this is out on the navajo reservation in southern utah. this is part of a structure that's about, i'd say, 300 rooms running along the back side of this canyon, a little village, small city, something. artifacts everywhere. one of the walls had fallen out, revealing the floor that had been packed in there, hundreds of years of people using the same floor just pushing down the dirt so that there are pieces of woven -- of braided string sticking out of the floor everywhere and arrowheads and broken pottery and i realized when i came up against the stack of this trash pile i put my head against it and looked along it. i could see it was covered with hair. people in that room had been combing their hair for hundreds of years and it had been landing on the floor. and then new floors are built on top of that and new floors and i ran my hand across, just barely across, the front of this and i could feel the hair of people who had been there and i was there with a navajo guy that i know who just was creeped out by this. because there's a certain h

and southern utah. western colorado. that's an area of low pressure that is slowly going to spin out to the north of our region. to the northwest of us, and because it's going to pass to our west, we'll get some showers maybe on thursday. but we'll still be in the mild air until that low pressure is able to drag a weak frontal system through the area, late in the day thursday. otherwise, stay on the mild side. temperatures throws you probably around 60. then showers. and then it will cool off. but not until friday and into the weekend. normal temperatures, once again. winds on the bay, becoming southeast. just light at 5 knots. bay temp around 46 degrees. so tonight, clear for the most part. 28 to 35 in the city. tomorrow, sunshine. and some clouds, as the front gets a little closer. but look at that. 54 degrees, which is about eight or nine degrees above average. no complaints. >> exactly. especially after last winter. bob, thank you. >>> don't miss tonight's cbs primetime lineup at 10:00. it's unforgettable, followed b

. >>> dead birds still being found all over southern utah after thousands crashed into a wal-mart parkingot and other areas they apparently thought were pools of water. these are among the countless birds that survived the bizarre incident. they were picked up and released back in nearby wildways. storm clouds interacted in the city lights in such a way to make parking lots and football field appear like flat bodies of water. >>> overseas now, where police in indonesia's most conservative promise raided a concert buzzing off mohawks and stripping off piercings. chains were taken from the concert goers before they were thrown into pools of wash for spiritual cleansing. each person was then handed a tooth brush and forced to use it. >>> time magazine has announced its person of the year and this time it is many persons. time has chosen the protester. from the arab spring to the occupy demonstrations across this country, this has been a year of upheaval. reaction tonight from abc 7 political reporter mark matthews. >> in the video time magazine made to ex-be plain its choice list tonight rea

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this goes back through utah and southern california. record high pressure from canada, and this storm system all helping to funnel in strong santa ana winds. they were expecting 60 to 80 mile-per-hour winds across the l.a. basin and it has fire warnings because of that dry air that gets pushed down from the mountains and problems to prevail. by the way, i mention that because that eventually will shift east in a weakened form and help to generate a new storm pattern next week. the storm pattern itself stays locked in the central and southern plains, texas gets beneficial rains. we stay dry saturday into sunday. today, if you're going to the lighting. mount washington monument it will slip back to the 40s and upper 30s by daybreak. we say tonight but it's really a daybreak temperature. the extended outlook, low to mid-50s, dry weather for the start of the weekend. our sunday, dry, near 60. cleveland may get wet for the ravens game. that same system brings us rain late monday, tuesday, could end as snow by late wednesday morning. we're go

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upper level energyproducing the snow flurries around vegas and the strong winds in southern california. and through utah and this is also going to be a major player but this is basically the storm track. it's the western half of the nation. and it's slicing across themississippi and we are on the quiet side. a cool down with the system passing to the north and could bring in late high clouds with contrails and we are sunny most of the weekend and watching the developing storm that will ride into the great lakes. and the snow locked in the northwest side and this is rain that will be moving in sunday afternoon into cleveland for the ravens game and we will get into that next week but we delayed the onset of the rain as we try to get a handle on the developing pattern. frosty morning but mostly sunny skies. back to 55. we will slide to 30 overnight and tomorrow's temperature in the morning midday probably in the 40s and get to 50 in the afternoon. so if you are going to the parade look forward to meet you and a little bit of real december weather. 60 dry monday and rain tuesday. and still watching a split

is one of the ingredients of a separate system last week that created that wind across parts of southern utahour wind gusts not out of the question. there are some trees that were damaged from the last go. these winds won't be as intense as they were last week, but again enough trees that were potentially damaged and a lot of debris on the ground that may cause some problems. not only today, but tomorrow we have critical fire danger as well. and near blizzard conditions across parts of new mexico. in some cases, we could see 10-20 inches of snow. western parts of dallas, parts of southern oklahoma as well. some of it accumulating, mostly on grassy surfaces. not necessarily on the roadways. and a subtropical train of moisture getting into the great lakes. this is not moving quickly to the east, and because of that we have the threat for flooding today. memphis is the bull's-eye, 2-4 inches of rainfall. maybe more than that. and then heading towards cincinnati and cleveland, some rainfall as well. fog, the other issue across parts of the northeast with the mugginess and the warm temperatures. w

and that snow extends into southern portions of utah. l.a. now, with the winds, 20, 30, 40 miles an hour. right now, they're around 61 degrees. north of that area, this is where the cold air is. temporarily, we're still in this very pleasant, normal kind of air mass. no super cold air headed our way. there's a weak cold front headed north. that will cross the region with maybe a cloud or two tomorrow night. saturday, a little cooler. and by the end of the weekend, this comes close. and southwest winds, with more mild air for the entire east coast once again. and it stays dry. on the bay tomorrow, i a northwest wind at 5 to 10 knots. bay temp, stuck at around 50 degrees. tonight, clear. it will be cold. with light winds. a lot of frost in the morning. 28 degrees. maybe 33 downtown. tomorrow, lots of sunshine, really. just like today. except tomorrow evening. some of those clouds come over that weak front. a high of 54. we're talking above average once again. then it drops just a little bit on saturday and warms up again on sunday and it will s

these powerful winds hammered southern california, also utah, arizona with gusts of winds in some placesles an hour. folks, that is stronger than some hurricane forces. winds are smashing cars and knocking down power lines. chad myers, you and i have been talking about this for the last couple of days. tell me if the winds are dying down. >> today they are. 20 to 30. and mainly in the mountains. malibu on up towards mountain top, up the ridges up there, you'll see winds at 30. down in the valley, maybe 10 to 15. top the winds come back. on sunday they come back to 60 miles per hour. that's not 100 but some of these trees are waiting to fall down. another wind day will bring these trees down. >> what can you really do? >> get out a chainsaw and try to trim. trim things already broken. if your frens is all the way down, get it all the way down or strengthen it. there's a star there. 150 miles per hour. that's the top of the scale. that's like a 200 mile per car with a gauge that goes to 150. the gauge doesn't go any farther. at mammoth, 140 miles per hour. the higher elevations into vegas,

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it's not just southern california but utah and nevada, also saw these winds.evastating in a lot of places. >> this is really the worst santa ana event they've had in years and, unfortunately, we're not over and done with this thing just yet. it's starting to wane. wind gusts are down today but still talking 30 to 50-mile-per-hour wind gusts. that can continue to cause damage. we're still concerned about trees coming down, additional power outages, and then you can see where we're expecting the big problems. it does include los angeles and the san bernadino mountains as the offshore winds continue to push through the region. now, we also have a high threat of fire danger there but a number of fires that developed over the last couple days all of which thankfully have been put out very quickly but this threat will stay high through the weekend and then a second event we think is going to be developing late monday and into tuesday, which probably won't be quite as strong as wednesday's event but the strongest winds that we've seen since that time. all right. so h

southern california... shut down ski resorts in colorado... and topple trucks in utah. utah. ats oo chainsaw)this is what's left behind from a windstorm that nearly knocked people off their feet yesterdayy"it's insane. it'' like a post-apocalyptic war zone or something."southern cclifornia was hit hardest. winds there packed the power of a hurricane.and thht's exactly what some ssy they to bed. it was about of a suddee, bam!"treee that - toppled over took power lines with them, knocking ut electricity to thousands.that shut down for the day.it was a similar story in states aaross the southwest, incllding utah -- where even big rigs couldn't stand up to the winds. "trucks and trailers my size road. and, of course, semis e tipped over. and motion sickness,,lots of motion sickness." (nats of wind) ....adding to the region's problems is the fire threat -- which is high because of the winds and dry conditions.i'm bill caiaacii, reporting. crews are working to ressore power across the reggon, but in california's hard-hit san fernando vaaley it may take up to another day.los angeles

southern california. hopefully no one in utah is watching this online because we have a 3-mile-per-hour wind in baltimore. we are not rubbing it in. but look at the zeros. calm winds this morning. and we will pick up a little breeze heading towards the afternoon with a quick patches of a weather system. this morning 28 in baltimore and it's an even freezing in easton and we have got chill back to the northwest. the icebox of southern p.a. is stuck in the valley and cooler at 23 up towards york. satellite is quiet and we have the frontal boundary passing through the great lakes and it will be a passage of clouds and moisture good news for rain in texas and there's the storm across the desert southwest that eventually will try to bring energy for us a frosty morning mid-20s for most of us. we will bring an increase of clouds with the passing weather system and another brief cool down for the start of the weekend. 4:40 here's better with traffic. >> reporter: a good start right now. a shot from the live camera over at route 29 in howard county. this is a look at traffic goes underneath 10 #. no delays. over

southern california. high elevation snows. across flagstaff, arizona, utah and western colorado. good for them.out time they share that stuff. we are looking at clouds increasing over the next couple of days. storm system passes to the west. we will pass warm air through. thursday we warm up the most this week frontal boundary is going to be a brief passage and loses its punch. we will have showers thursday, thursday night and in to cold air behind it. today, 52 after the frosty start. we start thickening up the clouds the next couple of days, temperatures cloudy tomorrow at 52. 58 on thursday. we drop down, next disturbance could come through early morning saturday and right now it appears we have light snow early in the morning. angela? >>> on the roads, tuesday morning, looking pretty ged for the most part -- good for the most part. especially on the main roads. pratt and light street around the intersection, police activity is there. you will have street closures. no problems to report on i-95, maryland 175, northbound and traffic travels through howard looking good. from the easton shore,

, 102 miles per hour, and kind of a utah and nevada and southernifornia thing as far as the winds. we are not completely done with it with the low pressure spinning around in arizona and high pressure to the north, where it comes together, the pressure griddent, that is where the winds howell when they moved through parts of southern california, all the wind comes from the basin and hits the mountains and it has to come in through the valleys and scan beyonds and that is what we are dealing with. we have it tonight. look at the pictures coming from california, maybe damage, trees down, all over the place. pasadena having to declare states of emergency in parts of their areas of pasadena. a lot of people dealing with this. a lot of people with roof damage and power outages and trees down. and rough going on the roads. tonight it is, getting better, though. and we have rain and snow side and arizona and southern california is cut off from the flow so it will move its way toward the east but not in any big hurry. it will be a big snow maker with winte

utah seeing these winds. kind of widespread. look quickly as some of the pictures. you can see what these kinds of winds do and the damages. extreme damage across parts of southerns we look at some of the pictures. then also into utah, salt lake city getting these winds. weighs almost done in southern california with the wind event. tonight we still are it about 20 miles an hour less winds. still 60, 80 mile-an-hour winds tonight. more damage tonight. not as bad as last night. >> shep: but the storm is not going away. it's on the move? >> yeah. go back to the maps and you can see it. this is a really big storm that will big effects for a lot of people. you see that rotation, across southern california and arizona. that's where the storm is now. that storm is going to turn into a big snow maker across parts of utah, into arizona, into new mexico, and ice maker across the panhandle of florida and up towards kansas by the time we get to tomorrow and over the next few days, this is going to have big effects, all the way to tuesday, before it gets to the east coast. almost everybody in the country will be dealing with this storm. >> shep: you're the bearer of such go

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not just a southern california events. arizona, utah, colorado.ing winds to gust again heading into saturday and sunday. so winds in excess of 30-40 miles an hour. so not the major wind event that we saw yesterday. but we are expecting the santa ana winds to pick up again. that's not going to be good news because the trees will be projectiles. there is the storm system. we are going to see some moisture being picked up in the gulf of mexico. this will bring a snow event and freezing rain and ice events to portions of texas and oklahoma. the storm will eventually move eastward making it to the northeast by the weekend. megyn: on capitol hill a new plea for a project bringing millions much barrels of oil and jobs to america. it involves the keystone all pipeline. president obama decided to delay making any decision on the proposed project until after the 2012 elections. jim angle live in washington with the update. >> reporter: the administration decision to postpone the final decision pleased environmentalists while angering unions. they say the am

so utah, nevada, california -- it's not just southern california with this event. that's what makes it extraordinary even in downtown salt lake city, 69-mile-an-hour wind gust yesterday. and also, winter storm with this system as it pulls through the four corners region, new mexico through southern californkryt k eventually pulling into the plains. everybody east of the mississippi for the most part is fairly quiet and warming up a little bit. 55 degrees for the high in new york city, a chilly 43 in chicago and 60 in memphis and 64 degrees in atlanta, georgia. we'll talk more about the winter effects of this storm coming through the southern rockies and some flight delays if you are traveling on this friday a little later on in the broadcast. >> all right. see you in a few minutes. thanks, rob. >>> countdown is on for herman cain. he's heading back home to atlanta, and the decision about whether to continue his presidential campaign could be in his wife's hands. yesterday, for the first time, cain admitted that getting out is an option. cain acknowledged that he ga

southern california. we're going to see a return of the winds in utah, across the wasatch and heavy snow again starting tonighto tomorrow for places like new mexico through the mountains. the winds with this, fredricka, tomorrow will be gusting around 30 miles per hour. it's going to be near whiteout, almost impossible to travel across the northern half of new mexico. >> hopefully stay in. >> that's a good idea. >> not necessarily stay in your car and be stuck. all right. thanks so much. >> from the capture of osama bin laden to the death of steve jobs, cnn is counting down the top stories of 2011. this countdown won't be complete without your participation. i'll tell you how, right after this. >>> this has been an incredible year of news, from calamities to uprising to elections. it means it's time to take stock of the biggest news stories of the year. you can be part of the process. there are projects set up at cnn.com. mallory simon is here to explain how this project works. we're talking about year enders, everyone used to seeing a reflection of the year in news and that's what this is about on dotcom and

rotating in from the pacific ocean blanketed the interior of southern california as well as portions of arizona, new mexico, colorado and utah. >>> we'll take a break here. up next, as we continue on a tuesday night, former penn state coach jerry sandusky heads to court, where his accusers had planned to confront him face to face, and then the unexpected happened. >>> and later on tonight, many happy returns for some of america's military families that have been waiting a good long time for what happened today. >>> this was the day a whole lot of people in a traumatized community have been waiting for, and it came to a sudden and screeching halt today. it was all over in two minutes, as one mother put it, a disappointment for several young men who had gotten up very early on a frigid day to come to court and face jerry sandusky, the former assistant coach at penn state, who they now accuse of molesting them. michael isikoff was in court for what was supposed to be sandusky's preliminary hearing. >> reporter: jerry sandusky arrived at the courthouse with wife dottie, and escorted by local police and sheriff's deputies. >> mr.

utah. lee cowan reports these are no ordinary winds. >> reporter: southern california is used to santa ana winds this time of year, but these were like santa anas few had seen here in more than a decade. >> i've never, ever seen anything like that. >> reporter: gusts were clocked as high as 80 miles per hour, and that was just outside downtown los angeles. hundreds of thousands are without power, dozens of schools are closed, some businesses shut. and many are now homeless. >> i didn't expect this to happen. >> reporter: crystal walters had been riding out the storm at her home all night when the neighbor's tree fell and split her house in two. >> i'm trying not to cry. it's so sad because the holidays are coming. >> reporter: in nearby pasadena, police say 23 square miles are littered with trees and power lines. at least 40 buildings are damaged beyond repair and half the city doesn't have any water. >> whoa! >> reporter: it's not just california. outside salt lake city the national weather service reported a gust as high as 102 miles per hour. it's all the result of two pressure systems

they're known as santa ana winds and they've been hitting parts of southern california, arizona, as well as utah. some places were 140 miles an hour. that's as strong as a major hurricane. in los angeles county more than 100,000 people lost power at one point. >>> so, it's not quite the new coke debacle. when will coca-cola learn, don't mess with a classic. the company is pulling this year's coke can with the holiday design. why? soda drinkers are confusing the can's with diet coke. traditional red holiday cans are back in the stores. >>> here's a gift idea for the holidays. you better have a lot of money to do this, right? i don't think i could do this. the late elizabeth taylor's jewelry and fashion collection soon will be on the auction block at kristie's in new york. one of the most glamorous pieces, 33 kairt diamond taylor got as a gift. the items will be on display beginning tomorrow and the auction starts december 13th. >>> more on the top story. an unexpected drop in the unemployment rate. the jobless rate fell to 8.6% in november. take a closer look at what the story is behind the numbe

this is not just southern california. this is utah. arizona as well. been blasted by these winds.s a major hurricane. >> sounds like a hurricane. they are scary and we couldn't sleep. >> i was listening to my little radio and all of a sudden, bam. >> now to this. coca-cola fans are proving again you cannot mess with a classic. the soft drink maker is pulling the holiday coke can. coke drinkers are a little confused lately. confusing it with diet coke. so they complained that the taste has changed. traditional red holiday cans are again, don't fret, headed back to the stores and a little later we'll hear from an expert about this brew ha-ha. >> mindy mccready pregnant with twins wrapped up in a custody battle with her parents regarding her 5-year-old son. and this -- >>> republicans presidential candidate herman cain. >> there was no sex? >> no. >> none? >> no. >> facing his toughest audience on these adultery allegations today. his wife. and his supporters, they are jumping ship, too. find out where they will come up. >>> plus, hiring is up, unemployment is down. don't be scared.

southern california mountains. six to ten inches of snow in the rockies, from utah and idaho. wn to arizona and new mexico. flurries and freezing rain in the texas panhandle. rainy around laredo and dallas. >> a warm 77 in miami. 53 in new york. upper 30s in detroit and omaha. 30 in minneapolis. a cool 59 in phoenix. 64 in san francisco. and 42 in seattle. >>> well, you may remember that young lady out in california who had lost her dog. >> that's right. arle arlene corona wore a bikini for six days. >> it worked. corona was reunited with her dog who was safe with a school nurse. the dog has a microchip to make sure she is never lost again. the bikini worked. >> i'm not so sure. i'm glad they're reunited. >>> we're just getting started. coming up, why it's actually healthy to swear. >> i'm going to live forever. >>> if you bought tickets from tick ticketmaster, you probably have money coming back to you. part of a huge settlement. >>> and coca-cola changing its can plan after public outcry. >>> welcome back, everybody. the markets will be paying pretty close attention this morning to the november jobs repo

utah. the area we're concerned about is southern california.you to video and show you what's been happening there. we do know about 20 flights had to be delayed on arrival or taking off. this is out of los angeles international airport. the video you're looking at right now showing you the wind blowing the camera around. now, let me show you some of the damage left behind. as you said, hurricane-force winds indeed. you're looking at some trees that are down, power lines were snapped. this is what happens when we get these santa ana winds that pick up. they come in from the mojave desert and comings down the canyons. i want to show you some of the winds right now, roughly around 22. you can see 28. not so bad right now. as we go into the afternoon as well as later into thursday, they're going to be gusting again, and the possibility of hurricane-force winds means more damage possible and, of course, this is going to lead to an elevated fire threat. as i said to you earlier, when the wind comes down the mountains, it deskrends, warms, lowers the

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