in the shenandoah valley and blue ridge and it's in the upper 40s to near 50 across much of virginia. southern maryland, near the bay, eastern shore, temperatures there are around 50 degrees. for the rest of the day we'll have perhaps oth showers arriving again by mid-morning to late morning. . but between now and then we'll stay mostly dry but damp, just a little bit of drizzle from time to time. no steady rain falling for the next three or four hours. tonight more passing showers possible in through midday on tuesday. then a blustery wind will increase too overnight tonit. highs today in the upper 50s. right now hovering near 50. by dawn tomorrow it will bottom out in the low 40s. chilly and wet day on tuesday. occasial showers from time to time and through the morning and midday hours and then should be cloudy during the afternoon tuesday afternoon and evening we'll have temperatures right back down into the 40s and then 30s by dawn on wednesday. but, with some sunshine back and a big change in the pattern, we'll have much warmer weather moving in wednesday into the mid-60s, thursday sunny

watches and advisories are out, inching into parts of central and southern virginia. the wind is parting -- starting to increase, over 30 miles per hour on the outer banks of north carolina right now, a big theme for this storm. there is the split, rain to the south and east, changing into snow as the storm falls into the coast during the evening. winding down on thursday, a clearing expected on friday, temperatures getting chilly when you factor in the wind that could gust over 30 miles per hour tomorrow afternoon. highs in the upper 30's, but only up to 20's by end derrick county, looks like we will get some more over the next couple of days. tomorrow a high of 38, ocean city mixing with wet snow, 43 degrees. snowfall potential tomorrow afternoon, a couple of inches north and west of baltimore with a few pockets getting a little bit more snow in a few locations. overall it looks like the warmer temperatures save us from major winter problems. 41 on thursday with lots of sun on friday, almost back to normal on saturday, looks like early next week the next storm will

as in west virginia, just now beginning to see some rain moving into southern west virginia out of eastern kentucky, rockville now around the neighborhood network at 58 from their morning low of 44. laurel, maryland, now up to 59 degrees. they've got a southwesterly breeze. dulles bottomed out at 41 this morning. now they're up to 55. and they have a general breeze there. and all around the region, we're seeing increasing clouds due to an area of low pressure that is developing now in the m mid-mississippi valley. pushing some moderate to heavy rains through tennessee and down into alabama this morning. that area of low pressure will be passing right over our region here by late tonight, and that's when we may get a brief period of some moderate to heavy rain perhaps around midnight to dawn tomorrow morning. then after 8:00 a.m., that heavier rain moves over the eastern shore, the low pulls away. we should clear out by late friday afternoon with sunshine coming back. and then on saturday we'll have high pressure over us with sun but chilly temperatures, so cloudy and mild for the rest of t

you have to go down to southern virginia, spots like roanoke, southern virginia, lynchburg and danville. and roanoke rapids. nose are the blue-shaded counties. meanwhile, there are pink-shaded counties. that's where the snow is really going to accumulate. winter storm warnings posted there in raleigh-durham and ft. bragg. ashville, north carolina, could see two to four inches of snowfall. it is snowing there and has been snowing the last couple of hours as well as spots further south where it's been around 34, 36 degrees. richmond is at 36. raleigh and atlanta, georgia, has been cooling down from out of the mid-30s to the low 30s here the last couple official hours. damascus, it's 34 degrees. here are the neighborhoods that had light snow reported with the rain mixing in. arlington, virginia, at 34 degrees. your wind pretty light, too. up in howard county, 34 degrees. as we cool, about another two degrees or so, we'll see more of that. the mixing with snow showers and then changing over to all snow showers. maybe even sleet by tomorrow morning. meanwhile, for the foothills and for the h

they lost altmeyer, and glen neigh from southern, virginia. that was a district that flipped from republican to democrat and he said tonight that heel not vote for the bill. that was one vote that they were hoping to pick up. expect to have happen next. >> the next goes to the senate. >> the next goes to the senate. its work. of the rules don't mean a lot in of the rules don't mean a lot in debate and amendment. the amendment opportunities for senators. that is the glory of the senate that you have unlimited debate and unlimited opportunities to amend and that is why they want to do this this way in the senate. they can pen down the debate to 20 hours and limit the amendments and move this through with a simple majority. you can't filibuster a reconciliation package in the senate. but the house will be watching and the house will watching to make sure that the senate moves through on their side of the bargain. if the senate is able to fix it, everybody on capitol hill, at least on the democratic side, will be happy. will be happy. votes they n

on the eastern shore, it's cool, still there, in the mid-50s, but central, southern virginia and the carolinas, it's in the low 60s. and we have had our sky clear and just a few high clouds drifting in from the west. we do have a weak area of high pressure passing over us now, but as that moves off further to the east, it will, then, allow a low pressure to begin to move in from the central plains, the same low dumping snow in colorado now is coming our way, but i don't expect any snow from that system as we go forward over the next 48 hours. and then a few high clouds will come in this evening, and then by dawn it will be mostly cloudy and then thursday when the low pulls in, it will swing in a chance of showers our way here by late thursday afternoon and thursday evening, where you see the color on the future cast. that's the potential precipitation. the green and yellows may come down harder for a time by late thursday and friday morning, and then that low will passover the top of the region during the day on friday, but then it should exit quickly and allow a dry start for the we

as fars the advisories across southern virginia, danville, roanoke, lynchburg, that's where there's light snow falling right now. this whole zoneown here is where there could be light accumulation of snowfall. mountains of north carolina and anywhere in the pink, even around raleigh, north carolina, durham, fayetteville, winter storm warning. that small pocket there. there could be two to four inches of owfall. there's the moisture, even some thunderstorms. the coast of north carolina. as we expand it out a little bit, temperature in the 30s, mid-30s just south of the area. a few cooler pockets, too, around our area. damascus reporting light snow already mixing in with the rain. redrocksburg, your temperature is warm enough at 37 degrees. we've got mid-30s further north and south. georgia, peach tree city, light snow for the last couple of hours. so they're saying some light accumulation. here's a look at our radar from maryland down through northern virginia. light rain showers, but there have been some spots like dave baker in west virginia, he's got an inch on the ground right now with

shore in the mid-50s as well as the mountains now in the mid-50s and getting moderate rain in southern west virginia even pockets of heavy downpours there. that's going to be passing west of washington this morning but later on this afternoon other passing showers and maybe even thunder and that may continue into tonight. then some drizzle perhaps tomorrow morning into midday and sun back tomorrow afternoon upper 50s and mostly sunny wednesday, mid-60s. now, jerry, how is it looking this morning? >> light sprinkles could cause some problems. be careful. they are out there. let's start with northern virginia i-95 northbound. as you make the trip south to the approach of the wilson bridge. that have 95. this is the wilson bridge. be very cautious this morning. a lot of overnight road work most if not all should be picked up at this hour. back to you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, jerry. >>> the year long battle over healthcare reform is now over. >> democrats are declaring victory. the house passed the historic legislation late last night with a 219-212 vote. it would extend coverage to 32 mil

view from space with radar and cloud cover showing one band of moderate rain now in southern west virginia. that may be moving our way later today perhaps with a little bit of thunder. highs reaching the mid-60s pap bit of a wet day today. overnight tonight maybe a passing sprinkle as well as perhaps tomorrow through midday and than little sun back tomorrow afternoon. then sun returns wednesday and thursday with highs in the low and mid-60s. how is the morning commute? >> we'll start with glebe road the approach to chain bridge. bridge has been closed all weekend for the mor reconstruction project over there. om what we can the construction crews are in the final stages of pulling up all the barrels. quick check elsewhere on the wet pavement. 270 already on the slick side as is the beltway north of town but no ear major incidences to report. good morning. >> good morning. here's a look now at what is happening. president obama is celebrating success in one of the key items of his domestic agenda, healthcare reform. the house approved historic legislation late last night that would provide

there's a little light snow coming into southern west virginia and southwestern virginia but that's not the main area of precipitation that will be coming into our region that now is down into georgia and now just coming in to south carolina. they are getting moderate to heavy rain there. part of a low pressure system that's going to be tracking along the atlantic seaboard and then heading out to sea during the day today and into wednesday. for this morning maybe a few peeks of sunshine. milwaukee by noon. highs in the mid-40s. sunset 6:02. changing to wet snow around the metro area after midnight perhaps a dusting to an inch at theery most on the ground. but it will be melting on the roads, streets and sidewalks. during the day on wednesday maybe a passing snow shower or rain shower, blustery northwest wind. temperatures above freezing. thursday an friday sun returns. warming trend for the weekend, saturday, sunday into monday, highs in the mid-to-upper 50s sunday and monday. jerry, how is the traffic? >> we continue to follow the breaking news of a pedestrian accident closing down the

parts of southwest virginia, perhaps southern west virginia, could get three to four inches out of this, but i don't think we'll have near that here. could get some rain in the metro area in the next few hours and some wet snow to the west, but all of it melting because temperatures are above freezing. a little light rain tonight and changing to perhaps a wet snow at midnight, but wet snow on streets and sidewalks by dawn tomorrow. a little wet snow accumulation by wednesday, maybe a passing rain shower through the rest of the day, but generally a drying trend and some westerly winds, too, bringing chilly weather. over the weekend, a warming trend with sunshine, up into the mid-50s by sunday, maybe even the upper 50s to near 60 by monday afternoon. >>> let's check in with jerry edwards one more time this morning. >> hey, jerry. >> hello, there. not a lot of bad stuff to tell you about midday, and that's good news for you planning to head out. right side of your screen, the left lane is taken away for a little bit of construction, but obviously not too much in the way of delays, if any a

dipped down to the 30s in loudoun, frederick county and the panhandle of west virginia. southern maryland, around the bay, eastern shore, near the waters in the upper 40s. away from the waters, only in the 40s. quite a chilly start. we have a few clouds coming through. they'll be with us fro time to time. a partly sunny d with afternoon highs climbing into the 60s. cloudy by late afternoon. rain likely tonight through tomorrow morning. chillier weather moving in for the weekend. now, jerry, how is the traffic. >> as we get under way, clear, dry road surfaces for the moment. along 95, traveling near the rest area, the weigh station, bothirections with travel lanes open. very quiet up to springfield. let's head over and see how we're doing. college park, both directions betwee greenbelt and silver spring off to an uneventful start. joe and pat, good morning. >> jerry, good to see you. >> here's a look at what's happening today. metro's board will meet to discuss a major overhaul of the agency's railcars. metro is expected to present a $2 billion plan that would include buying hundr

notice down in southern west virginia queer beginning to see indications of rain down in that area asnow the initial rains, those blue dots moving into west virginia, a lot of that may be evaporating. our rare is still pretty dry here. it will take a while to get the air saturated enough to let the rain fall. nonetheless, the heavier rain you see in west virginia will be sliding across the mountains today and our rain chances will be increasing throughout the afternoon and especially tonight. let's look at current conditions outside. right now, cloudy skies. 41 at the airport. inner harbor, 41 degrees. humidity up. barometer beginning to show a falling tendencey. at the moment, still high. we have an east wind at 6 miles an hour. let's take a look at some of the temperatures we have out there. cambridge 46 on the eastern shore. annapolis 43 on the west side of the bay. gatesberg 39 degrees. 40 at parkton. elkton 41. temperatures continue to be stuck in the mid 30's. here's the cloud picture. a lot of clouds moving in. especially across the bay now. they get a little brighter as you mo

and bob turk has your updated firsrs,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> this batch of rain around driftol, southern west virginiang directly toward our region. later tonight, probably after 10:00, 11:00, it will cloud up this evening. in addition, this front is going to slip slowly southward. behind it, much cooler. it's cleared out. only in the 30s now in chicago and southern michigan. but it got clearing skies. right along the northern fringe here, they've had snow this afternoon. that front is going to slide across here. it will get chillier. that's for sure. and it's even possible. some areas north of the city in the morning, may see some snowflakes before the rain precip ends tomorrow. 72 now. i don't care if it snows and even if it snows a little bit tomorrow. it's all going to melt. but it could snow in the morning. humidity, very dry. so 27%. winds southwest, 22. the barometer 29.73 inches. there you see the breeze. out of the south. kept us really, really warm. 25 in washington. we had a nice breeze. kept the warm air in for at least one more day. then that front is going to come through and really chil

you see it there across the southern portions of virginia.rlottesville, albemarle and there it is, big low pressure system just off the coast and moving away from our area. and the clear skies back in ohio. and rht now western areas of pennsylvania. so 30 to 32 degrees at 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. much lower readings to the north and west. we'll see a high tomorrow of 50 degrees with plenty of sunshine. back to you. >> all right. sounds good. thank you. >> when we come back on news 4 at 4:00, deep discounts. >> airlines are slashing prices ahead of summer vacations. how can you make sure you get the best deal? >>> deadline day for one local city competing for the chance to be launching the site for a new high speed internet technology. >>> i'm liz crenshaw. do cherry blossom trees actually produce fruit? that's the question. the answer is coming up next on >>> what is the story behind the new flat debit cards? questions did driving in the district. >> how about the cherry blossoms? do they really produce cherrys? liz crenshaw is here with all the an

more notably, you see the clouds moving into southwest virginia, parts of southern west virginia, tennesseed that will be during the day today. there won't be enough to object secure the sun. we will squeeze one more day out of this outstanding weather. let's look at what we have going on outside now. clear skies. 42 at the airport. not quite as chilly as yesterday morning at this time. yesterday morning the low was 38 degrees. 85% the humidity. even the barometer has started to go up a little bit. it is bouncing around. last hour it was showing a falling tendency. the winds are calm at this stage. nice quiet morning. let's look at some of the other temperatures around the area. across the bay, it is 47 degrees. here we are with our generally cloudy skies. a cool front just stalled to our northwest. we never get into the cool air. it looks like clouds will be streaming into the south. that continues to give us great conditions. the main body of rain will be south or west of us. the snow will let up a little out that way. we see increasing rain showers. low 7's for highs. boaters on the bay

showers coming outs of virginia, central, southern maryland, moving across baltimore and southern pa.ild starts toes day. temperatures won't move much. we go to 63. showers and maybe a thunderstorm popping up. 5:11 on the clock. back to the roads, here's kim brown. >>> no real accidents or delays at this time. traffic is moving at a really good pace. at we check our drive time, no problems froms belts way toward the 7895 split, taking you five minutes to do that. from the split to the fort mchenry toll plaza. i97, nine minutes. checking the cameras, traffic is looking really good here at the outser loop and inner loop, just a little wet, but still looking pretty good. no real problems. megan and jaime, back. >> 12 minutes after 5:00. their dignity violated, a letter of apology from the church. but, is it enough? >>> plus, it's time to get you back to work. abc 2 is helping you dust off your resume and gets you back out there ins workforce, one resume at a time. ♪ [ female announcer ] irresistible crescent rolls. "hoo hoo!" [ female announcer ] only from pillsbury made with gooey hersh

a little heavier down to the southern tip of the state over virginia and just west of salsbury.e'll continue to see this pushing mainly than the earn shore heavy potential and most of the energy of the storm is going to move out over the atlantic which is good nuts and will continue to see that in the overnight into tomorrow. put thanksgiving into motion we can see on hd radar a heavy shower down to the south and over to salsbury. yellow indicating a little bit of heavy rain south of dover and heavy showers coming down. a little bit of mixture in charlottesville and temperatures slightly cooler. continue to do that and push up into our area. temperatures drop we see the change of rain to mix and maybe a little light snow that will come down coating the surface across parts of the city. heavy precipitation over parts of the carolinas south of richmond and we do see that area of low pressure still spinning down there towards south carolina. now this track is going take it off the coast of the carolinas out into the atlantic still wrapping in the moisture into the cooler temperatur

southerners had held. i was lucky enough to get a job at the university of virginia. that was my first job and i never left rear i could teach day version of southern history to southern students come a mostly in then until after the 1970's when the women came to the university. that was different and is believed that slavery was benign and for people they were lazy. but really because of my grandfather and my father, my grandfather was from iowa and release of said of the excesses of the deal the gauge between rich and poor and the captains of industry did that made a mockery of the american dream. sell he decided it is too slow to bring about change. he learned that as an officer in the populist party 8092 when his colleague, the general ran as a candidate for president and lost. my grandfather designed a model community which he would say and it turned out not he established on the banks of mobile bay in 1890. research and they will take time to describe the premises upon which that committee was built except to have the economic and political and the social structu

-clouds over parts of southern maryland's and the northern neck of virginia. it will start to push southward thrust the midday and afternoon. remaining on the good side of that storm system. here's a look of the wide arrange otemperatures. -- the white range of temperatures. winchester, 29. rockville, 32. mount rainier, 46. in the district, 48 to. another morning with a wide range of temperatures. on our way to 70 degrees today. i think we will be in the low '70's over the next several of days, especially by saturday. more to look forward to weather- wise. temperatures will drop next week but some showers possible. >> right now we will talk about what is happening on the traffic seen. we have a heavier volume on 66 in manassas. let's check out 395. not that leaving the beltway past duke street up to the pentagon. and then across the 14th street bridge. we take you to maryland, southbound on the beltway at river road. the left lane is closed because of an accident. it will cost you a two-minute delay. >> not too bad. thank you. >>> 42 degrees. >> the redskins h

we are off to a clear start on the eastern shore, and much of the lower southern maryland area and southeastern virginia. we do have just a few clouds coming across northern virginia, west virginia and much of maryland. the wider view is showing that rain system that is the same storm that dumped snow in colorado. now that system is spreading rain from arkansas up to the upper midwest, into the tennessee valley. looks like tha will be arriving here into the metro area by late this evening. perhaps off and on through midday tomorrow. here's how things are looking for the next several days. for today, we'll have a little sunshine in and out this morning. temperatures near 50 by 9:00. by noontime, we should be near 60. it may quickly climb to the mid 60s or so by mid afternoon with a blustery southwesterly breeze. it will be mostly cloudy by mid afternoon, cloudy by sunset which today is at 7:25. sunrise this morning, 7:04. overnight tonight, cloudy, rain developing by mid to late evening. rain is likely by late evening through the rest of the night. by dawn tomorrow, down to the mid 40s. during the day on

southerners had. i was lucky enough to get a job at the university of virginia, and it was my first job. ver left. and i could do that. i could teach a version of southern history to southern students, mostly men, and so after the 1970s, when women came to the university. and i could teach history that was different that many differences believe that they believed that slavery was benign, segregation was good for everybody, and poor people were that way because they were lazy. all of these things were reformed. my grandfather was from iowa, and he was really upset by the excesses of the gilded age, the spreading gap between rich and poor, what the captains captains of industry did that made a mockery of the american dream. and so he decided that it was moving too slow to bring about change. he learned that as an officer in the populist party in 1892 when his colleague, general weaver, ran as the candidate for president, and lost. so my grandfather designed a model community, which he which is, he established it on mobile bay on the banks of mobile bay in 1894. now, i do not have time and

virginia. >>> scientists are getting a closer look at a volcano in southern iceland. >>> and we'll tell you about a dog that was left to die in a dumpster in d.c. we've got an update onow she's doing. those stories and more coming up. >>> trooper, a fighter there. we'll see you in a bit. >> what are you up to? >> just a little hockey. anytime you talk about the wizards and the nationals, some of the teams that haven't done well as of late, you always have the caps. there's serious buzz about the caps. caps and penguins at verizon. brooks licht out for taking a puck to the face. and jose theonen hasn't lost a game since january. when it comes right down to it, the biggest story is the teams. it's just the caps and penguins. lindsay czarniak at verizon. did the coach shed any light on some of the things i mentioned? >> well, he's wearing a brand-new blue tie. he's pumped up for the matchup. this is the kind of game he lives for. sidney crosby/alex ovechkin, it doesn't get better than that. when you talk to the players, the players say this isn't that much different than any other game. they're look

virginia right now there's another band that's now exiting montgomery county, northern loudoun county heading into frederick and howard counties and northern anne arundel. another band here from southernrince william county through fauquier into culpepper and right around rappahannock county they are getting some sprinkles heading up towards the metro area. showers out in west virginia. temperatures are on the mild side this morning from mount pleasant, mclean and potomac. 60 degrees. mid-50s out in the mountains. over the last six hours we've seen some of these showers picking up a bit in intensity down in north carolina. this is a band here that may develop some thunder heading up our way hear by later on this afternoon. otherwise more passing showers are likely as well as perhaps a few sprinkles and dzzle overnight through midday tomorrow. sun back tomorrow afternoon with a blustery wind and cooler temperatures and on wednesday and thursday we'll be back in the 6s with sunshine. now, how is the traffic? >> chopper 4 is over the springfield interchange. pretty heavy morning a is typical along 95 getting on to 395. so far for the most part everything appears to be moving along pretty

virginia festival of the book. she is currently the john h. bennett chair of southern letters at the university of south carolina. she received her bachelor's and master's degree in english from washington university and her ph.d. in american literature from indiana university. she has just been named the recipient of the merle curty award for the best book in american history by the organization of american historians, specifically for passage to cosmos and is due to receive the award next month. so, please, welcome professor wahl and, also, please turn off your cell phones. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much and thank you, joel, for that introduction and debbie as well for your wonderful hospitality here during my visit in this absolutely beautiful part of the nation. i've always wanted to come here, and here i am. it's a delight. i also want to thank the virginia book festival and the virginia institute for humanities, was it? foundation for humanities. these events are crucial for keeping culture alive in our country, especially, again, in the times of tough funding and the opportunity all around is

virginia and up north. we're clear tonight, more clouds more. i still think we should be okay for check out the nearly full moon in the southern sky tonight. not only that, you'll be able to almost connect the dots because pollocks, operating start po pollocks form a star in the sky. in the 50s by midnight. tomorrow, partly sunny starting out at 48 to 49 degrees. some locations like in prince william county, 41 degrees. same thing around frederick, 37 to start the day in martinsburg. so a little on the chilly side, with a high temperature tomorrow around 68 degrees. there san 80% chance that we're going to see rain showers coming in late, i think during the evening hours, 7:00 or 8:00 p.m. or so. leaving out about midday friday. giving us anywhere from half to three quarters inch of rain. and more rain for sunday, into the first part of next week. again, that rain on sunday is during the afternoon as well. so most of the weekend will be dr but definitely on the chilly side, with highs between 50 and 55 degrees. >>> new research reveals the gorilla population in the congo basin is diminishing faster than believed.u.p. and interpol say poach

southern new england. tamron, back to you. >> mike, thank you. >>> today president obama is saying the government will allow offshore oil drilling 50 miles off the coast of virginia reversing a long-standing ban on most offshore drilling. it is part of an effort to reduce reliance on foreign oil. >>> new and surprising details about tiger woods' secret life have emerged this week in "vanity fair." nbc's peter alexander has more. peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the piece is titled "the temptation of tiger woods" and this one reads like an adult romance novel. the "vanity fair" writer, mark seal, spoke with several women who claim to have had affairs with tiger outlining his secret life of womanizing and an entourage of enablers. these women posing provocatively for "vanity fair" magazine claim to have heated affairs with tiger woods. they tell similar tales of a voracious woods, always requesting sex, constantly asking the women to satisfy his seemingly unquenchable sexual needs. >> the sad thing about it is, they all seemed to think they were the only one. >> reporter: mindy lawton, a 34-year-old perkins restaurant hose host ess in tiger's hometow

command of the southern forces, he thought it perhaps wasn't wise to live across the river from the capitol of the opposing side. so he picked up his family, and he moved them to richmond, virginia. however, general lee did not take all of his slaves along with him. and once the lees had left arlington house, the union forces immediately crossed the potomac and took over the land. and one union general decided that he never wanted robert e. lee to ever return to arlington house. and the way he insured that this would not happen was he began burying union and confederate soldiers in robert e. lee's front yard. that is how arlington national cemetery got started. another way they tried to insure that general lee would never return was they gave part of the plantation to some of his freed slaves. and what these freed slaves did with the land was come up with a town called freedman'sville act. village. it'll get there. there it is. this is a drawing of freedman's village from harper's weekly magazine. as you can see, it wasn't exactly small. they had their own churches, they had their own schools, hay even had their own hospital. we've even been able to find a photograph of the peop

members of the southern command landed in began initial assessments but the first u.s. urban search and rescue team from fairfax county virginia arrived and established an air bridge. the aircraft carrier carl vincent and the uss baton were ordered to make best possible speed to haiti. joint interagency responders, all of these agencies were working to support the people in government of haiti before the first 24 hours had elapsed. over the span of the next three weeks, the size and scope of the military response grew to a peak of just over 22,000 personnel involved in the release efforts including an airport brigade combat team, the hospital ship, a second unit, engineering, planning, communications, and medical experts. the court did with the embassy and the united nations and other international organizations to determine where the capabilities of the military could be rapidly brought to bear to support the government of haiti. supported by u.s. transportation command, in absences joint command, are force has dramatically expanded the air force capacity and open the sea port to allow for vital in flow of supplies. forces di

one in the southern united states, bringing rain and areas of heavy rain to portions of georgia and florida. also bringing a frozen mix to much of tennessee, portions of kentucky and west virginia as well. off the coast, that other storm system, the blizzard of last week, still impressive. it looks like a hurricane, if you look off the coast of new england as it makes its way toward europe, which does not need any more bad weather. they got one of our last storms in tact over there. five-day forecast, high today about 45 degrees and maybe a sprinkle or two this afternoon. tonight some precipitation that changes to snow overnight. we could have a messy commute in the morning. we're projecting an overnight low in town of 33. so that will give us more rain than snow. kind of a slushy mix. but in any event, only accumulation of frozen precipitation of about an inch. so this is not a big deal. that's a look at the five-day forecast. we'll have more weather coming up in a bit. >>> and let's go to julie wright. >> and the outer loop is slowing from college park headed out toward georgia avenue. but again all of the lanes along this stretch are open. 270 tied up leaving 109 out of hyat