and really this is the beginning of washington's fame, i've been on the seaboard in america and published in europe as well, his diaries to show this tenacious young men going out and braving the elements and being a patriot at the same time. now, a couple of years later, in 1755, lewis athens publishers an important map of the middle british colonies and if a document that really becomes a nature reference tool for washington for much of his life into the 1790s -- or 1780s and 90s. and there's many things you can point to in this map. i'll just pick one, which is that it gives a lot of information about the indian nations that washington had to negotiate with touring has time on the frontier during the french and indian war. for example, from the mohawk river all the way down to lake erie, we see the territory of the six nations, the iroquois confederacy that played such a powerful role in mediating between the british and french empires, kind of an empire of its own in north america. but the territories of the mohawks and endowed us, you guys, senecas, are all not so clearly. and this i

governor in a packet sent to london and this is the beginning of washington's fame up and down the seaboard in america and published in europe as well. the diaries show the tenacious young man braving the elements and be a patriot at -- at the same time. a couple years later, 1755 louis ovens publishes one important map of the middle british colony is a document that becomes a major reference tool for washington for much of his life into the 17 etfs and '90s. many things you can point* to in this map and i will pick one that it gives a lot of information about the indian nation that washington had to negotiate with during his time of frontier. for example, from the mohawk river down to lake erie, we see the territory of the iroquois confederacy that played such a powerful role b.a.t between the british and french empires on the empire of its own in north america. but the territories the seneca, a cayuga, mapped out clearly. this was a crash course for washington in a complex alliance shifting and bewildering relationships he would have to contend with as he would pull the indians away from

up and down the seaboard in america and published in europe as well, his diaries show this tenacious young man going out, braving the elements and being a patriot at the same time. now, a couple of years late orer in 1755 louis evans publishes an important map of the middle british colonies, and it's a document that really becomes a major reference tool for washington for much of his life into the 1790s. or 1780s and '90s. and it's, there are many things you could point to on this map. i'll just pick one, which is that it gives a lot of information about the indian nations that washington had to negotiate with during his time on the frontier during the french and indian war. for example, from the no be hawk river -- mohawk river all the way down to lake erie, we see the territory of the six nations, the iroquois con fed race si that played such a powerful role with the british empire. but the territories of the mohawks, o nay das, senecas are all mapped out clearly. and can this was a kind of crash course for washington with in the very complex alliances, shifting alliances and bewil

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snowball parts of the northeast is getting packed in snow as a winter storm that hit the eastern seaboard waters are being asked to step through as cisco plans can do their jobs. >> it will be a difficult, difficult or share it is predicted to be at its heaviest just a few hours before rush-hour there's no way that the city's parking get all six sarah street in one or two hours. >> to close lower or the local warning is in affect for boston to new york is experiencing its third store sperm and as many weeks. the city can expect a much better response in that it's highly criticized christmas storm. >> we know we did that do the job that new yorkers expected test correctly, we intend to make sure that does not happen again. >> their prepared by salting roads including ambulances with a rescue sled and gps tractors on all this no contracts moving them to the areas that need them the most. all this will the storm's impact is still being felt the south where caused flights canceled, streets and dice. >> many domestic flights at three airports have been canceled philadelphia party has 5 in. of

probably more for the eastern seaboard as winter really holds on to most of the east coast.of wintry here but partly cloudy throughout the afternoon. temperatures not much of a change here with low 50s sunnyvale. look for 52 redwood city, the fog half moon bay for much of the day. san francisco partly cloudy later on at 53. north bay basically in the low 50s except for some locales, 40s, napa, san rafael. near east bay starting out gray with your fog and then 52 san leandro, 53 fremont and the coolest numbers here with numbers just in the mid-40s by the delta. 48 concord and 49 pleasanton and as much as 5 degrees of warming here for watsonville with sunnier skies. the accu-weather 7-day forecast, once again we're looking at the fog. a little brighter, a little bit warmer day-to-day. in fact, as we get closer to the next storm system, that ridge should allow for more sunshine. so it should be nice right through the middle of the week. >> yeah. just enjoy it, as you said. thanks, lisa. don't go away. you've never seen an adult so happy to get a driver's license. >> i got it! i

we've got this developing system that will ride up along the atlantic seaboard today, spreading rain and snow. inland areas across the mid-atlantic states, new england region will be looking at snow. another storm system comes in off the great lakes. lake effect snows will pile up for you. minus 2 in chicago. minus 1 in toronto. subfreezing temperatures across the board here. we've got 3 in new york, and only 1 for d.c. finally, getting a look at europe here. a lot of the activity is going to be located towards the south, the southern tier of europe. lots of activity in place. a couple of systems moving in toward the iberian peninsula. and that will produce some strong rains in the days to come. also right now, looking at a little bit more activity developing along southern italy and in towards greece. chances of some of strong to severe thundershowers for you tonight. otherwise, a fairly settled picture for the northern half of europe. a little bit of snow moving in toward the norway coastline, but that will be just about it. here's a look at highs. it is remaining quite low. minus

it's quickly going to be developing as it makes its way up the eastern seaboard over the next 24 hours. and with the cold air in place, it will be producing widespread snow all the way from the lower mississippi valley all the way up into the northeast. we could well see snow and sleet in new york city during wednesday as well. watch out for that if you're going to be out and about. out toward the west, generally dry, snow to contend with along the northern and central rockies, over the overnight hours. that will be tapering off wednesday morning. the rain becoming heavier for coastal areas of british columbia. some inland snow to contend with as well. stays mild in the southeast today. 26 degrees. chilly in denver, 6. 15 in houston and 25 in miami. now, we head into europe, where we continue to see scattered snow showers across central and eastern europe. and then out toward the northwest, showers entering the british isles, set to head into continental europe bringing rain to the low countries and much of france. that will include sleet and snow as the cold northerly winds help to fr

some parts of the eastern seaboard have had their highest rainfall ever recorded. about 160,000 acres, the crop has been ruined. about 50 or a reservation -- irrigation reservoirs have burst their banks. some are filling up and posing a danger to those living nearby. this man was the commander until seven years ago. it fell to him on wednesday to distribute supplies to affected people. 180,000 are in displacement camps and a lot of people are suffering. the government and relief agencies are sending food and medicine into many places. people have told us they have seen no sign of aid from the government. they have set up camps on their own. >> around 100 people have died in southeastern brazil. they have seen more rain in 24 hours than they would see in the whole of january. nearly 50 people have died there in landslides. lebanon's national debate government has collapsed. the political factions are in dispute over the international investigation into the murder of the former prime minister. tensions have been running high. the office of arizona congressman gabriel

not delays on the arriving flights but a storm system on the eastern seaboard and the mid-south.r. you gotta get above the fog to warm up and to see some of that sunshine. so if you're taking a bike ride, probably sunnier above 1500 feet, although we are going to see a little mixing. that's going to help the fog clear out in some spots today. so we've got a mixture of 40s and 50s today. a little warmer than yesterday. a northeast wind keeping is cool this morning. 30s and 40s by this afternoon. 53 and partly cloudy in oakland as well as palo alto. still kind of gray san francisco. down by the monterey bay, milder weather at the coast, 56 santa cruz and our look ahead, staying dry until the middle of the week. more sun tomorrow but still kind of nice later on today. >> and a little warmer. >> just a couple degrees. >> thank you so much, lisa. for lisa argen, me and everybody here at abc 7 morning news, thanks for ♪ [ female announcer ] it starts with you falling in love with the most personalized most customized piece of furniture you will ever own. ♪ get that one piece right and

and the storm system is headed up the eastern seaboard, another direct it will for new york city is being predicted. airlines are pre-emptively cancelling blocks of flights. as they tend to do. here's what the storm path looks like. heavy snow and winds make their way up the coast. another direct hit forecast for new york city. they've already declared a weather emergency in advance. in boston a blizzard warning posted from early-morning through late evening tomorrow. the storm will intensify as it moves north and you can see the expected totals. ics to ten in the city, more north of the city, that vague generic 12 inches plus in boston. greater amounts in new england as the storm goes on up and dissipates. when our broadcast continues in just a moment, athe scenes from australia that some americans are comparing to what they saw during katrina. >>> and later, a member of our own team who happens to be from this town, she talks about how her hometown is coping with this tragedy. >>> back from tucson, we'll go overseas to australia where the flooding in queensland continues to be catastrop

now, later today, heavy rains will be sweeping through the southeast and heading up the eastern seaboarde will be thunderstorms over florida and a wintry mix back into tennessee and alabama. the southwest stays warm and sunny, but frigid temperatures continue to plague the northern plains. and the northeast warms up a little bit. >>> in sports, a bunch of buzzer beaters. david west of new orleans hit a last second jump shot against oklahoma city and the hornets pulled out a 91-89 victory over the thunder. that is the ninth straight win for new orleans. in toronto, rudy gay hit a tie breaking jumper with less than a second to go. gay had 21 points as the grizzlies beat the raptors 100-98. it was the third straight win for memphis and the eighth loss in a row for toronto. and with the game tied in new jersey, brooke lopez scored with less than two seconds left to defeat cleveland. the nets 103-101 victory was their third in the last seven. >>> and notre dame upset pittsburgh. 56-51. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. and he said no to rehab. former homeless man

meanwhile, we have another storm that's ledded up the southeastern seaboard. once the storms merge, we'll see the snowfall pick up. 12-plus inches in the boston area. rob? vinita? >> another great day ahead here in the north. thanks for that. >>> still ahead this morning, tom delay learns how much time he'll be spending behind bars. >>> and the flooding in australia. inundating a parking lot. everybody sweeping away cars. >>> and big finish. college football's top tout forn battle it out for the national title. nininininininininininininÑ >>> it is time, now, for a check of market activities starting overseas. tokyo's nikkei average fell 0.3% today. hong kong's hang seng finished higher. in london, the ftse opened higher. on wall street, the dow fell 37 points yesterday. the nasdaq added nearly five points. >>> goldman sachs is giving a rare, inside look at how it dusz business. the wall street powerhouse is releasing a detailed report today, in response to critics who say it puts its own interests ahead of its clients' the report will include new rules to redu

taking aim at the mid atlantic and the northeast, the storm is in two parts converging on the eastern seaboard. new york city could get up to a foot of snow. new england could get twice that amount. back in the south, at least nine deaths are blamed on the storm. manuel geagas reports. >> reporter: the streets of atlanta are as slippery as a hockey rink. several inches of snowfall was turned to an icy glaze making walking and driving treacherous. >> this car is not made for the snow. >> very tough, very tough. i'm not used to this. i'm from miami. >> the winter blast pounded six southern states from alabama where more than a foot of snow is on the ground, to north carolina where caylee williams and her grandmother learned the hard way how dangerous the weather can be. >> i thought i was going to have a heart attack. i really thought i was going to die. we were coming down the hill. my grandma was driving. she hit the brakes and it slid all the way down and it stopped right there. >> the freezing temperatures are expected to last much of the week. here in atlanta, many businesses and schools wi

eric mentioned some of the delays up the eastern seaboard. here's the reason why.ook at the snow and ice in georgia, carolinas, heading towards virginia and even snow around kansas city and st. louis and minneapolis. a lot of delays today and our flight tracker will have you covered at abc7news.com. here's kristen. >> mike, listen to this one at 4:49. a stunning new theory on a factor causing autism. a preliminary study based on half a million california children suggest if a second child is born less than two years after their older sibling, that younger child is more likely to be autistic. compared to babies born three years after their older sibling. columbia university research say that was true no matter the parents' age. they say more study is needed for a birth spacing link. it accounts for 18% of births, a rising percentage due to mothers delays child birth. >> gas prices are taking another significant jump over the past three weeks. gas prices shown up an average of 9 cents a gallon to $3.08 nationwide. there is another change. the highest price in the cou

eastern seaboard, pretty calm and dry, should enjoy a nice new year's eve. to the west, calm as well. looks like more rain coming into california as we head to the next 24 hours. temperatures like this, very chilly, you see here behind the front, minus 11 for the high in denver. just 2 degrees in both vancouver and seattle. 12 in chicago. but that will dip below zero in the days to come and 6 in new york city. on we go to europe, a bit stormy here across the western mediterranean. but pretty calm and dry for much of continental europe until we hit this system here in the baltic sea. that's going to push some really chilly air as well as the risk of snow flurries to parts of not only germany, but poland as well as the baltic region here. western russia, you can also see some very cold temperatures as well as snow. minus 7 for the high in moscow. just 0 in warsaw. 4 in berlin. over towards the west, a little more mild, 7 in london. 3 in paris. and just 10 in madrid and 17 in lisbon. what about new year's eve weather across the world? let's go back to asia here

partly because of the system that's driving up the eastern seaboard.nd we're talking wednesday and we'll get into it more tomorrow with snow and ice and quickly to rain. we're hoping that's the case. on the west coast, showers on >> all that weather was brought to you by breathe right. robin, george. >> we're right here, sam. >>> it is the "gma" advice guru finals. we've gone from 15,000 finalists down to the final four. in the next few days each of them will join us live in the studios and answer questions live. and on the cameras. we'll talking to dr. coop, he's here. let's talk more. >> lease a ph.d. cook, musician, animal lover and he wants to be your advice guru. >> the secret to a good life really is about embracing change. >> reporter: dr. coop, as his patients call him, grew up in st. joe, a small farm town in rural minnesota. cooper went on to college with experience in counseling inspired him to pursue a doctorate in psychology. >> it changed my life. it taught me that i had more choices other than the life i was leading at the time. >> repor

those two systems are going to get together and they're going to make a turn up the eastern seaboardnd that means by tuesday night into wednesday night, somebody in that northeastern corridor is going to come up with 12 to 18 inches of additional snow. >> reporter: back on i-20, i've reached the end of the road. we're stuck. we've been driving over an hour. we've probably gone what, 20 miles. not very much. and we are stuck. there's a whole blockade. i don't think we're getting anywhere. bye-bye, traffic. let's go find a hotel. i'm yunji de nies for "nightline," still stuck in birmingham. >> isn't that title of a country song? thanks to yunji for that. stay warm out there. when we come back, the message of the massacre. that is the subject of tonight's closing argument. first, here's what's next on jimmy kimmel. >> tonight, scott foley is with us. we have music from far east movement. and cameron diaz. yes, the cameron diaz. a wipe is a wipe unless it's also a scrub. lysol complete clean dual action wipes have 2 sides that go beyond ordinary wipes. you can feel the difference. one si

that storm hits the eastern seaboard by midnight, with up to half a foot of snow from washington, d.c., up to boston. an icy mix changes to all-snow by afternoon in little rock, memphis and nashville. rain along the gulf coast. showers in the pacific northwest. snow in the cascades and northern rockies. >> 40s in boise and seattle. and just shy of 70 in phoenix. a frigid 11 below zero in fargo. just 3 degrees in minneapolis. and 17 in omaha. new york will get up to 31 degrees. miami, 81. >>> and when we come back this morning, mystery solved. kidnapped as a baby. a grown woman works to find her real family. and she does. >>> plus, little survivors. scientists think they have found out why blood-sucking bedbugs have made such a comeback. h@h@h@ >>> chinese president hu jintao's visit to the u.s. has been productive for u.s. businesses. the obama administration says china will buy $45 billion in u.s. exports. that includes a nearly $20 billion deal for 200 boeing planes. the white house says the deal will support up to 235,000 jobs. >>> overseas stocks are lower across the board this mo

brass sunda snow storm has paralyzed the eastern seaboard of the united states ice freezing rain and as much as thirty centimeters of snowfall in a matter of hours in new york area as was to meet with schools and airports closing for a day in washington three hundred thousand people were left without power and even president obama's plane was delayed returning from the middle. of europe today i'll be back with our top stories about ten minutes time does russia approved a new strategic arms reduction treaty with the u.s. also catches up with one of its key negotiators the interview with the helmet get up is up next. president obama were able to sign the treaty before us republicans didn't control of the senate and then they demanded for these amendments or so-called special statements in order for the treaty to be able to past where you at any point. concerned that this treaty may not be ratified needless to say that for us in the upper chamber of the russian parliament all the work on the cation has started long before the document was brought. to the floor to vote and we started our

that eastern seaboard of the states no stranger to security issues tell us what are the security experts saying it specially about the thought of the here in moscow is a major international hub in five years that is the busiest airport in all of russia the. the biggest country in the world. you know they are saying this certainly was a message you know they try to kill as many people as the good security experts point out that these monsters could be staging the attacks to sort of raise funds from international terrorist networks to show that they can pull the saw and in russia it is not as difficult to pull it off as say in the united states and with suicide bombers they really made their message much more graphic russian security officials believe that some terrorist groups operating in russia do get funding from abroad some of the members are known to have been trained abroad so really to stop this there has to be an international effort this is the message laurie what about any any reaction from a couple hill of this point when we have when we're nine eleven in the united states obvi

of snow could get dropped across the upper midwest as it makes its way towards the eastern seaboard tomorrow. it could affect over 100 million people in the united states with heavy snow for chicago today, then new york to washington tomorrow. >> keeping that are eye on rough whether crown the world. a cyclone in australia there shall try to come recover from the floods. look at how strong the winds are. the damage that are already being done. it's headed for the area it's called cyclone yangtze. it will hit queensland wednesday, thursday. winds aren't going to be 162 miles an hour. it had a mile and hour winds it is down to a tropical wool. over in japan will different story. widespread snow. this is deep, causing major problems on the roadways. people are stranded, and rail trouble as well. about 10 km they have not cleared, these cars are stocked. hundreds of them, some people slept in their cars, some deserted their cars, they don't know when they will have this cleared. avalanche warning throughout the region. >> the death toll rising a head- on collision between a passenger train in ge

, would reduce the risk of any oil getting on to the west coast of florida and on to the eastern seaboard. host: jeanine, you are on the air. caller: two things. how responsible do you think the environmentalists and the federal government are for pushing these rigs to the 5,000 foot level where they are not manageable rather than just going offshore 500 feet? and did you hear recently that there is a natural lg in the gulf that is -- a natural algae in the gulf that is eating up some of this oil and what is your opinion of that? host: before we get an answer, what are your thoughts about offshore oil drilling in california? i think she hung up, so we will not know. guest: i will take the low hanging fruit first. there is only one thing that it is pushing -- that is pushing companies into deeper and deeper water and riskier places to drill, and that is, our appetite tfor oil. our suppliers of oil have totally tapped out the easy places, the shallow waters that you mentioned. if you have ever flown over the coast of louisiana in a helicopter, as i have many times, it looks like a pin cushi

parts of the northeast getting packed in snow as winter storm heads up the eastern seaboard. their road so snowplows can do their jobs. >> we are asking for cooperation as people are getting on the highways. highways are tightening up. it was helpful if people would stop the highways, stay home. let the snow pass. let us get on top of the clearing of state highway system. >> philadelphia had this snow emergency. new york is experiencing its third dose storm in as many weeks. >> not just to get back to normal it was to deploy on more effective snow response. more aggressive, more accountable based on lessons we learned last dorm. >> libor is general met manager had this is a payoff rain now it is fully operational we are ready to go. unfortunately this was a storm. the forecast called for 10-16 in. of snow. here we have only received seven. the airline was looking ahead and pre cancelled virtually all of the morning schedule. >> flights will resume this afternoon. but best bet is to check with your airline for this dip status of your flight. >> jerry browngov. jerry brown is h

so, a major coastal storm is bearing down in the eastern seaboard at this hour.et's take a look at the weather satellite. a tremendous low pressure of system impacting central new jersey, is all the way up the coastal maine. eastern new england will experience the heaviest accumulations, a possibility of over a foot of snow. then moving west, expect lake effect snow everywhere, from toledo to syracuse. elsewhere in the u.s., a high pressure system will bring pleasant temperatures to phoenix and salt lake city. reno -- >> jimmy: show me where phoenix is again, real quick. >> jimmy: phoenix is over there, all right. >> so, what's in store for the weekend? we'll take a look at the five-day forecast later on. back to you, jimmy. >> jimmy: thank you very much, candy. that's candy. [ applause ] someone move phoenix and we're going to find out who did it! yesterday, nasa released some photographs taken by the hubble space telescope of a mysterious green glob they found floating in the far reaches of space. either that, or someone squeezed on the telescope. it could be a

cliffs in the world, and from the summit, and angle of 30 degrees and it bleeds on to the eastern seaboard where there are no cliffs. the cliffs are the key to this story and the islands i went to, an island in the westernmost of the pharaohs. cascading water, dotted all over, tiny patches of grass not much bigger than that table. the keys to what happens, each spring, young strong liking men came to the base of the cliffs in little boats. and his intention is to get on to the cliff which in normal circumstances would be a foolhardy thing to do. there are ropes suspended from the top of the cliff. there may be 20 ropes down to the seaside. so he maneuvers his boat to the bottom of one of these ropes and you can imagine what going up and down and the bottom of the cliff being slimy with seaweed. a very forbidding looking place but they are quite experienced and judge to the moment of the gap on the cliff. at a prearranged moment he jumps and get on to the bottom and grab the rope and lack a fair wind he is secure. he will bruise a bit but he is there and secure. so he makes sure he is secur

the storm that paralyzed the eastern seaboard hit atlanta hard.narling traffic for miles, hundreds of accidents, even 18-wheelers flipped over and after five days, passengers are still stranded at the hartsfield-jackson international airport. >> i'm tired of the wait. >> reporter: our friends at abc station wsb took to the sky last night to monitor the colossal scope of the damage. >> robin, we're taking a look at atlanta's infamous spaghetti junction, one of the hardest hit areas we have seen for the past three days as atlanta could not move around but things are beginning to get a little better. >> reporter: a little better, jason, but with highways and back roads still coated with inches of ice many are wondering why this metropolis was not better prepared for the storm. >> not good. i've been here since '69 and never seen one like in this stayed this long. pretty rough. >> reporter: the state of georgia is shelling out $2 million a day on storm cleanup. since thursday morning, police have responded to more than 50 new accidents including one f

." >>> record snow crushed the eastern seaboard overnight.iends twittering shows how bad it got. chief white house correspondent chuck todd said it took four hours to get home from the white house. that is just 4 1/2 miles. david gregory just a couple seconds ago twittered i ditched my car at the studio. traffic was not moving. so there you go. tracie potts is live in washington in the bureau. and the operative word here is in the bureau, inside. >> reporter: let me tell you why i'm inside. because some of my coworkers got stuck. we were going to set up to show you the snow outside, but we needed the extra crew. they got stuck either at home and had to turn around or couldn't get here from where they were. i ended up coming in overnight just to make sure i would be here for you this morning. but the snow came down really, really fast. it was about six to nine inches depending on where you were. like chuck said, a lot of people abandoned their cars. that's really the problem this morning. if you are out, the roads are greating getting clear, b

talking about severe weather out in the midsection of the nation and possible snow for the eastern seaboardy this time next week. >> okay. so if somebody's in the sierra right now, when do you think they should come back? when's a good plan? >> spring! [ laughter ] >> i like that plan. >> stay put. >> okay. >> looks like midweek, monday, tuesday, wednesday, pretty good. >> okay. >> that's probably the best, going or coming. >> sounds good. thanks, jim bernard. >>> in sports, the warriors won by a whisker last night in charlotte, north carolina. guard monday i take ellis and stephen curry combined for 49 points. the warriors had an 11-point lead in the fourth quarter, but allowed the bob cats to cut it to 1 with 14 seconds left. charlotte's steven jackson missed a 29-footer and the warriors won 96-95, winning four of their last five. >>> local college basketball, san jose state lost to utah state, 80-71. st. mary's beat hartford. college football, notre dame defeated miami of florida in the sun bowl, 33-17. in the meineke bowl, south florida beat clemson 31-26. florida state beat south carol

, would reduce the risk of any oil getting on to the west coast of florida and on to the eastern seaboard. host: jeanine, you are on the air. caller: two things. how responsible do you think the environmentalists and the federal government are for pushing these rigs to the 5,000 foot level where they are not manageable rather than just going offshore 500 feet? and did you hear recently that there is a natural lg in the gulf that is -- a natural algae in the gulf that is eating up some of this oil and what is your opinion of that? host: before we get an answer, what are your thoughts about offshore oil drilling in california? i think she hung up, so we will not know. guest: i will take the low hanging fruit first. there is only one thing that it is pushing -- that is pushing companies into deeper and deeper water and riskier places to drill, and that is, our appetite tfor oil. our suppliers of oil have totally tapped out the easy places, the shallow waters that you mentioned. if you have ever flown over the coast of louisiana in a helicopter, as i have many times, it looks like a pin cushi

high pressure's anchored off the eastern seaboard and today we have a weak system to the north.g to allow for not only a few clouds along the north coast but some rain for eureka and reading and also some cloudiness into the sacramento valley. so really the way it's affecting us is that it's allowing for a few high clouds this afternoon. south bay numbers almost as nice, just about as nice as yesterday. 65, san jose and campbell. peninsula, lots of fog right through 10:00, 11:00. 64 redwood city, 65 palo alto. normal highs upper 50s. even with the fog this morning. north bay numbers 68 santa rosa, 64 novato. and over into the east bay it will be mid afternoon when we see partly cloudy skies. when we do it will be a nice day in oakland at 65. inland valleys, here's where that fog is going to sit throughout much of the day. that's why you'll see highs in the 50s. 68 brentwood, 53 livermore. monterey bay you have quarter mile visibility now in monterey. later on 56. a little fog tomorrow. i think we see less of it. that means more sun, a little warmer for the holiday tomorrow. i th

parts of the northeast united states getting packed in snow as a winter storm heads up the eastern seaboard. motorists are being asked to stay off the roads so that snowplows can do their jobs. >> we're asking for cooperation as more people are trying to get on the highways that those highways are now starting to tighten up. so it would be helpful if people would simply stay off the highways, stay home. let the snow pass. give us a little time to get in on top of the clearing of the state highway system. >> reporter: philadelphia declare add snow emergency. a blizzard warning is in effect for boston. new york is experiencing its third snowstorm in as many weeks. and the mayor says the city can expect a much better response than it's highly criticized christmas weekend storm. >> we do know that we didn't do the job that new yorkers rightly expect of us in the last storm. and we intend to make sure that that does not happen again. >> reporter: new york has prepared for this storm by salting the roads, equipping ambulances with rescue sleds and gps trackers on all of the snowplowing trucks mov

rain along the northeast -- the eastern seaboard in the northeast and in north florida. snow in michigan and montana. he have rain in california headed into nevada. so safety experts are urging people to get on the road early, give themselves extra time given the potential traffic problems and with so many people on the road and so many troopers out there, by the way, they are just urging people to take it easy and get home safely. lester? >> mark potter in florida this morning. thanks. >>> no matter if you were driving or flying the holiday season has been full of dangerous weather. >> janice huff is here to tell us if there is anything to watch for today. good morning. >> in the west it's rain again. another storm system moving over the california coast. expecting an inch of rain from santa barbara up to sacramento, san francisco. that will cause delays in the air and on the roads n. the east, as you mentioned, it's foggy. we have fog advisories around new york city and parts of the northeast. the fog, visibilities are down to a half mile and more in spots. that should

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parts of the northeast united states getting packed in snow as a winter storm heads up the eastern seaboard. motorists are being asked to stay off the roads so that snowplows can do their jobs. >> it's going to be a difficult, difficult rush hour. the storm is predicted to be at its heaviest just a few hours before rush hour. and there's no way that our city's plows can get to all 6,000 streets in one or two hours. >> reporter: philadelphia declare add snow emergency, a blizzard warning is in effect for boston. new york is experiencing its third snowstorm in as many weeks. and the mayor says the city can expect a much better response than it's highly criticized christmas storm. >> we know we didn't do the job that new yorkers rightly expect of us in the last storm and we intend to make sure that does not happen again. >> reporter: new york has prepared for this storm by salting the roads, equipping ambulances with rescue sleds and gps trackers on all the snowplowing trucks moving them to the areas that need them the most. all this while the storm's impact is still being felt in the south wh

first up, this storm is make its way up the eastern seaboard and it's going to produce an icy mess by. most areas here will pick up a general one to three inches. once these two storms emerge we're going to see an all-out disruptive snowstorm tuesday night into wednesday, especially along the i-95 corridor from new york city into the boston area. philadelphia will see a general four to eight inches. the snow will be arriving there by the evening rush. then by around 9:00, 10:00 eastern time new york city will start to see the snow fall, and we're forecasting about six to twelve inches here. boston most of the snow will be falling on wednesday and you could see over a foot of snow. behind this snowstorm we're going to see an arctic chill invade the northern plains. minneapolis will see a high of 14. single-digit highs over the dakotas. rob and vinita, back to you. >> we have a wonderful night here in new york coming. thanks for that, jeannette. here's the rest of the your tuesday forecast now. drying out but remaining frigid in the plains. a new storm moves into the northwest, dumping

. >>> well, that same system is bringing snow up the eastern seaboard this morning.treets of memphis where the city is expected to pick up about 3 inches by morning. the northeast, well, we'll get hit later today. the extreme cold weather sitting over much of the nation. sam champion says there's a reason it's colder than usual. >> reporter: three-quarters of the united states is frigid cold while the northern reaches of canada and greenland are experiencing temperatures 15 to 20 degrees above normal. scientists say it's the arctic air normally locked in place that's seeping down into america. >> it's a little bit like opening the refrigerator and the cold air comes out and moves into the rest of the room. >> reporter: it may have to do with the melting of the arctic ice sheets. the magenta line shows here where the ice was in the '70s. the white area, where the ice is now. it's the jet stream that acts as a border between the arctic air and the rest of the world. normally keeping the frigid air trapped near the north pole. some studies now suggest that melting arcti

system that rolled through linton tennessee, kentucky, north carolina, marking its with the eastern seaboard as snow is falling. the whole lot of problems at airports, highways story we will be following. back with airports, highways story we will be following. back with more of this. foin a minute. mean licks of mustard and riffs of melty, bubbly cheese. catch 'em before the fresh toasted tour leaves town. subway big hot pastrami. crank up the flavor at subway. and we're back, they may go fully electronic and the next two years, we will follow that as the golden gate bridge as are imposed on that. john, forecasts checks on the forecast. louisa. >> chance of rain sitting in for late in the morning, early afternoon light rain continues, a bit breezy as we had until later hours by the evening holding on to some lingering showers fairly one day to day, the system is just breaking on sickos bringing with it wet weather especially to the north, snow in the sierra up to about an inch or the end of the day were not talking about any heavy snow rain now a few showers starting to break on to the coas

the storm is moving up the eastern seaboard. so boston may not be as lucky as new york. blizzard warning in effect until 8:00 p.m. tonight and they could get up to 16 inches. and the -- there was trouble but service has been suspended because of a tree that's fallen on wires. also in philadelphia, it's been quite a winter. you might not know this but in back-to-back winter seasons. there's been over a hundred inches in snow. that's the first time that's happened in 126 years. tori and dave? >> wow. that's a lot of snow. pretty pictures there. now, patricia, we mentioned earlier that there are flight problems but not as bad as when the storm hit the holidays. because the -- the flights were so jammed it was hard to find a seat to take home. >> reporter: absolutely. a variety of factors as you say was the holiday seasons, you have a lot more people t raveling. also that storm a was -- 245 storm was a lot bigger in this one. we were lucky that we got less than expected. >> thank you, patricia. >> see, i grew up from that. >> yeah. >> i don't miss it at all. [ laughter ] >>

this is the snow that's moving out of the eastern seaboard that's already on the ground. a live shot in philadelphia. it's a light, fine snow that makes whiteout conditions when you're driving. be very careful when you're driving in the northeast. here's who gets what. there's snow that will develop in the mountains of north carolina all the way to tennessee. runs through west virginia there's this big pocket of snow that goes through central new jersey. delmarva and will spread all the way through boston. general 1 to 3. there's a zone that gets anywhere from 5, 6, 7 inches today. here's that cold air that rushes in behind it. and see that low that's right in between the bottom panels of dallas and atlanta there? that low could be next week's snowmaker. but we'll talk about that th >> and we are live in times square this morning as the light snow falls. all that weather was brought to you by carnival cruise line. george? >> thank you, sam. >>> and coming up, could tears be a turnoff? we've got the science. science ♪ crying over you not that she'll describe it that way to

stay with your local abc stations on the eastern seaboard.brought to you by ally bank. robin? >> all right, sam. thank you. >>> as you know, it's the "gma" advice guru finals. we've gone from 15,000 finalists to our top 4. the final four. so far this week, we've talked to dr. cooper boone. and life coach, fran harris, was here yesterday. now, the finalists, close-up, liz pryor will be in the hot seat. first, let's find out more about liz. liz pryor calls herself part-minivan mom, a single mother of three. >> lunch. >> reporter: and part go-to girlfriend. a straight-talking advice expert. and she says juggling these roles give her the perfect skills to become the next "gma" guru. >> besides being sharp and smart, i think you have to be intuitive. >> reporter: skills she honed, growing up in a very large family. >> i'm number five out of seven. two older sisters, two younger sisters and two older brothers. everything about me is somewhat of a by-product of being from a big family. >> reporter: her family gave liz the encourage to leave the midw

this is a heavy, wet snow moving along the eastern seaboard.k about people who get snow today. there's warmer air in the midwest. places like minneapolis, are going to get to 30 degrees, 33 degrees. that's good news for the temperatures. but there's also a little hit of snow. there's one to three inches of snow that goes to chicagoland. detroit's involved, as well. indianapolis. ten record-high temperatures on the west coast. it's likely today there will be a few more records. l.a., 78 degrees. you're waking up in palm springs and san diego in the 70s, as well. even portland is in the 50s. and we've got some cooler air. all of this, again, will stay kind of a little slushy, near >>> and here's what's ahead on the "gma" morning menu this morning. we showed you the pictures of jimmy buffett stepping off the stage. what happened? is he okay? we'll talk about that this morning. >>> also, teens, tweens and makeup. younger girls. would you allow your younger young ladies to allow makeup this morning? >>> also, pajamas aren't just for bedtime anymore.

the latest storm moving up the eastern seaboard.xpected to bring close to a foot of snow to parts of the mid-atlantic states and new england today. >>> egypt's government flooded the streets of cairo with riot police today and it continued into the early morning in the capital and other cities. demonstrators demanding an end to the mubarak's 29 years of awe thorough tearian rule. four people killed in the violence and demonstrators in tunisia forced their president from office. one video brings back memories of tiananmen square. one man against a much larger machine. a water cannon trying to knock him down. in this case it did move the crowd back. >>> this morning, toyota announced another recall. this time nearly 1.7 million vehicles worldwide. the models include lexus is and gs luxury models in north america. toyota recalling about a dozen models in europe and japan. they are being recalled for defects that may cause fuel leakage and other issues. >>> in chicago this morning, take a look at this. a man driving a stolen taxi van ch

clearing the streets, not just in boston, but in a number of other places, up and down the eastern seaboardot a lot of work to do this morning. a lot of digging out. >> if you own a plow you are making a fortune on the east coast this winter. >> yeah. so much worth you can't keep up with it all. >> going to be a nice summer. >> welcome back to "the early show." i'm erika hill with chris wragge. a lot of good stuff coming up in this hour including a visit from betty white. >> love her. >> she's been entertaining us for over seven decades, won seven emmys and she is not stopping any time soon. in the past year, year and a half, her career and her life really have gotten a little crazy, done everything from "saturday night live," new hit sitcom which is "hot in cleveland," she's going to talk about that new season and also she's in a new tv movie "lost valentine," a completely different role for betty white and it's really a movie that is sappy in the best sense of the word. it tugs at your heart. >> you cannot help but smile when you're in the presence of betsy white. >> she's wonderful. >> j

this is the player that by friday is sitting off the eastern seaboard that means a snow zone from new york city to boston. stay up with your local abc for forecasting there. the good news in the southwest, san francisco at 54. l.a. at 64. >> southeast rain today. that in the next half hour. george? >> thank you, sam. >>> we have some breaking news right now on the royal wedding. prince william and kate middleton have made a number of decisions about the big day including the route they'll take to buckingham palace. miguel marquez has the latest from london. miguel? >> reporter: that's right, george, the wedding will start at 11:00 a.m. now we know once they are wed, we know the procession route will be right through the center of history and power in london from parliament square through whitehall along the parade and then the mall. once they get to buckingham palace, the queen will host a reception there. we are likely to see them on a balcony there and probably see them kissing, i am guessing. and after that, prince charles will host a private dinner. there will be dancing at buckin

show you two storms that get together because we've got to talk about what happens for the eastern seaboardeen a snow that was delivering a storm that was delivering snow from kansas city into the west. it combines with the low in the southeast and will make for tuesday night into wednesday a northeastern snow situation from washington, d.c. into new york all the way into boston. this could be a big accumulating snow that will have a big impact on the east coast. quick look at that full map >> and we are live this morning in atlanta. all of america's weather coming up again in the next half hour robin. >> all right thank you sam. >>> coming up next, the questions that some are asking, did heated political part play a part in the tragedy in tucson? we'll head to the white house for the latest right after this. come on back. n the tragedy in tucson? ♪ express yourself ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ express yourself ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ oh, do it ♪ ♪ oh, do it ♪ ♪ express yourself ♪ ♪ hey ♪ [ female announcer ] coffee is like life. it's better when you add your flavor. coffee-mate, from nestle. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 what if every

not one but two winter storms baring down on the eastern seaboard. >>> more people are working but more have stopped bothering to look. are employers ready to create more jobs? we'll talk to the head of the largest temporary hiring firm in america. >>> redemption road. a wonderful life for ted williams, in a few short days went from homeless to honored guest. can he stay on the straight and narrow once the cameras are gone? that and much more early this saturday morning, january 8th, that and much more early this saturday morning, january 8th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good morning, welcome to new york on a frosty winter morning. i'm russ mitchell. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. first week of the new year down. 51 more to good. >> it's all good, as they say. >> it's been all good for ted williams who became an overnight sensation, the homeless man with the voice of gold seeing so many opportunities, new opportunities to make money, to get off the streets. the question, though, remains, how is he going to be handling all of this? >> exactly. >> as you say, exactly. he's had this background,

it rides right up the eastern seaboard. tuesday night into wednesday. listen carefully, this is the key. if this storm sets up close to shore, you've got another big nor'easter with the potential for a foot or a lot more for portions of the area. if it pushes a little further out to sea, going to be influenced more by the sea surface temperatures and rain for the fish. we watch this closely tuesday night into wednesday for the next possible big storm. all right. that's a quick look at this particular setup. we'll have more on the weather in just a bit. russ back to you. >> despite everything you said, i do still like you lonny. >> thanks, russ. >> prices at the pump were on the rise averaging $3.12 a gallon for regular and are expected to continue inching up over the next few months. what is behind the increase and can it hold back the economic recovery? tom closeo of the oil price information service. prices up almost 40 cents in the last year. every week for the past eight weeks we've seen an increase in gas prices. what's going on? >> well, it's real

your watching the eastern seaboard with the snow coming down as they have the snowstorm, cleanup continues. eight snowstorms in five weeks. in fact, we have video to show you from bridgewater, mass.. it picked up 8 in. of snow. it was tough to clear out the red rays over night and into this morning. we have other video to show you from rhode island. as schools roof collapsed due to the weight of this note. they picked up of but-half and half of snow last week. >> (music) knows no here in the bay area we are ending our warming trend. even more fog this morning. this is a shot of the bay bridge of approach. we are having problems with visibility into the east bay ballot. it is coming up to 57 degrees. it'll be much cooler for everybody. have for today and oakland it is getting up to 61 degrees and upper 40's by the 8:00 hour. here is a look at for the fog is settled in this morning. right around the bay. the only are we dealing with the fog that we have an onshore push for a day and plenty of fog and now beginning to work its way down into south bay. visibility is pretty low and sen as sayin