rolling stone magazine point out rock island illinois may not be an island, but it's definitely rock. ♪ ♪ >> the town of 40,000 right on the mississippi river is home to horse shack studios and the music blog, day trotter. bands flock to this small studio because this is the new hot place to get noticed. as many as seven bands a week pass through. offering their music to shawn moler. no contracts are signed. bands don't even get to choose their own artwork. the music is posted on-line in raw form for anyone to download. now the intention of day trotter is to find new music. though lately big names have tried their best to get through the door. shawn moler grew up on farm, says he could watch the tour busses belonging to rock and roll busses pass his town by on interstate 80. he is joined by kate mets of wired, mccall of "fortune." you're now so successful, aren't you, is that the danger that somebody else needs to make another day trotter for the bands that don't get into day trotter. >> well, we don't want anybody to do that. >> a huge film festival. an alternative to. at some point

that's certainly true at rock island. i've had the pleasure of visiting there. we have a similar hard metal facility in albany. and those two do some pretty important things. this was an ongoing effort. we recognize it, and frankly, if all of our locations were as aggressive and forward leaning as rock island has been, to go out and develop partnerships, we'd be a little less challenged. i appreciate yours and senator durbin's and the entire delegation's vigilance on that matter. >> if i could, if you have stated, the organic and industrial base is key to our ability to continue to be capable of not only reversibility, but to sustain the force as we move forward. and it has been for the last several years. what we have done is developed core functions at many of these areas which will enable us to sustain what we need enabling these core functions. we will have to continue to assess as we look at our budgets in the future to see do we have to redesignate some core functions or combine some. but i'm confident that we have a good program in place to take advantage

cutbacks, and i'm sure you're concerned also, but one of the things that's really important is the rock island arsenal, which is one of the areas that myself and then mr. lopes represent. but bark in 2006 when our troops were faced with the ieds, the arsenal was the group that were basically stepped up and took this challenge and within three weeks they were able to turn these doors around, the frag five kits is what they call them, which allow the private sector or the folks outside to get these things out. that's one of the main concerns is just because the turn around was faster than the industry could ever do, and that's one of the things when it comes to the war fighters is to keep those warmed up, of course. >> again, it's about having that organic capacity that enables us to respond quickly and it's about developing the core capabilities that we want to sustain within our organic capacity. that's what we're watching. that's something we will not sacrifice and don't want to as we move forward. >> thank you for your service. i yield back. >> thushgs mr. chairman. mr. secretary, general, a

now to the indian ocean where an island nation is rocked by political turmoil. scuffles have broken out between police and the former president who was forced to step down. mohamed nasheed was the first democratically elected president and the u.s. will be sending a senior envoy to the island this weekend. we go to the capital for this report. >> at the start of this week, he was just the vice president of the northeast. he was looking very pleased with himself as he arrived for his first news conference in the top job insisting he had not got it in a coup. >> do i look like someone who would bring about a coup d'etat? no this is an unfair statement. >> the man who used to be his boss thinks it it is and fair, too. the supporters of mohamed nasheed are treating him as a hero. he was forced from office at gunpoint. >> it was a coup and by any definition it was a coup. >> on the streets, frustration turned to enter the. scuffles have broken out. -- frustration has turned to anger. others have intervened. suddenly, the tension has risen. the clashes spread and the

now to the indian ocean where an island nation is rocked by political turmoil. scuffles have broken out between police and the former president who was forced to step down. mohamed nasheed was the first democratically elected president and the u.s. will be sending a senior envoy to the island this weekend. we go to the capital for this report. >> at the start of this week, he was just the vice president of the northeast. he was looking very pleased with himself as he arrived for his first news conference in the top job insisting he had not got it in a coup. >> do i look like someone who would bring about a coup d'etat? no this is an unfair statement. >> the man who used to be his boss thinks it it is and fair, too. the supporters of mohamed nasheed are treating him as a hero. he was forced from office at gunpoint. >> it was a coup and by any definition it was a coup. >> on the streets, frustration turned to enter the. scuffles have broken out. -- frustration has turned to anger. others have intervened. suddenly, the tension has risen. the clashes spread and the

. >> political turmoil rocks the island nation of maldives. leaving his mark all over moscow, otestit ngsts with paint. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. for five days, security forces and surry have shelled the city of -- security forces have shelled the city of homs. this is a day after president assad assured the russian foreign minister that he was ready for dialogue. the people of homs are facing a different reality. our reporter spent several days of side of the besieged city and he sent us this report. >> it began at dawn and for a fifth day, homs was under bombardment. some say it was the worst day of shelling. syrian armor roamed menacingly. people here are afraid that this is a final push to crush the uprising. the casualties are mounting, undoubtedly most are civilians. they had put their hopes in a u.n. resolution but it was vetoed by russia and china. they are bitter, without a doubt. >> he was only about two years old. is this what the u.n. is waiting for? is this what the u.n. is quitting for, for mo

oakland, 43 ocean city, 42 in pux river, 39 in easton, around the immediate metro area, 38 rock hall, 41 kent island and annapolis, 41 columbia, 38 rock hall, 36 bellaire, and 35 in westminster. winds from the west primarily across much of the state. but we do have a northerly component toward elkton a northwest wind, that is an indication of the cooler air settling over the region. for the most part we have clearer skies around today. high pressure is really in control. no real precipitation anywhere around but the milder air is to our south. our next front coming through basically a dip in the jet stream, which has been well up to the north for much of this winter. it is finally going to make a bit of a pass down across our region, that is friday night into saturday. saturday does definitely get cold. this system could come through with the potential for some winter weather, we are taking friday night into early saturday morning. we will keep you posted but could be another blast much like yesterday. we are not concerned about it yet but it is going to get colder at least on saturday. so your suns

cumberland, 22 oakland island, 31 elkton and downtown 30 bellaire, westminster has dropped 27, still not counting reports from carroll county but black icic, columbia 31, 33 rockl, annapolis, kent island at 36, real easy scenario, high pressure runs our show today and tomorrow saturday a frontal boundary dives through, little so no accumulation period if at all. today sunshine, a high of 46, maybe a degree or two warmer, tonight clear skies. tomorrow going up to a high temperature of right around 50. here is these clouds and maybe a couple of snow showers saturday, again zero, no big deal. 38 is a high, 18 is a low, temperatures are going to be the headline frankly, 36 with sun sunday. monday back into the mid-40s, tuesday valentine's day the 14th, exactly halfway through the month, a short month, 50 degrees on tuesday. don, take it away. >> thank you. our school advisories all from carroll county at the bottom of your screen, your auto advisories from sharon gibala wjz traffic control. >> hi don, good morning, everyone, we are hearing of an accident on 50 blocking lanes. an accident on the west side of the beltway on the outer loop at frederick road causing m

more than one-third of the population is asian-american and pacific islander. you rock. next speaker is no stranger to this event, but within the last few years, he represented mayor newsome at this very celebration. in january of this year, a new chapter was written when the board of supervisors unanimously voted in city administrator edwin lee to be the mayor of san francisco. he was noted as the best candidate for leading the city for work because of his more than 25 years of experience as a leader in city government. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the hon. edwin m. lee, the mayor of san francisco. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. thank you for that wonderful introduction and thank you for being here. it is the seventh annual celebration. sydney already explained our history, what president carter did for us, and what we are doing for ourselves, joining the whole city and region in celebrating asian-pacific portage month. i am so grateful to the board of supervisors for this whole four months of leaving this great city. i will say once again as i have said throu

low 30s, kent island, rock hall. two years ago today, it's incredible when you forecast 18 inches of snow. another 18 falls on top of that. then, next day a co-worker named bernadette woods gasps. it's going to happen again. i said, what is that? she said another 36 inches of snow. i said that's cute, when? she said tonight and tomorrow. snowmageddon. unbelievable. think about it. stops you in you tracks. showers and only showers, as we get in to midweek, darn good week in february. mostly sunny, 52 today. tonight, patchy clouds, 32 as a low. tomorrow, mostly sunny, sunny to partly cloudy, high of 52 degrees. showers in the mid-40s wednesday. clearing sunshine thursday. friday, sunny and 50. saturday, sunshine and that's going to be a chilly day, 38 is the high. calm weather, 5 more days off the winter calendar. that's living large, don, take it away. >>> a rush is going on now, anything to stop you in your tracks, here is sharon. >>> the one accident that we have been talking about on 295 southbound, near 175, overt

annapolis and kent island 36. rock all 32. 29 westminster. 27 in bel air.t's a real easy forecast for the next five days. what we've got is really warm air coming up the east coast. wednesday and thursday a wind shift. we'll go there fantastic to just great. you're not going to see temperatures get back to near normal until we move into the weekend. sunshine today mixing with fair weather clouds, a little breezy. 53 the high. normals are 46 and 27. 35 overnight. 62 degrees tomorrow. here comes a ton of fun. 68 on thursday. that's maybe a morning shower on thirst. should be a fine afternoon. friday afternoon maybe a couple of thunderstorms. the big cold front comes into the area and i mean a spring like thunderstorm. we're going from 63 to 48 to 46. still, from very, very warm we're going to slightly above normal than to normal with calm weather over the five days. that's the last weekend of president month. we are living so big. don, take it away. >>> here's sharon gibala, wjz traffic control. >>> we're not doing so bad on the road. there's a look at your s

that is true of rock island. i have the pleasure of visiting there.had a similar facility in albany. they do some pretty important things. this is an ongoing effort. we recognize it. frankly, if all of our locations were as board -- were as aggressive as rock island is, we would be a little less challenged. i appreciate the entire delegation's diligence on that matter. -- vigilance on that matter. >> the organic industrial base is key to sustain the force as we move forward and has been for the last several years. we have developed core functions in many of these areas which will enable us to sustain what we need, enabling these core functions. we will continue to assess as we look at our budgets in the future to see do we have to agree designate some core functions or combine some. i am confident we have a good program in place to take advantage of these core functions we have established. as you know, there will be some reduced -- i think we will sustain a fairly high rate, but as we move forward, we will have to start to reduce some of the capacity

westminster and bellaire both mid-40s, 50 columbia, 46 annapolis and kent island, 45 in rock hall.l simple deal, cool front moving through the area, notice i didn't say cold. a cool front is moving through the area, coast to coast. not just here but from the west coast all the way to the atlantic ocean we are having a very mild few days, jet streams well north into canada, so yeah, it is going to be cooler. not the 65 of the past couple of days but 56 is still 14 above normal. sunshine this afternoon, clear tonight, 32, 7 above the normal of 25. tomorrow mostly sunny, a high for 50. the first weekend of february looking great. saturday and sunday, 50 and 55. almost 50 monday. 52 degrees on tuesday. don, take it away. >> thank you. the rush from sharon gibala wjz traffic control. >> hi, don, good morning, everyone. we are seeing more delays and more significant ones on the west side of the beltway and getting word of an accident in hartford county. there is a look at speeds, west side and top side slowing down. there is a live look outside at 95 at white marsh, still delay free. the

twin westminster, 25 bellaire, 31 in columbia 32 rock hall, annapolis, kind island both at 37, easy forecast frankly, high pressure over the dakota, is sending a shot of cold air our way and there is not a lot of moisture with it. any moisture is coming from the hudson bay, james bay and the great lakes and there is not a tob of rain or snow showers expected. now having said that tonight and tomorrow along northern tier counties it may get a little bit slushy, not unlike two days ago but not quite the intensity. top side of the beltway on grass only. southside of the beltway just rain. colder i think is the headline. by tomorrow night with clearing skies 18. 48 is the high this day. clouds increase. tonight here come a couple of rain or snow showers, 34 is your overnight low, tomorrow 43, breezy, rain or snow showers, it is going to be -- one of those gray days, a good chance to do something inside, tomorrow night a good chance to break out a coat or sweater. 32 sunny, but look at this, by monday 42, valentine's day tuesday, 44, by wednesday midweek and the middle of the month, 52 degrees co

and 51 on kent island and rock hall. these winds are coming across the northwest.it of a northerly component out of washington county. typically, the northwest winds are going to tap into some very cold air. not the case because everyone in our region is pretty much in the same zone. we are all above average for the most part. and high pressure is going to ease off. it's going to allow for cloud cover to start moving in ahead of our next weather maker. what we're watching, several different things here. several different dynamics. first off, there is a low- pressure system starting to move across oklahoma now. starting to lift up into indiana and across the great lakes. it's going to drag with it a cold front that is going to start to pull in some moist air out ahead of it. the warmer air stays with it. so we don't drop in temperatures, even though we have in theory a cold front moving through the region over the next few days. we also have a system out in the west right now, down around southern california that is going to be moving in by the end of the weekend. w

still 40 annapolis, kind island kent island and rock hall. it is going to be easy gear, not necessarily along the states bordering the great lakes, the st. lawrence seaway, not just one but 2, here comes one, you can't see the other yet, but will bring bad weather to them. we will just have showers with that second low. that is your forecast. tomorrow sunny, 50 degrees is the high. okay. now we start march on thursday, 55 degrees partly sunny, friday sunny, 54, saturday even with showers 58 degrees, don take it away. >> thank you. let's go straight to sharon at wjz traffic control. >> hi, don, good morning, everyone. this morning's commute almost as good as the forecast. just one problem, it is that accident we have been talking about in westminster, liberty road at maryland 32. otherwise speeds still looking good all around your major roadways. there is a look at your average speeds, 59 and 60 on the top and the west side. there is a live look at 83 at ruxton road, the harrisburg expressway still problem free. we can say the same thing for t

at least 17 people died and 15 are still missing since the cruise ship hit rocks near an island off italy and rolled on its side. 39 people filed suit in florida seeking more than a half billion dollars in damages. other attorneys announced plans to file their own lawsuits for passengers in florida. meanwhile, carnival cruise lines extended its compensation deadline until march 31. passengers would get more than $14,000, plus they would be reimbursed for the cruise ticket cost and extra travel expenses involved. >>> rick santorum is thinking of getting secret service protection as he continues his campaign for president. the republican white house hopeful is considering the protection after this scene earlier this week in washington state. occupy protesters interrupted his rally in tacoma monday night. they chanted and yelled during most of the event, and two of them were dragged away by police. right now mitt romney is the only republican presidential candidate with secret service protection. >>> romney is trying to use his michigan roots to win over voters in the great lakes state ahead

the ship hit rocks off the italian island of giglio. the captain said the cruise line instructed him to sail close to the island. he denies allegations that he was sailing too fast. >>> are you trying to cut down on salt? health officials have come up with a list of the top sources of salt in the american diet and bread is at the top of the list. the centers of disease control and prevention said just 10 foods account for 44% of the sodium. breads and rolls top the list. cold cuts, pizza and poultry were leading sources. salt should be limited to about a teaspoon a day but most people eat way more than that. >>> it seems more people are finding love at the office. career builder's annual office romance found that 38% of workers say they dated a cowork are at least once and about a third said their romance has led to marriage. it found that women were more likely to date someone higher up in the company than men. >>> it seems the belief that married couples are not having sex is just not true. according to a national survey, 75% of women

the low 20s westminster columbia, bellaire, 28 rock hall, appolice, kind island at 23. i point that out because the bay right now is big space heater, for that matter the ocean right now is a big space heater, warmer than the land around it. when you are popping 23 degrees there that is a chilly day start. really no problems today. tomorrow we are going to see a very weak and weakening area of low pressure move our way. today we are going up to 43. 11 above freezing. tonight we are going down to 29. but not until like 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning. tomorrow there is going to be -- there are going to be a couple of showers, maybe a couple of show showers in the morning but again it gets mild real quick tomorrow and continues through wednesday. tomorrow morning is only as problematic as you want to make it, it is only going to be as tense as you want to make it. right now it doesn't appear to be an enormous big deal. 43 degrees is going to be the high temperature this date, tonight we will call it 29 overnight. tomorrow there is going to be a little moisture around in the m

kent island, rock hall in the low 40s. today, sunshine, clear skies, temps in the mid-50s. very weak storm moving our way. this area of low pressure will pass right over baltimore tomorrow. give us a couple showers and snow showers north of the mason dixon line. i can't say you won't see a snow shower blowing around. moisture and shower activity, if you will. today and tonight, 29. the background will be a whole lot more interesting than the actual day tomorrow. high of 42 degrees. 10 above freezing. tomorrow night we go down to 27 degrees. 47 thursday afternoon. friday, 50. i think we also have to talk about change coming in temperatures. going to get cold this weekend. at that point, well below normal. 10 below normal on sunday. comes with calm weather and sunny skies. don? take it away. >> the biggest issues going to be delays in the west side of the beltway. we're down to an average spoofed 30 miles an hour. between 695 and 95. still looking okay as far as speeds go. watch for an accident, 140 near malcolm drive. live look at 83, york road. no issues there just yet. eve

haggerstown, 47 elkton, low 50s many locations dc, easton, pax river, ocean city, annapolis, kent island and rock 48 columbia 44 westminster, 47 degrees in bellaire, seriously we are on the very southern edge, the warm end of yet another bout of winter weather for a multi state path parallelling the st. lawrence seaway all the way into eastern canada, big area of low pressure later on pulls a cold front through 3 area. that is when you notice the winds kick up anytime after 3:00 this afternoon. if we are going to see a thunderstorm it is probably going to be sometime between 3:00 and dinnertime. the sky clears out tomorrow and we keep living big threw the end of february. >>> 74 degrees today. we could -- again we could see a zesty thunderstorm later. back up to almost 60 on monday, 53 tuesday, the last day of the month wednesday, rain, temperatures in the mid-50s, almost 10 degrees above normal don, take it away. >> thank you. >>> 16 minutes past the hour, here is christie bresland at wjz traffic control. >> hi, don, hi, everyone. well the beltway continues to back down, traveling on the west si

almost 40 columbia and bel air. 41 rock hall. 44 annapolis and kent island.t's a real easy weather discussion. high pressure, low pressure to the north. funneling air out of eastern canada, our way. yesterday, we got in to the low 60s. today, we will be in the low 50s. notice after tomorrow's rain, a warm front setting up to the west. today is 28. tomorrow is leap day, leap year, if you will. on thursday, we start march, wait until you see how mild. 51 the high. mostly sunny, a really nice subpoenaal afternoon. 35, cloudy skies this upcoming night. rain tomorrow, high of 50. clears out thursday, 62 friday 61, with rain saturday, 61. we knock it back by 10. takes to it a degree above normal. sunny, high of 51 degrees. >>> straight to sharon at traffic control. >> good morning, everyone. we are looking at a fantastic morning commute, only issue we have at the moment, is some slow speeds on the west side of the beltway, 39 miles per hour is your average speed, 16 minute drive time on the outer loop. live look at spaghetti junction. plenty of space in between the

and 50, rock hall, kent island, and annapolis and bel air. 55 degrees. well above our average of 43. normal low is 25. you probably won't see that again until the weekend. right now, it will get cold this weekend. tomorrow will be cooler than today. 64, the record high in 1804. and 1895, 6 degrees above zero. right now we won't be seeing this bring in the dry air. and clouds moving from the west. a system developing out here in the central plains. we'll call it like a quick- moving storm. we call it a kansas clipper. very quick, very weak storm. doesn't have a lot of moisture with it. but there's a little snow on the western side. rain on the eastern side. and eventually, by the time it gets to us in the afternoon, we'll see a little rain. it may just be cold enough north and west of the city for that rain to mix within and eventually change to some snow, particularly north and west of the city. what do you expect out of this? here's what we're looking at, at this point. across the city, a coating, to a trace. perhaps on the beltway. as you go further no

the ship struck rocks on january 13th and rolled off its side, off the italian island of giglio. its captain, francesco samitto, faces possible charges of manslaughter, shipwreck, and abandoning ship in connection with the incident. the captain said managers instructed him to sail close to the island. and denied allegations that he was driving too fast. >>> new york's mayor michael bloomberg is defending the nypd's monitoring of muslim students. they include the university of buffalo. university of pennsylvania and yale university. bloomberg says the surveillance is a justifiable counterterrorism tactic. but the association of american muslim lawyers is urging the new york state attorney general to investigate. >>> a new law is on the boobs, declaring english the official language of frederick county. alex demetrick reports, although it doesn't change anything, it is what the law has symbolized that has people talking. >>> declaring english as the official language, i don't see what the big deal is. >> reporter: but the only county commissioner to vote against it, does see someth

kent island 46, 42 rock hall, 41 westminster and bellaire and 47 in columbia, winds from the northwest around central maryland 14 miles per hour down towards easton, 13 elkton, those are the highest winds that we have around, just a light breeze around most of the area, high pressure is in control, is bringing in some of that cooler air drying us out from any of the moisture that is around, we had just a little taste of that yesterday with the colder air moving on through when the front that brought those winds picked up the winds last night. it has moved out of here. now we are dealing with high pressure in control of the forecast. pretty much sunshine out there, but this low around denver smacking them around is moving in our direction, that moisture has to go somewhere, that front is tracking east and eventually we will some of that move into the region. the high is going to ease off, by saturday or sunday we could see that rain moving through here, maybe, maybe, a mix in the coldest hours but for the most part app all rain event and by sunday we see clearing after the morning is ov

don't expect much in the way of rain tonight. 50 in annapolis. 58 kent island. rockall by the bay, 59 degrees. 65, 48 today. the 48, very, very warm overnight at the airport at least. 47 is the average high. keep that in in mind. 28 is the average low. 78, lots of 8s here. 1870, for the record high. so we weren't really even close to that. right now, the winds are really calmed down. but later tonight and tomorrow, the winds are really going to pick up. by tomorrow afternoon, we could see steady winds, 10, 20, maybe even 30 miles an hour. with wind gusts over 40, expected tomorrow. and that's why tomorrow afternoon, all across the western areas of our state. we have a wind watch. a high-wind watch. east of the area, we'll see windy conditions, not quite as windy as the mountain areas. but anybody out here could see wind gusts over 50 miles an hour. we're expecting wind gusts over 40 by tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. all because of a deep area of low pressure that is going to be moving across the great lakes. it will pass to our north. it will drag a frontal s

remain under house arrest. 17 people were killed last month when the costa concordia struck rocks near an islandy and rolled on to its side. 16 are still missing. the captain could face charges of manslaughter, ship wreck, and abandoning his vessel. prosecutors want him sent to jail to await trial. his defense wants him freed. the three-judge panel has three days to make its decision. >>> people in australia are talking about some surveillance video that shows a baby carriage rolling on to some train tracks. it happened in melbourne. now watch here. the carriage is at the bottom of your screen. the mother in the green cardigan looked away for just a second and when she looked back her baby was rolling over the edge of the platform. she immediately jumps on to the tracks while another woman rushes in to help. the baby wasn't injured and was in fact rescued before the next train arrived. now watch the video again and check out the guy in the jeans and the blazer. he could have stopped the baby carriage before it fell on to the tracks but he was focused on his phone instead. and he actually stepped

and also, rock hall, kent island, annapolis. and columbia and baltimore. 55. 55 was the high today so far. 36 this morning. stayed above freezing. 48, 29 now the normals. records, 1903. 71. 1934. second day in a row. 5 above zero in these last days of february. winds beginning to turn later tomorrow. they'll be mostly out of the east/northeast. that's going to bring in lots of moisture off the atlantic ocean. and keep us in that cool, damp ocean air once again. rain and snow to the north. tellly, a pretty good storm out here. this one, going to head towards the great lakes. north of it, quite a bit of snow and winds. as it heads to the northwest, dragging warmer air. beginning to cross central states. that warm front will set up just to the south. shower activity should break out as the warmer air runs. the cooler air starting to see clouds later tonight. and look for rain probably 9:00, 10:00 in the morning. looks like the rain will be with us most of the day tomorrow. so we could pick up maybe half inch or inch of rain in some

and 46 over on kent island, rock hall. 45, 35 today, the averages now, 45. very normal. 27 this morning. it would be the average. we only got to 35. 75 and 5 are the records on this date. right now, southeast winds. and that brought in that moisture off the atlantic ocean. now, to the west of us, this afternoon, starting to see some clearing. all of this is moving off to the east. what is more important in our weekend is the low pressure developing here in the gulf of mexico. and a little spin in the atmosphere over california, arizona. that's going to catch up with that moisture and move across the south. shower and thunderstorm activity likely down there. the question is, how far north is that precipitation getting? and how much cool air can get into our region sunday? we'll just have to keep track of this storm. maybe by late saturday, we'll have a pretty good idea. there will be cooler air moving in. if the storm gets right off the coast. we could see some rain-snow mixture here on sunday. and it might even end up as a period of snow sometime on sunday.

costa concordia," the carnival cruise ship. 15 are still missing since the cruise ship hit rocks near an island off italy and rolled on its side. people filed suit seeking more than a half billion dollars in damages. other attorneys announced plans to file their own lawsuits for passengers in florida. meanwhile, carnival cruise lines has extended its compensation deadline until the end of march, march 31. passengers would get more than $14,000 plus would be reimbursed for cruise ticket cost and for the extra travel expenses. >>> the head of airbus says his company is launching an internal investigation into what caused cracks in the wings of its new a-380 aircrafts. ceo tom enter says he wants to know how the company allowed manufacturing flaws to develop that led to the cracks. europe's aviation agency has ordered an inspection of the entire fleet of a-380s. enter still insists the planes are safe. >>> rick santorum is thinking of getting secret service protection as he continues his campaign for president. the republican -- the white house candidate is considering the protection after this sc

almost 40 annapolis and kent island. 35 rock hall. it's all location when it comes to weather. how many times have you seen it snow south and rain north? it happened last night. satellite image was so cool. on the lower bay, there was all this frozen precipitation. the second it got to the warmer bay, it stayed rain across the delmarva. this warm front will run the weather over the eastern half of the united states, this week. 46 degrees going to be the high this day, mostly sunny. normal on the 20th of february, is 46. 28, clear skies, overnight. tomorrow, we ramp it up to 53 degrees. almost 60 on wednesday. the mid-60s essentially on thursday. rain friday, the mid-60s if you will, cold front coming through, knocks us back to 52. knocks almost 10 degrees off the high, between friday and saturday, that's still 5 or 6 degrees above the normal daytime high as we move in to the last weekend of february. >>> how is the rush? here is sharon gibala at traffic control. >> good morning, it's looking good on the president's day. one problem to get in your way, an accidents in the mount

believe what has happened just offshore, that the captain set a course to close to the island and failed to see the rocks just a kilometer away from the port. >> if the captain simply went straight ahead instead of turning to starboard, there would have been less damage. it was only when he turned the ship that the rock was post into the vote was inside, making it sank -- that the rock was forced into the boat's side, making it sink. >> the accident has done more than disturb the winter serenity on giglio. the tourist office is concerned about people coming just to see the shipwreck. >> we cannot prevent people from coming to our island, but when people call and look for a place to stay that are not on the recovery teams or are not journalists, then we say there are no vacancies. >> for now, the scuba diving teacher is going to have to do without his routine dive. he and his colleagues are getting ready to deal with the consequences if oil should leak from the ship. the rest of the costa condordia -- wreck of the costa condordia has threatened island life and the livelihood of its residents. >> is it jus

we expected to bust in to the warm air. 50 annapolis. 50 kent island. 54 rock hall. dc 54. winds beginning to in turn in to oakland. everywhere west, high wind warning. later tonight and in the morning, winds can gust over 40 miles per hour in the region. now, snow to the north, several inches across michigan, portion of new york state, may see a foot for our region. frontal system across we western maryland. moving to the east, southeast, west, clearing skies, except for gary county, additional areas of snow showers, in far western maryland. a tornado warning for north central county until 4:45. that thunderstorm moving east at 60 miles per hour. take shelter, for next 15-20 minutes, one thunderstorm down that region could produce a tornado. it doesn't mean there is a tornado but radar is showing rotation. cooler air and windy conditions with us all weekend long. temperatures will be dropping throughout the weekend and a warm up for next week. winds as high as 45 knots. tonight, look for 39 degrees later with the winds picking up to 35, maybe, 40 miles per hour. sunny to p

and dc, 56 cumberland, 46 in oakland, 45 westminster, 57 bellaire, 62 columbia 57 rock hall, 67 annapolis, 53 on kent islandit is beautiful here but as i showed you there is an area of low -- actually 3 lows, and it is dragging a path over a multi state area over the next two hours so keep in mind we have essentially this real low pressure over the east coast. high pressure is going to build in behind the front. that low dragsthrough. nature abhors a vacuum and we are going to see big league wendy conditions in here tomorrow with gusts maybe of 40, 50 miles an hour, it is going to be a very warm but windy afternoon and we see chillier temperatures, we return to fall if you will come in for the weekend. today 56, a full 20 above normal 46 is your overnight low, that is your normal daytime high. tomorrow 63. now there will be showers tonight. potentially a gusty thunderstorm somewhere in the mid-atlantic tomorrow morning. that is something we will be watching for you through the night and again on the morning edition tomorrow but still we are going to see a high temperature shoot well into the 60s before we f

almost 40 easton and ocean city, it is 40 downtown and columbia, 43 annapolis and kent island, 35 rock hall and westminster, 36 degrees in bellaire, again, this storm out to the north and west isn't any big deal, mild, just damp in the area today, look how many areas are getting that. once it passes it will drag incredibly mild air into the region, easily going into the mid-50s, what we are talking about though becomes apparent on the 5 day. 43 the high today with rain around the area, tonight 36 mostly cloudy, tomorrow sun comes out in a big way, we go for a high temperature of 54, call it 50 if not even warmer on saturday. here is the question mark, this event is now being discussed by the computer models. i can even find a graphic for it to discuss with you. the same computer model that is calling for maybe some snow in the area by the way has been wrong the past 4 weekends, but having said that there is a low that is going to start dragging moisture upon the gulf coast, depending on its track depend g on if we get snow or high but look we are going for a high of 40, it is going to

34 degrees down at the ocean, 33 westminster and bellaire, greater columbia 32, 36 rock hall, 37 annapolis and kent islandthere is just not a lot shaking as this big dome of high pressure runs the show. we are going to have a front slide through saturday night into sunday with showers but nothing real intense moves our way. mostly sunny, 48 is the high today. tonight partly cloudy, 30s your overnight low. tomorrow another nice day with a high of tboof. we start sunny. we will end though cloudy and shores in the forecast for sunday, 49, 49 on monday, actually say 50 both days, 52 tuesday, not until wednesday do we even get below normal and just by a degree, maybe two degrees. i think the normal wednesday is 43 but still with sunshine, we are living pretty big, nothing intense in that 5 day, don, take it away. >> thank you very much, after seeing those people drive slowly in the snow in denver you are going to like what is going on outside here this morning. here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> that is for sure, the only problem that we do have out there right now is some minor volume represented delay

it is 46 westminster, 48 bellaire, 49 columbia, 50 annapolis and kent island, 46 rock hall, the districtgain i think the mountains are taking care of this lingering moisture out to the west. going to be a pretty darn good day, tonight april tomorrow morning though a big cold front will dive into the area and take us because to more normal february readings for the weekend which frankly is going to be a bit of a jolt after yesterday's low 60s, the 65 today, by the way tomorrow going to 67. a couple of showers, that frontal passage overnight, 45. maybe a thunderstorm tomorrow morning with that cold front, maybe a spring like thunderstorm. there that is 65 degree high. temperatures will fall through the afternoon. 49 and windy on saturday. that is the jolt i am talking about. but that is actually still a degree or so above normal still breezy sunny, sunday. 46. look what happens monday and tuesday. with sunshine we go back to four shy of 60. two shy of 60 degrees, don, take it away. >> thank you, let's go straight to sharon gibala wjz traffic control. >> hi, don, good morning, everyone. >>>

and then 50 in columbia. 46 in annapolis and 46 on kent island and rock hall. the winds are coming in pretty light. we did have some double digit winds earlier ted and they have since calmed down. so a light wind from the northwest. typically it brings cooler air, and it is doing that today. we're not going anywhere near that 70-degree high. we're still above normal, but we're definitely on the cool side. we're tapping into some of these temperatures up around detroit, chicago. 38, 39 degrees. they're about 10 to 11 degrees cooler than we are. out in denver, one of the coldest spots on the map, as you can see. 27 that is under that low pressure system that is bringing them blizzard-like conditions. a lot of that moisture is going to be headed our way. it is going to lose a lot of the punch as it heads east. it is snow on the western edge of that. rain on the eastern side. as it starts to move in our area, we'll start to see the low dipping down under the mid atlantic that's going to happen saturday into sunday. we'll still be close enough to the cool air that i

annapolis, kent island, and rock hall in low 50s. 63 today. the record, 74. that was in 1874. the average high now. you can see it's 47. this morning, we were at 36. normal low would be around 28. 7, the record low in 1963. right now, it's the southerly winds. if you happen to be right in the bay, and the wins are coming off the-- winds are coming off the water, it's probably 10 degrees cooler. but everyone else, very mild night. and a pickup later on. by late tomorrow night and friday, we could get quite gusty as a front will come through the area. weak front passing through the area. showers to the south. we're kind of in between. but we may see some shower activity breaking out later tonight. and maybe during the day tomorrow in the morning. maybe a shower. and late tomorrow night, another chance of more rain moving in as the second front will come through the air. we'll be in the warm air tomorrow and friday. the front coming through with showers on friday morning. maybe even a rumble of thunder or two. and some gusty winds behind it. because that low is going to pass to t

that's the first 32 we've seen from bel air all morning. 36 rock hall and 40 in kent island and annapolisak low gets out of here and the bigger weather story is out to the northwest into the week's end, the low is going to be a big wintry mix for a lot of folks. we'll be mild with showers. 50s is the high today. temperatures 34 and slowly clearing skies. partly sunny and a high of 53. 53 friday, president's day weekend, calm. that's the head line. partly sunny saturday and sunday. 46 and 44 degrees. don -- don, take it away. >> here's sharon with traffic control. >>> good morning, we're following two problems on the eastside of the beltway. we have problems ahead on the key bridge. they've cleared that out, but there's an accident at hawkins point road. the delays are clearing out and we have a new accident to report in the city on dundalk and german hill road. there's the speeds on the beltway. 38 miles per hour is the drive time on the leftside. there's a live look outside at 95 and 198. traffic building and no official delay. this is brought to you by your toyota dealer. >>> thanks, th