it is producing light snow now in southern ohio, into kentucky, southern indiana. that is going to be coming our way. here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:08. and we'll have the cloud cover thickening as the morning goes on. by noontime, light snow developing around the metro area. earlier around the shenandoah valley and blue ridge. the snow may become more moderate by late afternoon and pile up. i'll show you the snow accumulation forecast map coming up and the evening planning, as well. danella? >>> we have problems this morning. in annandale, virginia, we have a downed electrical pole. right now blocking all of your lanes. this is on braddock road. closures are between ravensworth and backlick road. megan mcgrath is en route to check things out at that scene. also if you're traveling in the district on new york avenue, new york avenue is shut down at this time at florida avenue in both directions. inbound as well as outbound because of the serious accident as well as an investigation. tracee wilkins is en route to this accident to also check things out. and i'

i do have to say, you know, when i visit my constituents in southern indiana, and i do town hall meetings, i frequently go through a budget presentation and power point presentation. where i start is where the money goes. and i think many americans don't really appreciate how much money is spent on so-called mandatory expenditures. medicare, medicaid, social security, being the largest of those expenditures. they account for projeapproxima 70%. net medicare spending increases by my reading about $135 billion of the next ten years, correct? >> if you've done the math, you've done the math. >> president's budget, medicaid spending, more than doubles over the next ten years. president's budget, social security runs a permanent cash deficit over the next ten years accounting for $1.1 trillion. again, these are the largest programs of our federal government. the largest mandatory programs. under the president's budget for 2013, 6.5% of total federal outlays will go to debt service. that increases more than doubling to about 15% in 2022. under the president's budget, mandatory spending over the

oar us but there is an area of low pressure with a front that's bringing rain already now into southern indiana, illinois. that will be arriving here tomorrow. increasing clouds tonight. tomorrow some of the light rain into the metro area by late morning and off and on during the afternoon and evening and after that, we will get sunshine back for friday and saturday. then there's still a lot of question about whether or not we will get any precipitation on sunday. we will keep you posted on that. could be snow or rain or maybe it won't -- on anything. storm track, we will keep you update. >> we can't wait to hear and see. thanks a lot. >>> it is 11:58. that's it for us on "news4 midday." thank you for being with us. tune in for more news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 11:00. we will be back tomorrow morning at 11:00 with "news4 midday." another makeover to share with you. we hope you plan to join us with that and everything else we have coming up for you. until this then have a great day and

so from houston up through the mississippi area and up into even southern indiana and illinois, floodarnings and just a few green advisories you can find on the map there. how much more rain will fall today? half to 1 inch in southeast texas then you go for northern georgia, less than a half inch. the carolinas will have some isolated thunderstorms. they'll drop a bit more and tampa there going to do the same thing. super bowl forecast. i know it's inside but just so you all know, if anybody is planning any outdoor activities good morning, washington, a snow yesterday in light rain this morning and the last vestiges are moving out. you can see just a glimmer of the nation'sto capital. most temperatures are at or above the freezing level by noon, we will be about 44 degrees and i think we will see afternoon, 47e degrees and tomorrow, sunshine and tempera >>> it was not just colorado that had a whole bunch of snow to start the weekend, nebraska was also in there, 9 to 12 inches overall in a lot of places. that includes lincoln, and that's where this photo comes from. second photo is fro

a little snow up in southern michigan, indiana, and ohio as the storm gets closer with precipitation.re getting high, thin clouds beginning to move into our area now. the storm is approaching, and we're going to get something out of it. probably mostly rain, and not a significant amount. the storm is kind of being torn apart a little bit. strongest rain now in arkansas. high, thin clouds over b.w.i. 86% the humidity. 30/30. barometric pressure. at the moment, the winds are calm. predominant wind later on today will become nor'easterly. we'll get it from both ends as it comes in. yesterday 50 was the high at the airport. our averages are now beginning to go up a little bit. everything is responding to the longer days now as far as the atmosphere is concerned. at least as far as the basic numbers. the record high for yesterday's date was 66 degrees. a lot of records are in the 70's. strangely enough, with all the mild weather we have, we haven't broken or tied any records. 35 in annapolis now. camebridge, 27. on the boardwalk, 28. westminster, 34. 28 frederick. in the 30's in far wester

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concern right now are the tornado storms that are rolling across parts of western kentucky and southern indiana. >> rob, thank you. that looks like a big giant mess. >>> more breaking news to tell you about a senior al qaeda chief was arrested at cairo airport. according to egypt's interior ministry he was arriving from pakistan. he's believed to have spent years detained in iran. the u.s. wasn't able to getting a cess to him. he was talked about as a successor to bin laden and believed to help plan the bombings in africa. this is really what his most wanted page looks like on the fbi web page where there was a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture or conviction. we're going to continue to follow this story and tell you some details as we get them. >>> turning now to politics. big news there. in fact, let's introduce our panel to you this morning. ron brownstein is back, david frum is back, contributing editor of "the daily beast" and "newsweek," combining "the daily beast" and "newsweek." it's faster. and jamal simmons. nice to have you all with me. and, of course, the big n

resources and manpower but that generals like grant and sherman were better than southern generals or that people from ohio and indiana were just as courageous as good southern troops. but it became this myth making that had as i said a pernicious effect and that was a ripple of johnson's death at shiloh. about six miles in the battle while this is going on there is a flamboyant guy name lou wallace. he never went to west point. he draws and paints and writes and thinks he's a poet. everybody from west point hates his guts. everybody remembered by state legislatures were being promoted and this guy ended up as a major general. he had a minor role at fort donaldson. the press loved him. he is there with 7,000 men from indiana and he's there as a strategic reserve. up a little bit farther north on the tennessee river. he has a wonderful plan before the battle starts. he created a special route of reinforcement. he has communicated with another general wallace about a contingency plan that he will be there within minutes. but nobody likes the guy. and ulysses s. grant does not want to work with him. when sherman is reeli

also southern indiana around the evansville area.ere from louisville down to just about nashville. that line of storms has to go through your area. it should weaken slowly but it hasn't yet. areas of new england, that's the story later on this afternoon towards this evening. you're going to drive home in the snow today in albany, springfield, even into boston where we could see some of the more significant storms from boston to new hampshire and southern maine. but the big news this morning, overnight tornadoes have proved deadly. updates to come here on "morning joe." you're watching "morning joe." brewed, of course, by starbucks. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our town. [ dog barks ] for our country. ♪ for our future. ♪ this isn't just the car we wanted to build. it's the car america had to build. ♪ the extended range electric chevy volt. from the heart of detroit to the health of the country, chevy runs deep. monarch of marketing analysis. with the ability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only

resources and manpower, but generals like grant and sherman were better than southern generals or that people from ohio or michigan or indiana were just as courageous as good southern troops. out of the inability to accept reality became this myth making, and that is a ripple of albert sidney johnson's death. i want to turn to a happier note in some ways. about six miles from the battle, there is a flamboyant guy named lou wallace. he draws, paints, writes, he thinks that he's a poet. everybody from west point hates his guts. everybody remembers that state ledgesors were promoted. and -- lgs lators were promoted -- legislators were promoted. and he is promoted to general and he is there as a strategic reserve a little bit farther north on the tennessee river. he has a wonderful plan in the weeks before he created a special rout of reinforcement. he communicated with another he communicated with another general wallace about a

. >>> right now, watching that rain off to the west right now into southern portions of illinois as well as indiana and kentucky, all of that rain moving our way, i think we will get through the night on the dry side tonight. watch what happens by tomorrow morning. i think we will see mostly cloudy skies in here by 6 a.m., but i don't think we will see any rain until about 9:00. so most of the rush hour should be okay. by 1:00, most of the area underneath that shield of rain and that rain could last throughout the afternoon or even through the 5, 6:00 hour. tomorrow's rush hour could be on the wet side, give yourself extra time tomorrow. how much extra time could we need this weekend? i will have the 4-day forecast for you one more time which includes a possible coastal storm in a few minutes. >> thanks, doug. >>> hundreds of people turned out to remember an alexandria paramedic who died in the line of duty. >> joshua wiseman's wake was today. he died last week after falling from an overpass on i-395. erika gonzalez has more on today's tribute. >> reporter: just before entering the everley wheatley

southern kentucky and tennessee. snow north of take, especially as you head to indiana and ohio. a couple of hours in the darkinger blue, mod -- darker blue, moderate snow. for us we'll put everything in motion. cloudy through 9:00. a little bit of snow into garrett county. toward noon i still think we're okay. we may start to see some flurries. you have to go west of 81 to really see some of that snow. as we head toward 3:00, north and west of town we should be seeing snow. this is why the weather services put the weather advisory in effect north and west of us. we get into the snow for the evening commute but remember, temperatures should be above freezing. so i think the roads are wet. sure, people are going to freak out a little bit with some snow flakes out there. it will slow you down, even with wet roads. tonight 9:00 still some light snow to the north. that will be winding down to flurries by midnight. want to quickly show you my accumulation map before we get to the forecast. just a trace to maybe an inch in the immediate metro. the inch part will be north and west of ga

indiana. interesting track south of that track snow here putting most of the snow in the system and southern wisconsinhe weather service model look at how this is tracking this father south. central illinois and indiana south were tried in the forecast. a very interesting system to watch moment right along. the next precipitation threat this week steltz read paul advice of on thursday. tomorrow starting the day with scattered flurries drizzle of lot of debt that's a ball field to the air not a nice valentine's day sunshine breaking at times on wednesday before climbing back over again liquid were mixed precipitation late wednesday and thursday it could be friday partly sunny and back in the 30's for the weekend. >> valentine's day on us you tube video getting heads of the backswimmer matt grevers girlfriend both competing at the misery grand prix plan to propose to her as she stood on the stand but did not place gave him extra motivation to win his race he cam in first place and girlfriend putting it around his neck he puts the diamond ring on his finger her finger trudging by the reaction we know the

indiana. colder air behind it. temperatures are going to stay in the 60s for highs once again but here come the showers through mid-morning. by noon, look, southern maryland, the northern neck, eastern shore may see a few lingering showers but we should generally be done with most of this rain activity i think by 9:00, 10:00. later this afternoon 4:00 notice the breaks here. any rains coming tonight and tomorrow looks like they're going to stay south of d.c. fredericksburg, southern maryland south and i'm thinking more st. mary's than charles or anne arundel oracle vert counties -- or calvert counties with the rain. today we're looking at 66. morning showers. showers south tomorrow. friday 52. then your weekend looks pretty quiet. maybe a shower saturday night into sunday morning. monika? >>> if you're planning to head around town or out the door at this time, things are looking great. there are no big problems to report. volumes remain light as well all around town. good morning, everybody. here's what it looks like on the west side down to the dulles toll road and 66. you're fine. coming in from the west whether heading in from leesburg or gain

many of these members are elected from southern states for the first time in seven or eight decades. in 1973 barbara jordan of texas and indiana and georgia became the first african-americans elected from the south since the 19th century. the growing ranks of african-american members in congress marked the time for formal organization and coordination of black efforts and what occurred then in early 1971 was the 13 african american members of congress led by charles digs a machine created the congressional black caucus. we have an image of the early caucus on the far right's. the mandate was to address "and "permanent interest that were born to black americans to enhance african-americans within the institution of the house and the senate to get them better committee assignments. the cdc also forced a legislative agenda and a cohesive voting block. they can rely on the caucus. among that notable early achievements were passage of the humphrey-hawkins act in 1978 to promote full employment and a balanced budget. 1983 passage of the federal holiday commemorating martin luther king jr., and in 1986 for the very first time passing

southern observers of his march said there were three rapes. i know there were bummers and people who destroyed and burneda lot of evidence that the union army -- these were mostly four regimens, core from indiana, michigan, illinois, and iowa who were homestead farmers. that's why they were so good, but we don't have this information they went around and killed and raped and plundered, so i am not sure they are comparable with the people in cambodia where it was deliberate policy to kill civilians. sherman would have probably objected to bombing on march 11 of tokyo. lamay said if a civilian is in a house in tokyo and he is helping building a propeller, then he is the enemy responsible for the killing in china and philippines. we are going to beat him so badly, the cinders are going to glow. i think sherman would have said that's too indiscriminate. he might be there, but the guy next door not. the point was to create dissension among the enemy by visibly demonstrating, some people were paying for their sins, others were not. although you make a good point the south, the economy which was based on plantation cotton growing suffered enormously, and that hurt poor people, but that was not i don'