll have is the legacy around the practices and legacy of

it happened after midnight, rear roanoke park expressway and country club drive. a spokesperson says the two officers suffered smoke inhalation but should be okay. the person who lived in the apartment is being treated for minor burns. three units damaged. this morning 14 people are out of a home. >>> police are asking for your help to identify a man wanted in a sexual assault. police have issued a sketch of the man. take a look. on monday he pulled his car alongside a woman and tried to lure her inside his vehicle. when she refused, a man got out and attacked her. this happened near 33rd and san fernando streets near highway 101 and 680. the victim managed to run away. the car described as white, four-door sedan with silver grill. >>> the drama surrounding "the interview" taking a new twist. independent movie theater operators say sony reached out about playing the comedy. many will release the film christmas day, including the elm wood theater in berkeley. the first showing sold out. "the interview," fictional movie involving the killing of north korea's leader.

widespread 50'ss for the mid atlantic basically from pittsburgh down to norfolk, virginia, roanoke and charlotte at 57 degrees. fox future cast showing these showers around through the rest of this evening. very light rain on and off but kind of drizzly and damp through at least the overnight hours. by 7am tomorrow morning, probably starting out with some clouds on the drive in maybe a little bit of fog other than that, we should see the clouds thin out more sunshine expected tomorrow. and this will set up the stage for a string of some pretty nice and sunny days which we do deserve. we got a little bit of sunshine yesterday but we've hard pressed to see much over the past couple of weeks. by 5:00 o'clock thursday you can see closing out another nice day. scattered showers this evening 41 in the city. 35 in the suburbs. it is just rain. at least not dealing with snowflakes yet. 50 degrees the high temperature still nice and mild tomorrow. probably a mick of sun and clouds. it will be breezy though gusts to 25 miles an hour at times. 50 tomorrow and back into the mid 40s pretty seasonal

see the bullet -- bulk of the moisture back toward the roanoke valley and moving off to the northeast. most of the moisture is going south of town, especially the best chance of seeing a flurry or sprinkle will be south of i- 66 and south of route 50 tomorrow. right now we see light activity pushing through southern maryland. most of it is not reaching the ground. we had a few sprinkles earlier, the best chance again will be tomorrow morning in southern maryland, the best chance of snowflakes south of town. again not a huge deal. futurecast 7 a.m. you'll start with sun probably up toward frederick and leesburg the clouds lingering south of town through the morning hours. come back, talk about when the sun comes out and arctic air is rolling in just in time for the new year. >>> a bowie state university student has filed a $3 million lawsuit against fraternity alpha phi alpha claiming he was hazed last year while pledging. you can see the bruising where he said he was struck on the backside. he said he was punched, slapped and paddled and claimed he mom talked with advisors about the i

the one that will affect us is the area of rain moving up from tennessee and bristol, virginia to roanoke. that is a slight possibility through the night and overnight. this futurecast model shows that the station stay south of the area through the overnight. either way it is not going to be much and all models agree it will be a clear day tomorrow and turned bright and sunny in the afternoon. a little mix of snow and rain early on. colder weather on new year's eve and new year's day. only about 44 a high. friday, temperatures of about 43. possible weekend storm. we are calling for a possibility of rain right now, but it is early in the process. oh, by the way, new year's eve -- supposed to give you the forecast here. when you pop the champagne cork, should be clear with like winds. we will have more on the upcoming weather at 6:00. >> ok, thank you very much. >> one place they are not popping champagne corks, the nationals. >> it is creepy out there. there was despair. the once proud team finished last in the nfc's six of the last seven years. so, now it is wait until next year again. al

someone said in a town not far from here, roanoke, you have a successful business.hat is the antithesis of the united states of america. and take it down somewhere to 20 to 23% may be, definitely under 25% and get rid of all those deductions. just a flat tax rate for corporations. that is what we need to do. hopefully eases new congress will institute that. last question. >> my name is ryan chancellor. i am in the second year of my master's program and a senior in the rotc program. >> a smart ranger. >> my question for you is since you started your career in the rotc program do you have some leadership development led vice you can share with the cadets present here tonight that can help the longer have? >> absolutely. i started wearing the uniform in 1976. my father served in world war ii and both of them were wounded in combat and they said one simple thing, my older brother was a lance corporal they wanted the first officer in the family and that is what got me on my step. this is what i would say to you. all the cadets that will be commissioned one day as officer

this push from senator john edwards after a roanoke county officer was unable to arrest someone for human trafficking back in 2013. he said it needs to be fully and clearly defined. he wants criminals who promise gift money or citizenship to be punished. bill stanley is also 56k9ing for stronger laws. the next session begins a january 14th. >>> a christmas gift from all over the world, the unbelievable acts of kindness that are helping a family through one of . >>> a weekend crash claims a promising young life on this curb. i'm derrick >>> it's one of the many services that will cost you more in 2015. beginning today shipping on u.p.s. will cost nearly 5% more on average. the new rates are based on the size of the package, not just the weight for ought groundishment in u.s. and canada. the company says the increase is necessary to help offset fuel costs. fedex plans to raise its rates next week. >>> come out, john -- [ screaming ] >> we've got you. come out. >> this was a dramatic scene. children just barely escape an apartment fire. residents of the alabama apartment building were waitin

a local intern when television station in roanoke, virginia offered me a job as a reporter for $100 a week. later, abc news in new york called and offered me a job as a network correspondent. they very smartly moved me to new york. one of the things i did was sit at radio and right and anchor hourly newscasts. a six-day war broke out in the middle east and i had the instant lesson and middle east politics -- in middle east politics. minutesp me write 2-4 as to simply as possible. nctly as possible. when you like what you have written, it is easier to deliver it. the first year at abc news was a huge ramp up in writing. >> born where? >> the south side of chicago from parents who were longtime south siders. my mom and dad raised me, for the first five years of my life, in a house around the corner from barack obama's house in hyde park. at age five, we moved to a suburb and lived inside of lake michigan. i wrote my bike to school. -- rode my bike to school. the village was the home for the rest of my growing up years. i went to a high school in thereis in an era when were wonderful thr

one of the original justifications was, hey, the english have this colony on roanoke. they have no idea how big the united states is. they don't get the whole longitude thing yet. when they reestablish the colony, they will be concerned about the french. so there are concerns about that, but more importantly -- what about saint augustine? it is on the coast. not only is it on the coast, but what runs right by it? the whole reason they were there in the first place? >> the current. >> the current. boats are going by there all the time. resupplying saint augustine is a piece of cake. and nobody wants to do this. it is once every three years. plenty of times during the 1620's, it was every four years. boy, those are going to be long years in new mexico, waiting for something to buy. even if you wanted -- even if the viceroyalty hears about the problems that are going to happen during the pueblo revolt, what can they do about it? who is going to volunteer to go to a part of new mexico that has no gold or silver? here's the other thing. demography. 1680. you have 1000 peopl

looks like roanoke park and santa rosa. this is really heavy rain pockets of it. that seems to be the heaviest rain. urban and small stream flood advisory out until 7:00. some of these continue to filter in. there is still pockets of rain here. nothing too heavy though. a little cell looks like up toward page mill road. but not a lot. little bit coming out of the santa cruz mountains. sometime there is it doesn't matter. it's just steady. so i'm sure boulder creek getting some good rainfall. there is a system that swings in. it looks to be favoring areas san francisco and oakland north. there is still plenty of moisture. i know it's john lindsay down in so cal said it's pouring down here. that is a little wave. a little system has to swing through. that will be with us for most of the morning. 50s and 60s. i mean it's a mild system. and boy is it windy for some. san jose 20 gusts to 30. so coast, coastal hills and some of the higher elevations it will be a windy day. as this system rotates in. the upper low is moving north. but the water temps are feeding into the

this was his house, roanoke. and many of his works took place in a fictional county, a place very much like this place, in mississippi. >> this is where faulkner started his writing career, in this room here. >> for the past ten years, bill griffith has been curator at william faulkner's estate. >> he added this room after he won the nobel prize. on the wall here is an outline of one of his novels. >> that was his greatest book. >> faulkner thought this was his masterpiece. >> jack pendarvis is the author of "your body is changing," "the mysterious secret of the valuable treasure," and "awesome" as well as a staff writer for the game-changing animated series "adventure time," all works of which i am a huge fan. he wrote right on the wall? >> he just wrote on it. >> it's his man-cave. >> it's his version. he said that houses in mississippi who have a family business have one room dedicated to the family business and this family's business is writing. >> from as early as 1919 through the early '60s, faulkner wrote

all new, two roanoke park police officers injured after running into a burning apartment complex to rescuehappened at midnight. spokesperson for the public safety department says two officers did suffer smoke inhalation but are going to be okay. the person who lived in the apartment are treated for minor burns. three units damaged, 14 people have been displaced. >> police are asking for your help in identifying a man wanted for sexual assault. police have issued this sketch of the man. take a look. on monday he pulled his car alongside a woman and tried to lure her into his vehicle. when she refused the man got out and attacked her. it happened near the corner of 33rd and san fernando streets near highway 101 and 680. the victim managed to run away. the car is a white four-door sedan with silver grill. >> hearing from one of the women involved in a scary road rage incident on interstate 80. south bay woman in jail, for allegedly harassing two young women, intimidating them with both her car and a fake badge. as nbc bay area ian cole shows us, the young woman had presence of mind to call 91

feels like 33 in the city, 36 in roanoke virginia. 20 degrees in buffalo. so if you're stepping out on the town we've got you covered for the rest of tonight, 7 o'clock it's mostly clear. that temperature 35. mostly clear to partly cloudy at 8 o'clock, the temperature dropping down to 34. 33 at 9 o'clock tonight and 10 o'clock that temperature only at the freezing mark but with that northwesterly wind dress for temperatures in the upper 20's. we'll talk about what's ahead. it's chilly but a dry weekend on the way. it will get milder as we get into next week and that warmth is going to come at a price because we're tracking a wet and windy christmas eve. we'll go over all of the details coming up with the exclusive accuweather forecast monica. >> thank you melissa. >>> a lot folks are starting to travel on the roads and we'll also enjoy cheaper gas prices and reporter john rawlins is live in king of prussia with that part of the story. hi, john. >> reporter: hi, monica. it's good news for drivers who are not traveling very far this holiday season. lower gas

so i spot a cold front in the middle of pennsylvania moving through the appalachians too at 63 in roanokend sketch in norfolk virginia won't last long. while this front comes through really cold air behind it bringing the rain and gusty winds and wind gusts right now over 30 miles an hour around the philadelphia. so you'll notice those winds really picking up too. fox future cast shows the showers around through about 10:00 o'clock then as that front moves into south jersey and delaware the showers go. by 7am tomorrow morning i don't think we have too many problems for the drive in. cloudy, dry and cold. it's second half of the day we're concerned here's that warm front bringing in the mix. looks like snow north and west. light rain in philadelphia. not much expected with this. but any accumulating snow even though it's very brief would probably be up in the lehigh valley and the poconos. we'll see a gradual change over to all rain by the time we get heavier stuff moving through it looks like all rain that's tomorrow night. rain tonight, bit of a mix tomorrow afternoon. rain again tomorro

. >>> inro roanoke, virginia, getting adorable new residents. red pandas known as cat bears.sister born to a mother who has lived at the zoo for a while and joined by sampson a new york city transplant moving down there from central park. they're consider vulnerable because their native habitats in asia are being destroyed. "a," they're adorable. but another new york city resident going down south for the weather. all right. >>> it's been a nice winter so far, although tomorrow is the official start of winter. well, that's going to do it for us. "a healthy you" and carol alt is up next. >> arthel is back at 4:30 eastern. >>> welcome to "a healthy you." i'm carol alt. we all love our tea time but are there even toxins lurking in that soothing cup of tea. the author of "life by the cup" is here to explain the benefits of tea and share the risks with one of our oldest and favorite beverages. >>> the sugar impact diet. shares some facts about sugar that you may not find so sweet. >>> but, first, slipping into a comfortable pair of jeans after a long day of work is heven for most

roanoke seeing a third of an inch of rain.inch per hour. what about the east bay? a lot of folks have been writing in saying where is the rain? we're not seeing it. no, you're not. you are still in the clear. heading down to danville and then the rain line stops just about there. the east bay shoreline the upper east bay. we are looking at pinole and richmond and points like berkeley. it looks like it's a little more intense for places like richmond. as we take a look at sampling. it's about a half an inch per hour falling in the area of richmond. that is kind of an indication of what is to come for places like berkeley and ultimately martinez to the east. oakland, alameda, and zillion zillion -- and san leandro. light rain being con pined to mainly down near oyster point. that is what we are tracking at the moment. seeing heavier showers right now. the light rain becoming a little more wide spread in the south bay. we have san jose and mil pietas. that is what we are seeing on radar at moment. and again we will be back in our

host: steve in roanoke, virginia. republican. caller: hey. i just want to say, you are a disgrace, man. -- you areent obama not a uniter, a divider. along with jesse jackson. why are you not in jail? don't you all taxes? we taxes? guest: to call the president and all of us dividers, that's easy shot. when you see so many of us united around an issue and ,nited around calls for justice civil rights leaders, leaders, how is that dividing because you may have a different point of view? is something that has been raised by the right wing over and over again. , the07, seven years ago government came in because the right wing said national action network has phantom employees and we are shaking down companies and they did this investigation and all that came -- they said we will give you a payment plan which we lived up to. they go back to the original figure because the weeds are never removed until you are finished. had not complied, we would have been put out of business. around had a fundraiser my birthday where we raised over $1 million. would