we got off at the main road, 50 in ocean city and it is about 10 minutes outside salisbury. the plows are stuck and it may be a couple of hundred feet before they get to the other plow and then there is a main road. right now, they are stuck and we are stuck. we are stuck behind the plow over there and we can't go anywhere. we want to get to ocean city to show you the bomb cyclone and the sites but we have to wait until these hard-working folks get out of here.

if your travel plans take you east to ocean city, if any, salisbury, all -- bethany, salisbury, all under 32 degrees tonight. the storm. we moved to the north and east. by midnight, a few snowflakes dancing around the air. anything that falls in the metro area will likely stick because the ground is cold, but we are not expecting significant snow. this begins to lift out at 8:00 tomorrow morning. then it lifts to the north and east. we clear up quickly. wind rapidly increases behind it and cold air for the day on friday. we will call this a nuisance storm. we may see an advisory later on today. in the east we are expecting widespread cancellations. one to two inches in southern maryland, maybe a dusting, upwards of an inch around the capital beltway. the windchill factors are going to be the big story. eight degrees. waking up early on friday morning. 10 to 15 degrees below zero. in southern maryland temperatures around five degrees below zero. how about relief? once we get for the first half of the weekend, temperatures rebound by sunday. look at monday and tuesday. we will see temperatu

we got off at the main road, 50 in ocean city and it is about 10 minutes outside salisbury. the plows are stuck and it may be a couple of hundred feet before they get to the other plow and then there is a main road. right now, they are stuck and we are stuck. we are stuck behind the plow over there and we can't go anywhere. we want to get to ocean city to show you the bomb cyclone and the sites but we have to wait until these hard-working folks get out of here. near salisbury, maryland, bruce leshan, wusa9. >> governor harkin urges people in snow-covered parts of the state to stay off the roads. >> the snow may be over but it leads to problems this morning and a whole lot of good deeds. >> in heather hills, this apartment complex, big trouble for those trying to get out of the complex. all of these cars are backed up and this is the case for us right now. what is going through your mind right now? >> i've been in the house for three days and i'm trying to get to work in this is my second attempt to try get it out. >> the main issue is the wind whipping you in the face. it is

and then over towards ocean city, a blizzard warning in effect for salisbury and rehoboth beach. charleston, south carolina, has seen over three inches of snow. the storm is just blossoming. we call this bombing off the coast. what does this mean? amelia will take a look. >> bomb cyclone is not a new term but it sounds interesting and that's why you're hearing about it so much today. i want to explain what that means. first, i'll give you the scientific explanation. you're going to be like, what? that's why i've never heard it before. dropping 24 millibars in 24 hours, what does that mean for you? it's rapidly intensifying. it's going to be around the same strength as far as millibars go as far as hurricane sandy, about 950 at its tightest, when it's most impressive. now you know, when bombogenesis, cold air is trapped up there and this storm is so strong and so intense that it is able to kind of tap and knockout that polar vortex and bring it into our area and that's the real story. not the snow but how cold it's going to be, especially on friday and saturday. >> and we're talki

you graduated from salisbury last year, you didn't take this class, this is a new class.his pyramid, i want the folks to look at this, maybe get a title shot of what's other, get a tight shot. one of the egregious behave erg yors that leads to -- behaviors is minization, things that white people might say, we live in a post racial society. or we all plong to the human race. those are considered phrases that could potentially be very dangerous. your thoughts? >> well, while that is very disappointing to hear something like that being taught at the university, it is something that is not new in the least. i think, it's funny they call this a diversity course when they focus on the most arbitrary things that divide us, like race, growing up bi-racial in america, growing up as an american fran i do not see things in the prism of color for any the cards were stacked against me because of some white supremacy. >> martha: so this is a required course as we said. for the students who are studying to be elementary education teachers. this is a statement from the university when we

near salisbury maryland, bruce leshan, wusa9. let me start digging a little bit. >> it will take a while to get back here, bruce. you just sent word that the plows finally broke through. he and the photographer are finally back on u.s. 50. still a mess. >> you know it's cold in d.c. when you can walk across the reflecting pool. >> mike o'leary wanted to do it. here's what happened. >> we showed up for work at wusa9 and there was a beautiful photograph on facebook. people were walking on the frozen reflecting pool. an amazing photo. i showed up and there was a problem. signs p it takes one guy, and i don't know what he is doing, but he walks on the ice and it opens the floodgates for everybody else. one of the park service rangers came up and said, everybody off the ice. it did not stop a family from ann arbor, michigan, from going on the ice anyway. >> will he stay inside on days like this. but we are here and we have to see what we can see. >> reporter: there you have it. we don't have the beach in washington, but we have the ma

a quick check of the snow totals around the region. 10-inches salisbury maryland, calaway maryland, you got about 6.3, montrose, 4.2, la plata two and a half. here in d.c. it was just under an inch and that's about what i had out in the gaithersburg, maryland, area but now it's all about the cold on the wind. these are the 5 o'clock wind gusts. it's gusting to 40 miles an hour at dulles, 38 miles an hour in d.c. 35 quantico and annapolis. that is so uncomfortable and guess what? it peaked out even higher than that earlier today. we had gusts to 55 miles an hour as you see here. calvert cliffs, that was a bowie recording a gust of 56 down there just off annapolis. so, now the wind is combining with the very cold temperatures and i'll show you temperatures in a moment to bring us this. this is the next advisory you need to be aware of it kicks in at 10 o'clock tonight and it will continue until noon on friday. it will likely be extended its a wind chill advisory because overnight it's going to feel like 5 degrees to 10 degrees below zero and in the mountains where you see that purple, tha

. >>> jim salisbury confirmed that the phillies signed francis row rodriguez. he had an e.r.a.8.0 last season, five runs above his lifetime e.r.a. >>> sixers in oklahoma city. joel embiid will play today. they play in milwaukee tomorrow. embiid has not played in back-to-back games yet. he wanted to by the end of the month. we'll have to wait and see. >>> both teams trying to get a first big 5 win. finished with 12 points. take care of the hawks. drexel beat northeast and get this. by a single point. a pair of free-throws, one second less. that is your look at sports. i'm danny pommells from nbc sports philadelphia. enjoy your sunday. >>> thank you, danny. here's a live look at the wells fargo center where the 30th anniversary of wrestling's royal rumble is tonight. before the pay-per-view event, there's a meet and greet and another in philadelphia. tomorrow the wells fargo center will be host to wwe's monday night raw. >>> also happening today, yoga with some bite to it. the adventure aquarium will host shark yoga. participants do poses in front of giant windows of the shark ra

we are in salisbury. we have been doing slipping and the sliding. with snows are packed and ice. we saw one car spun out and stuck making their way, trying to get as much of this up as possible. they are dealing with subzero temperatures not making their jobs easier. the beach town, going to be waking up to a resort buried with snow. this city got pounded by storm. this was something else. they were dealing with hurricane force wind gusts, driving snow whipping all over the place and frigid temperatures as well. many of the roads were not passable. cars were getting stuck and covered in snow banks. there is a lot of the same this morning, treacherous conditions throughout ocean city. public works will be trying to do the best they can to clear they are going to continue to battle wind and drifting snow. wee we get to ocean city, will show you the conditions. we are in storm trak 7. when severe weather hits, abc 7 is on your side. larry: our team was spread out all the way to ocean city, bringing you school closings, up-to-the-minute forecast, and troubles on the roads and rails.

over toward the eastern shore, and then you've gohe includes ocean city, rehoboth, and over toward salisbury where not only are they going to see four to eight inches of snow, they're going to see 40 to 50-mile-per-hour winds. but winds are going to be a factor here too. we'll see winds in our area gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour tomorrow. it's going to be a brutal day. here's the radar. and you notice it looks like it's snowing just about everywhere. but the atmosphere is still very, very dry. we call this the donut hole. anytime you see that around the radar site it shows you that it's snowing aloft but as it's coming down it's evaporating. it's not snowing yet in d.c. but starting to. starting to see some snow around waldorf, fredericksburg and points to the south. we talked earlier today about that sharp cutoff. look at that cutoff. snow to the east and nothing back toward the west. that's going to be the case for tomorrow. now, snow coming down heavily around portions of the delmarva. already really heavy now just around the norfolk area. and look at this. you can really see this storm

yes, up to 10-inches is possible in ocean city, maryland and salisbury where a blizzard warning is beough today. so, the snow will end by the lunch hour here and locally. by the time we get into the afternoon, it's going to transition to more of a story about the wind and the cold with winds gusting to 40 miles an hour, you're talking about the concern with blowing snow. brutal cold expected through the rest of the week. quick look at that seven-day forecast shows highs in the teens, lows in the s that's a quick look at your forecast. now let's get a check of the roads with erin. how are we looking out there. >> 4:56, caitlin. volume is still really light but again, conditions are a little bit dicey because of the slickness from the snow falling down t want to start you off with an amtrak service alert. metro service picks up at 5:00. no reported delays there. however, no service on amtrak on the northeast regional. no service washington, d.c. to newport news, canceled there. also northeast regional modified schedule between new york and boston delays. make sure you check the schedule

how about salisbury 10-inches, southern maryland, saint mary's county up to four to 6-inches.charles ocean city 11-inches. here in d.c., we had under an inch. i know we had pretty much under an inch at my house out in gaithersburg so it was again once you cross 95 and then get farther south and east, you ran into those big snow totals. and the wind very exceptional today. we had gusts, peak gusts in gaithersburg to 55. great falls 46. reagan national 49. they were certainly over 50 out at ocean city. but listen, gainsville, virginia had a gust of 51. calvert cliffs, this is close to annapolis, it's also in bowie a little bit off shore, a 56 miles an hour gust and dulles had a gust to 48 miles an hour. so, where are those gusts right now? they're down from the peak earlier today but this is not fun up in baltimore with a 41 miles per hour gust at this hour. 33 at d.c. dulles and manassas getting gusts to 37. so, that takes that temperature and drops it down into the single digits and that is all as a result of our deepening nor'easter that's going to continue to tap that polar

iranian origin and were introduced in yemen after the security council adopted an arms embargo arpita salisbury is a senior consulting fellow with the middle east and north africa program at chatham house he says the report shows yemen is fragmenting into several regional conflicts and a fresh approach to peace may be necessary the issue that we have right now if we have is we have a un the peace process which is really fixed focused on the idea of a single conflict a binary conflict between who these formerly the who the seller alliance on one side and the government of yemen backed by saudi arabia on the other and when in reality what you have is multiple interlinked sort of overlapping conflicts going on and rivalries going on so that if a peace deal is reached simply between the who is on the one hand and the government of yemen on the other that means that you are excluding a lot of different groups who are very involved in the conflict have control over different areas and that in turn creates incentives for them to generate new conflict again in the future so we might see that the big wa

. >> this is in salisbury university in maryland, something the teachers using phrases like we live inty and we are all part of the human race. that could lead to genocide which is at the top of the peer amid use the right there. they said white supremacy is just one of the tools she said she used to teach her students to think critically about race, class and gender per academic freedom policies, faculty is rita disseminated her students information that is controversial as long as it is relevant. some people on social media say this chart could do more harm than good, susie said his is not teaching diversity, it is teaching racial division. another twitter user says let's hear the phrase we are all part of the human race is now racism. >> two guinness world records. >> not one but two, the awards she won, with a top 20 hit, as well as most hits on the us heart country chart by a female artist. i deserve an award getting through any awards she won. she sent out a tweet about it, two more records, i didn't see that coming, she talked about her winning during a recent interview. >> it w

what we can do is improve the salisbury line to get faster trends to waiver. will my right honorable friend reassure my constituents and me that the government is behind the scheme to do what the government wants to create more wealth and prosperity. >> as my honorable friend will know, the chancellor last year set aside considerable sums of money, 20 billion pounds, to finance infrastructure improvements, railroad and broadband to generate growth around the country and facilitate housing development. my honorable friend's constituency has seen considerable housing development in recent years, i we should transfer ministers talked to him about the concerns he has? >> 25 january 1985 the conservative government promised no nuclear waste, and the promise still stands? >> he will have to forgive me if i say my memory for statements given in 1985, it was seven years before i was first elected to this house but i will look into the that he has raised. .. important new initiative to get universities to work very closely with business to develop specialist coding ski

resolutions and earlier we spoke to peter salisbury who is a senior consulting fellow with a middle east and north africa program at chatham house he told us the report shows yemen is fragmenting into several regional conflicts and a fresh approach to paste may be necessary the issue that we have right now if we have is we have a un that peace process which is really fixed focused on the idea of a single conflict a binary conflict between the who these formerly the who thinks are alliance on one side and the government of yemen backed by saudi arabia on the other and when in reality what you have is multiple interlinked sort of overlapping conflicts going on and rivalries going on so that if a peace deal is reached simply between the who is on the one hand and the government of yemen on the other hand that means that you're excluding a lot of different groups who are. very involved in the conflict of control over different areas and that in turn creates incentives for them to generate new conflict again in the future so we might see the big war the big conflict that we're looking at from

p jim salisbury confirmed that the phillies signed francisco rodriguez. make 2 million bucks. the 36-year-old had an e.r.a. close to 8.0 last season. five runs above his lifetime e.r.a. >>> sixers in oklahoma city today. joel embiid will play in the game today. the sixers play tomorrow in milwaukee also. embiid has not played in back-to-back games yet but wanted to by the end of the month. we'll have to wait and see if he gets on the court. >>> on the college hoop scene. st. joe's, both teams trying to get a first win. second half, sweet give and go. caleb wood. broeder finished with 12 points. they take care of the hawks 67-56. good job to them. drexel beat nest and by a single point. there was one second left. that is your look at sports. i'm danny pommells from nbc sports philadelphia. enjoy your sunday. >>> many nonprofits in philadelphia are doing innovative work to make a difference. now they can get a boost to meet their new goals from a program taking applications right now. nbc 10 and telemundo are partnering with the nbcuniversal foundation to s

toward the coast where we do have a winter storm watch in effect towards rehoboth beach, cambridge, salisbury, i'm not expecting much. 3 or 4 inches here. this is something we're going to be watching closely as we move through the next couple of days. we have winter storm warnings. eastern karolina, all the way towards tallahassee, university, one of the best weather schools in the country, they are closed tomorrow for the potential for winter weather. florida state, closed tomorrow because of winter weather. just amazing how deep this cold air goes. and as this cold air moves out, we're going to start to see a chance for us, too. nothing in our area. tracking two systems that are going to come together. one, you can see it bringing down more cold air on a nice piece of energy here. another piece of energy right here, they're going to meet down towards florida. and move right off the coast. and as they do, they're going to give us a little bit of snow. wednesday night you notice the cloud cover around the d.c. area. but here's the rain and snow at the coast. watch it transfer over to snow in

it's off to the east including areas like ocean city, salisbury and cambridge, right on down towards the south. does not include any part of our area. this is a huge thing here for the storm coming up on thursday. i do not want you to think about this event at all unless you're thinking about driving to ocean city. as far as the radar is concerned, nothing on there right now. tracking a storm system, and it's actually a systems. you see a little piece of energy right in here, and there is another piece of energy coming down right around minneapolis. these two pieces are going to come together right off the coast and create a monster storm. by thursday afternoon, there will be a really a megastorm right off the coast and i mean right off the coast. it's going to be so close. but notice here it is 11:00 on wednesday night. we've got the cloud cover. here's the snow. down towards ocean city, down towards rehoboth. here's 5:00 a.m. on thursday, the heaviest storm along the coast. it never makes its way into d.c. now, could it come back farther to the west? yes, it could. this is somethin

cambridge, salisbury, ocean city over towards rehoboth, all under winter storm watch now. the potential there for three, maybe 6 inches of snow in those areas. now take a look at the rest of this. you guys will love this. jim handly, you went to school right there, buddy. >> i sure did. >> gainsville, florida, under winter weather advisory. florida state university under a winter storm warning. they're actually cancelling classes now. up the coast here, charleston, winter storm warning there, 1 to 2 inches of snow with ice mixing in all the way up towards parts of north carolina. this is really unprecedented cold that we've got across parts of the area. numerous record lows going to be set. we could set records here, too. watching the storm now trying to develop, if you look at the map, somebody said today can you s it's not there yet. it's not formed. by tomorrow night it will be formed. it's two pieces of energy. one to the north and one to the south. these are going to meet and form right off the coast here and move up the coast and this thing is going to, what's called

i was just in salisbury maryland talking to a gentleman and i asked him what is your top concern.e economy and jobs. so the democratic -- president trump is going to do what he does. but the democratic party has to decide what are we standing for, what are we fighting for, and we may win in the short run, but what about longevity. >> in truth, in 2018, if midterm elections are indicative, past midterms are indicative of future, it may be enough to just be in a lot of these districts, well, i'm not in the party donald trump is in. a lot of swing seats out there. the problem is that worked in 2010 for republicans. it worked in 2014 for republicans. in 2020 you have to stand for something. >> that's the thing as we talk go going into 2018 to chris and what the senator are both saying is the fact that democratic party really is divided. you saw it with the democratic leadership. they don't have a clear message coming out. when you look at how good these economic numbers are, 4.1% unemployment, lowest black unemployment in the u.s. but this makes it very tough for there to be some kind

they could see aun salisbury over to the coast up to 10-inches of snow. wow. all right.hat's a lot. let's get a look at the roads now with erin. how are we doing on all of our local majors. >> local majors we're seeing snow coming down but i can tell you that it's not enough to cause any major backups just yet because volume is light. i still can't get over where cori coffin is out in ocean city maryland how heavy that snow is. this is in the district. this is new york avenue at north capitol. we just saw a snowplow go by in that camera. we know they're salting the roads and plowing the roads. this is at the mixing bowl. snow developing on the shoulders. everything is pretty clear. watch for slick spots as you head out. you'll need some extra time. across the wilson bridge traffic is looking good on the inner loop and outer loop side of things. really light volume on the beltway. i can't express enough to use caution, slow it down. metro service currently on time this morning. i'll let you know if that changes. things on 95, 66 in virginia much better. more concern this

how tax reform would help the average american joining is right now yelline digital partner matt salisburyr joining us. >> good morning thanks for having me on. >> messaging is everything, i know that lawmakers spent a lot of time on television, they joined up on this program, explaining the plan but you say they should have spent more time on twitter, on social media, explain. >> absolutely. we started yellow line digital to help organizations find results they need from stories at the tell online, watching this once in a generation debate about tax reform play out on social media largely, and i thought so many missed opportunities i had to write about it. >> where was the biggest missed opportunity? to me one of the things haines right they didn't do good job selling, many republicans we have all spoken to agree with you, and say that was one of the big things there is no reasonth plan should be unpopular as it is in the polling but is it did i, no matter what you say on twitter anywhere else to sell a corporate tax cut that is what this really is really what modify beneficial part is, a

in salisbury, maryland, even the snow plows struggled in the treacherous conditions. in boston, snow removal continued into the night to prepare for the morning commute. in new york city, the iconic billboards were barely visible through the snow. the snow dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of maine. along the coast, powerful winds led to some of the worst tidal flooding in four decades. >> where i grew up and childhood memories are being washed away. >> reporter: literally. >> literally, yeah. >> reporter: he had seen how an eroding as maine, threatens homes. and thursday he watched the storm pound the area once again. >> what's kind of going through your mind? >> cross your fingers. really, cross your fingers and hope for the best. >> reporter: it is freezing out here. actually below freezing. and temperatures are expected to go even lower over the weekend. in fact, it won't get above freezing in portland, maine, until tuesday. and the last time that even happened was nearly two weeks ago on christmas eve. jeff? >> it's so sad to see the memories washed away.

in salisbury, maryland, even the snowplow struggled in the treacherous conditions. in boston, snow removal continued into the night to prepare for the morning commute. and new york city, the iconic times square billboards were barely visible through the snow. >> very cold. i can't feel my nose. >> reporter: the storm dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of maine. along the coast, powerful winds led to some of the worst tidal flooding in four decades. >> where i grew up and my childhood memories are being washed away literally. >> reporter: over the last decade, sean walker has seen how an eroding coastline in saco, maine, threatens homes. and thursday, he watched the storm pound the area once again. what's kind of going through your mind? >> cross your fingers. really, cross your fingers and hope for the best. >> reporter: yes, it is very cold out here. it's only going to get colder over the weekend. in fact, it's not expected to reach above freezing in the portland area until tuesday. and the last time that happened was nearly two weeks ago on christmas eve. >>

another blast of very cold air around h you nothing locally immediate locally lower eastern shore salisburytune back in tonight at 5:00. we'll have the latest tomorrow morning with our thinking with this storm system. but the other story the cold here to stay. friday, saturday daytime highs around 20. overnight lows in the single digits. allison and steve, back to you. >> all right. thank you, tuck. >> kevin mccarthy is here. >> i'm here. of entertain. >> we have a huge story about youtube blogger named logan paul. wee have the controversy story coming up. women in hollywood are wright fog a brand new movement that's going to be huge story. >> see you after this. ♪ start the car! start the car! the ikea winter sale. wooooooo! get up to 50% off select items. now through january 10th. ikea. ♪ ♪ ♪ start the car! start the car! the ikea winter sale. wooooooo! get up to 50% off select items. now through january 10th. ikea. ♪ hey. good morning steve and allison. >> that's kevin's music. >> hello kevin. >> we'll start off with controversy story. controversy video that went viral and now for all th

azar grew up in salisbury, maryland, his father is a distinguished physician and was involved in the policy development in our state of maryland on health care policy and i had a chance to work with him when i was in the state legislature so it's good to see the family here and we thank mr. azar for his willingness to serve in this important position so the first question i'll ask you will be a parochial one with maryland. if necessary, i'll get your father involved here, and this is protecting some of the initiatives that we've had in maryland. we have, as you know, an all-payer rate system for our hospital care that requires the attention of hhs to make sure we can continue to provide this uniform-type service in our state. many states have come up with innovative ways to help with our health care system and we have a chance to talk about it. i urge you to pay attention to these types of initiatives and be understanding that we may need special attention to preserve this type of access to care. >> senator, thank you and thank you for the wonderful meeting where we had where we got

what he says the trump team was really thinking on election night. salisbury, md coming up-- leading to angry shoppers. more on the last minute rush to prepare for a winter blast. plus, how much for a song? well, one mistake may cost "spotify" dearly. you won'y believe how much money the company is getting sued for. thats coming up.. like inside grocery this. this is what it looks like inside grocery stores in boston, as thousands try to stock up on provisions, before the city gets hit with a major snow storm. this is the same system that is impacting us right now. as you can see, many store shelves are empty. that storm is expectedo lunchtime. president trump is out with a rare and scathing rebuke of former white house chief strategist steve bannon - a man he once described as a good friend. a forthcoming book obtained by abc news includes explosive allegations made by bannon about a meeting between the president's son and a russian lawyer who promised damaging information about hillary clinton. abc's arlette saenz is following it all in washington. in the day ahead - we'll find out