he's 5 or 6 years old, a mix who came from southern virginia. they insisted we take him and we do take honorary cokers as we call -- cockers as we call them. a sweet, wonderful boy. >> you brought me in a calendar. do you want to tell me anything about the calendar that you brought? >> oh, yeah. we have -- one of our fund- raisers is our cocker spaniel calendar 2014. it's on sale on our website. >> cocker spaniel rescue.com. easy to remember. >> and at our adoption shows. it's part of our fund raising efforts. >> thank you so much, jim. thank you, gavin. >>> welcome back. we're going to have fun with two young ladies. cooking with the saints. we'll explain that in a moment. they are here from the catholic church in chang tilly. they're going to -- chantilly. they're going to teach a lot of people how to make terrific desserts for the holiday season. what are these? >> these are mexican wedding cakes. they're usually baked during christmas. even though they're called cakes, they're actually cookies. >> they are actually cookies. they look great a

. >> reporter: the navy's "cape ray," a cargo ship currently docked in southern virginia, will soon embark on an unprecedented mission. it will set sail equipped with two specially designed hydrolysis units like this one. never used before in the field or at sea, they'll mix the agents with hot water and bleach neutralizing all 500 tons of mustard gas, sarin, and bx. getting these weapons out of a country mired in civil war has also never been done. >> the next phase of the process is the most complex in terms of both logistics and security. >> reporter: tom countryman oversees the state department's role in the operation. he told us the chemicals will be transported in armored vehicles through the war zone under syrian military protection to the coastal city of latakia. there they will be loaded on to danish and norwegian ships and taken to an italian port where they'd be then off loaded on to the "cape ray." how do you keep the chemical from getting into the wrong hands? >> preventing the chemicals to getting into the wrong hands, terrorist groups inside or outside of syria, is exactly t

surrender day festivities began in southern virginia as early as they can 66. blacks and the north carolina border commemorated april 9 because they saw it if they had never been beaten emancipation proclamation would have been to no avail. african-american soldiers pivotal role as agents of liberation would long remain a point of pride within black communities. george washington williams himself a veteran of the appomattox came came noted in his landmark history published in 1883 at appomattox in the last arab slaveholders rebellion the brilliant fighting of black troops have ensured the salvation of the union. the fact that african-american soldiers had defeated lee lent additional symbolic meaning to the surrender for me and his army of northern virginia typified the ice of the u.s. ct slaveholding elites and its racial superiority. thomas morris chester confederate capitulation was especially sweet cousins are reviewed to the first families of virginia who he do after the virginians. in short, men such as williams and chester made and sustained the bold cla

festivities begin in southern virginia as early as 1866. on the north carolina border they commemorate april line because as they saw it if we had never been beaten the emancipation proclamation would have been to no avail. the pivotal role as is a liberation would long remain a point of pride within the black communities. george washington williams noted in his landmark history of the negro race in america that at appomattox in the last hour of the slaveholders rebellion the brilliant fighting a black troops in sure the salvation of the union. additional symbolic meaning. for he and his army typified the first families of virginia then made in in sustainable claim that in defeating lee's army they dealt the death blow they insisted that only that the union army victory emanated from a superior virtues loss of the black troops in particular exemplify that virtue. most important, african-american soldiers interpretation of surrender inscribed a civil rights message into the magnanimous terms of the surrender, emphasizing the promise of appom

you can see cloudiness starting to make its way down into southern virginia. areas like roanoke and approaching richmond. the clouds move in followed by this rain here in the gulf. this is our system that brings us around potentially an inch of rain tomorrow. so, at 7:00 a.m., the rain moves in tomorrow. at that point, 42 degrees. we may even fall a couple of degrees during the late morning hours. 10:00 a.m., expect a steady, potentially even heavy rain. rain continues into the afternoon hours. once again it will be heavy at times. have the umbrella handy throughout the day tomorrow. also you want to be careful of hydroplaning. 45 is our high tomorrow. and we'll be around that again during the afternoon hours. rain starts to move out during the evening hours around 6:00 p.m.. storm team 4 four-day forecast. so today the warmest day. cooler tomorrow and then we see our temperatures drop. monday, it's a breezy day with a high of 40 degrees. plenty of clouds around. tuesday, we're looking at a cloud-sun mix for new years eve day and a temperature of 36. with futu

. >>> all the snow we had in southern ohio, west virginia, shriveled up in the mountains.there is a company more coming upstream. temperatures look at the difference, upper 20s from hagerstown and westminister. a lot more clouds here to 45 in orange, 35 in cambridge, 36 la plata, leesburg is 34. mostly cloudy skies and a temperature of 38. thankfully the winds very light, east-northeast at 3 miles per hour. the air is dry, the dew points at 20 and the barometer is rising. >>> with a dusting, less than an inch for most. warmer air the second half of the week. that is when i think we are going to have a few highs in the 60s. then i'm talking friday and saturday being the warmest days. friday the nicest day. 31 below in fairbanks. the arctic air is no longer in western canada. now it is all over toward the great lakes. and the big hudson bay, up in canada. you get all this cold here, but once we kick that out of here, we are going to be in much better shape temperaturewise through the rest of the week. most of the country fairly quiet. the disturbances continue to ride the je

we'll keep a close eye on even more developing on southern western virginia -- southwestern virginia. right now most of it to will say to the southeast of the metro area, but we'll will keep an eye on it for you. it will drop down back to the many overnight in mn areas. isolated showers to this evening, and overnight most everything will move out. our seven day outlook, we will give you a look at how high the editors will get as we move into the weekend. >> thank you. now to a story that you will see only on seven. these he believes are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a woman next to an elementary school after she dropped her child off at school. and happened this morning on 30th place in northeast bc. jennifer donnelly is live from that school with the latest. school is just about 20 yards away, this is the -- where the crime happened. she had just dropped the child off at school combat as she was walking across this bridge, which is not let except for our own light down here, she was forced at gunpoint underneath that bridge. and that is where police say the attack occurred

but it is near freezing to below freezing across most of maryland, most of virginia except southern maryland central virginia. fredericksburg over to southern maryland, the bay, northern neck is generally in the mid 30s and mid 30s right in washington, northern and western suburbs though, most locations are below freezing on this christmas eve morning. shenandoah valley as well and into the mountains, most locations hovering right around 30 degrees. and the pavement is drying out there for the most part, too. so for the day today you should not have any travel problems. if you're leddi inheading up an the atlantic sea coast, we'll have highs reaching the low 40s this afternoon. by noontime should be around 40. we'll be hovering in the low 40s for a couple of hours mid afternoon. that's when we'll have clouds building, upper level disturbance coming along through along with gusty winds. that disturbance might trigger a few passing snow showers or a flurry. generally from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. after that we will clear out and get cold tonight. the temperatures will begin to drop back down into the

college park is 52 and northern virginia and southern maryland and central virginia into the mid 50s. here are the headlines. a lot of clouds around from the west. they have been passing over the thin spots in the clouds. the bis story is a nice warm up. highs expected in the low 60s around washington. much warmer for the weekend. i think on sunday it may be up and down the atlantic seaboard and make it 72 in washington. the cold air north and west will come in on the first part of next week. barbara? new this morning, how this house fire got started even though no one lived there. this is on o street not far from pennsylvania avenue. firefighters were called around 4:00 this morning and put out the fire and checked for hot spots when crews learned no one lived there. firefighters have not put an estimate on the damages in the building. firefighters are figuring out what caused this town house to catch on fire. this was on north colonial terrace. no one was hurt there either. the family was not home at the time because the floors were being resurfaced. firefighters think that might ha

the snow showers remaining at the higher elevations and mountains so portions through west virginia, southern pennsylvania and panhandle of maryland you will see snow moving on through but the metro center is safe. we will get the opportunity, though, to bundle up, stepping out this morning. right now 29 at reagan national. 21 for manassas and down in the 20s in portions of southern maryland. so a chilly start but a lot of sunshine moving on through. futurecast breaks it down like this. morning clouds till about the 11:00 hour. then by noon we're looking at a pretty good dose of sunshine. into the afternoon and evening hours it will be calm, clear and quiet. so go ahead with those evening plans. but if you're stepping out on friday morning, it's going to be cool and clear again. so another chilly start is on tap for us. let's take a look at how things break down temperature wise. 40s for most of us. we'll see some of the lower 40s the further you go up to the north and way off toward the west only the middle range to lower 30s for highs. the good thing about this forecast is it stays green. f

we are looking for ice storm warning here in the mid atlantic region across southern virginia.nditions will be deteriorating but not until sunday we'll stay dry over much of the north east on sunday morning. notice all of this moisture is going northward even around the new york city area. it could change to snow for a little wintery mix and then it will turn to rain on monday. we are watching the next storm system across the southwest. >> it's bringin it's bringing ss nevada and into utah today. >>> a chicago court has awarded the largest ever racial settlement against any employer. they sued merrill lynch over policies that favor the their white counter parts. >> this victory walk has been nearly nine years in the making. >> i was very happy to see that. hopefully we'll be able to make changes as the judge says affect the industry. >> a federal judge has approve the largest racial discrimination settlement ever against a u.s. employer $160 million for george mcreynolds and other stock brokers. >> i feel real good. justice has prevailed. >> merrill lynch was run like a fratern

where i live down in southern virginia we see ships moving in and out.eing moved in and out. a year from now, shipping prices, shipping stocks are going to be higher than where they are right now. we're up a good chart you yao put up there with the baltic exchange rate. it's been pretty sporty. it wasn't on anybody's radar six months ago. now it's on everybody's radar. probably a good time to be less enthusiastic. does one get bearish of ships up here? not at all. >> just in a word, dennis, we have to go. we just had quite a debate about gold here. you still like it? >> i've liked gold in yen terms only. i have not liked gold in dollar terms at all. >> i like everything in yen terms. >> i mean, if you're short of yen against the world right now i think -- >> that's a pretty good trade. >> that's the trade. owning gold in yen terms clearly has been a far better trade. that's down 7% on the year. i only get to north carolina state so i get a little confused at times. losing 7% is a lot better than being down 35%. >> got to leave it there. dennis, liz ann,

right now on storm team 4 radar i am tracking rain in southern maryland and parts of northern virginia. all of this rain will continue to push in over the next hour alone. here we are at 3:00 a.m. 6:30 still seeing wide spread rain, some reduced visibility is possible early tomorrow morning. when does the rain end and how does this impact temperatures? i'll have the answers in about 15 minutes. >>> they were hoping to play spoiler with a win and for a while it looked like the redskins were going to help bounce the cowboys from the playoff picture but washington lost late in the game by a singleal point. jason pugh is here with reaction. >> back-to-back one point losses for the redskins in the last two weeks. this loss hurts a little more than the other games. maybe because the skins had the lead. tony romo did not lose for the cowboys but won it for dallas. london fletcher announced he is retiring after the season. cousins finds pierre garcon. he has 107 catches on the year now. in the fourth quarter skins up six. tony romo brings the cowboys back. he finds demarco murray. ten yard tou

. >> reporter: we're getting an arctic blast lasting for days, from virginia to southern new englandp to a half foot of snow fell. the burst of beautiful winter transforming into a troubling commute. >> as you get closer to new jersey the roads got worse. >> reporter: more than 80 car accidents just in connecticut, hundreds of schools closed. in massachusetts the slick roads sending this plow through a pole and into a pond. at dulles international the parade of plows trying to clear over two inches. weather has been a big issue at the airports this week. more than 6,000 flights cancelled across the country since sunday. along with that below average temperature in california, dangerous winds. >> the trailer was off the ground. i have a co-driver with me and it's not worth our life. >> reporter: in chicago, fans survived the bears game in the coldest temperatures for this date in 18 years. our alex perez put the temperature to the test. >> reporter: we took one of our t-shirts, put it in water and hung it outside and within 15 minutes this is what we got, stiff as a board. >> reporter

some scattered areas in pink of scattered freezing rain, northern virginia, parts of our southern andern suburbs. south and east of there it is all rain because temperatures are a little bit above freezing but north and west of the metro area, north and west of i-95, these are all the zones that continue to get some light icing. right now temperatures are right at the freezing mark right in the district, south and east near the bay waters, a little bit above freezing. inland it is all below freezinging hovering right near 32 to near 30 degrees. as the day progresses near freezing through the morning. as a result we are going to have a possibility of just a little more light icing between now and 8:00 and then rain. a little bit above freezing by then. during the afternoon our temperatures reaching near the upper 30s with just a cloudy sky. maynard edwards, good morning. how is our traffic? >>> we do have a couple of crashes to report, tom. this one just outside bethesda, river road at springfield drive. report of a car innin a tree. a lot of crews on the scene there. some slick condit

charlesville at 50 in southern portions of virginia. warm air to the south. that will stay south. we are in the cooler air. we have showers right now coming through d.c. and a few more back down toward the south. fredericksburg and staff ford seeing shower activity. it's light. we saw steadier activity along the chesapeake and st. mary's county. the district and the beltway, 50 seeing showers. they are light. they will stay that way throughout the evening. then a storm system moves through. it's to the west. it's near ohio. it's going to come through and lift some of this back in across the region. i expect to see more widespread showers develop overnight. as temperatures cool a bit. some of the showers, rainshowers may turn into snow showers. let's show you what future weather does z. at 6:00, the showers to the south. it's a good job there. 11:30, notice where the snow is, gaithersburg, manassas, fredericksburg. most of it will stay rain across the area. d.c., gaithersburg, maybe snow falling. i'm not worried about temperatures. they will stay above the freezing mark. not going

wet highways from virginia into the southern appalachians. icy roads in northern new england. >> if you're flying, airport delays possible in dallas, memphis, chicago, minneapolis, detroit and houston. >>> back to the news now. the rape investigation involving florida state star quarterback jameis winston is over. and today we'll learn if he'll be charged. >> the prosecutor will announced what is next in this case at 2:00 p.m. eastern time today. winston's attorney has always maintained his client has the done nothing illegal. and he says if the prosecutor saw the same evidence he did, winston would be cleared. >> i think he did a complete investigation. i know i pressured him to hurry the investigation. i know the media has the questions. and i know he has a desire to get this off his plate. >> he also said that winston will address the situation after the prosecutor's announcement. winston is a leading heisman trophy candidate. and the seminoles are college football's number one team. >>> the spurs and timberwolves now must reschedule the g

he, you know, worked for other people, but he was one of these kind of very genteel southern gentleman from virginia, handled upscale cases, came from a wealthy family, soft spoken, a gentleman in the true sense of it. he was concern about the social class and concerned about the future of america. a lot of these guys had read that in 1951-52, russell kirk wrote "the conservative mind," the bible that animated goldwater and william f. buckley, and the conservative mind back in the early 50s, russell kirk, going all the way back to sir edman bushing, and they were a brit who was a conservative who ultimately supported the american revolution, but the father of conservative movements abroad. he was the man who says it does me no harm -- see, he thought only a certain class should be allowed to vote, for example, does me no harm if a man is allowed to engauge in a provings, and hair hairdresser,t it -- society considers violation, such a man and govern to vote, so, anyhow, russell kirk with chapters about the wonders of sir edmond burke. it the class was wealthy, they get uppity. that was not ad -- a g

virginia. the district, into portions of southern maryland. this goes for the rest of today and tonight as temperatures will barely be able to eclipse the freezing mark later today. way below freezing now. northern maryland, northwest virginia, 26 now in martinsburg, west virginia, where we're right at 30 degrees in town. storm team 4 radar. northern maryland out to shenandoah valley all snow now and all snow for the rest of the morning into the afternoon as well. down into southern maryland. see the pink starting to mix in. that's a bit of a changeover to the freezing rain and sleet they'll be watching all morning. travel will get tricky out here on 522, route15, 17, route 7, 28, interstate 66 and 81 also getting slipperier with time. look at this big push of warm air and moisture. all freezing rain and sleet now across central virginia. that's what's coming into the south side of the metro and southern maryland. further north you live or travel, a whole lot more in the way of snow. if you're going out to do anything this afternoon, kickoff is

the ribbon of ice as well, and the rest is kentucky in through southern ohio and maryland and also west virginia. it's actually going to roll through here tonight in the form of rain and showers and continue tomorrow, and that's why we have a yellow alert for friday. wet commute going to work and coming home. nothing frozen tomorrow. don't worry about that, but be advised leaves on the road are slick this is the ice and the snow, and we will get into sunday, and right now, some slight showers across part of the metro area moving through. gaithersburg, and down to northwest dc, and more showers back to the west. again, it's going to be a wet commute. look at the warnings across much of the southern plains, and into pennsylvania. the white is winter storm warning. the red is ice storm warning. we have ice storm warnings down to arkansas and western tennessee. they, too, had warm air, and then it turned to arctic air, and it's an ice storm. even though we were 69 today, ice and snow on monday. yellow alert for showers. dress for the 40s. you will leave the door and it's in the 50s. falling temperat

virginia as well. a big change in weather depending on a small change in temperature. temperatures at or just above freezing in southern maryland. mid 20s in place across northern maryland and martinsburg, west virginia. if you look out your backyard thermometer and see a temperature in the 20s, you should expect two to three inches of snow or more. if you're 30 degrees or higher, it will be that mix we're fighting all day. we are snow to start pretty much everywhere. bigger problems the further north you live or travel. we're watching out for what could be an icy, slippery mess on monday morning. the biggest risk for icy travel monday morning, 270, all the way from the capital beltway up toward frederick, maryland. veronica johnson showing some of the latest reports on twitter. >> that's right. we start, too, with a look at the radar. we'll come back and show you some of the pictures, photos that you folks have been taking and sending in to us. take a look at the radar right now. down in the south we see ta pink, that's a mixture of snow and sleet right now. so much of the area we're seeing it covered in white on stor

scattered showers from northern virginia to the southern appalachians. mix of rain and snow for new mexico and the southeast arizona. >> 40s and 50s in the desert southwest. 70s in atlanta and new orleans. very mild 60 here in new york. >>> the nation's three largest cities are taking action on so-called e-cigarette cigarettes. >> they are considering banning the nicotine inhalers from indoor spaces like cigarettes. chicago is considering a similar ban and l.a. city council has unanimously approved to regulating them in the same manner as tobacco products which means they cannot be sold to minors. >>> a couple celebrating the birth of identical triplet girls. wh is unusual is the trio was conceived without fertility treatments. the doctor estimates the odds of that happening between a million to 200 million to one. the parents are stunned but say they are tld thrilled with their ready-made family. >> it's everything at once. i think you can get lost staring in their face and in the moments, but it's overwhelming to think about everything to come. >> litt

in 2012, mitt romney's margin of victory was larger in west virginia than in most southern states.t do you think about president obama? >> what do i think about him? well, i'm not too happy with him. >> what are the most important issues to you? >> how people in washington vote on the issues, the job situation. >> these are hard-working people. they don't ask for a lot. they do like to have -- they would like to have a fair shake an an opportunity to make a living. >> the coal industry that once dominated the state's economy and its politics now only employs about 32,000 in the state. fewer than half the number of jobs it provided in 1946. while there are many reasons for the industry's decline, the government and president obama's energy policy received much of the blame. manchin has also felt pushback for his stance on guns. >> manchin is working with president obama and new york mayor michael bloomberg. concerned? you should be. >> after the newtown shooting, manchin and republican senator pat toomey introduced background check legislation that ultimately failed by just five vot

from virginia through southern new england, just a little to up to a half foot of snow fell.nsforming tuesday in to a frustrating commute. >> i drove all the way from philadelphia and it was like this basically the whole way. as you get closer to new jersey the roads got worse. nothing's plowed. >> reporter: more than 80 car accidents just in connecticut. hundreds of schools closed. in massachusetts, the slick roads sending this plow crashing through a pole and in to a pond. at dulles international, the parade of plows trying to clear just over two inches. weather has been a big issue at the airports this week. more than 6,000 cancelled across the country since sunday. along with that below-average brr in parts of california, dangerous winds. >> a gust of wind hit me and raised tandem tires on the trailer off the ground. i have a co-driver with me and it is not worth our lives. >> reporter: much of d.c. was shut down. even a national transportation hearing was cancelled. many are staying home but lisa made her way in the snow. parts of the northeast have been insulated but no

ide county >>> virginia might be the last place -- southern california might be the last place to seen igloo. this one is made out of milk just be. it wa 1070 jugs and the family will build an archway in the front. >> southern california doesn't recycle. >> there you go. >>> we haven't hit winter solstice for another week. >> we have had what perhaps will be the coldest weather of the year already. what we need now is rain. so it's two parts to our winter weather. we get chilly, not cold that much. but we get chilly and we also get wet. we're one for two right now. mother nature says be patient for rain. bad air today and tomorrow. if you enjoyed the sunshine today it will be about 2 or 3 degrees warmer for you in san jose, morgan hill, redwood city, coming up tomorrow. beautiful shot from the pyramid south over san francisco and san francisco bay. it will be a clear night and that means even though the afternoons will be mild, in the evening it will be chilly quickly. grab the jacket. concord down to 48. livermore 51. san jose 51. near the watered and in our bigger cities we can trap

otherwise the snow is coming down in parts of virginia, maryland, new jersey, up into southern areas of new england and it has been doing so throughout this morning and we've been seeing some accumulation out through some of these areas. as far as how much snow we're expecting, higher accumulations of three to six inches are forecast where we have the winter storm warnings. they have been allowed to expire for washington, d.c. and for baltimore. now the winter storm warnings are west of those cities. that's where we see some higher accumulations of three to six inches. overall, generally three inches for many of these areas. winter weather advisories do stretch anywhere from parts of tennessee all the way up to parts of southern massachusetts this is a very widespread storm system impacting this area. timing, heading into 3:00 p.m. on tuesday we think the worst of it will be well over across philadelphia, washington, d.c., just in time for the evening commute home. otherwise across new york city, we're going to see that many coulding to an end as well. in boston, it will be snowing f

spots down here, you folks throughout southern areas of prince george's county, charles county, stafford county, 55 degrees in stafford. 57 in fredericksburg, virginialet me show you how much milder it's going to be this week. temperatures going way up. in a couple minutes, i'm going to take you into the warmest day of the workweek and show you the neighborhood forecast. right now, more clouds for your evening as we drop to 47 degrees by 11:00. >>> a woman accused of shopli shoplifting claims she was falsely imprisoned, then forced by the department store to pay a $500 fine. how the store is reacting to the allegations tonight. >> 261 miles to the gallon. the most energy efficient car in the world and it's here in northern virginia. we have a close up look at the >>> right now fire investigators in boston are looking for the cause of an incredible blaze in a commercial building. a fleet of vehicles and several hours to conquer this. flames were leaping from the windows. it was vacant and undergoing republicnovation renovations. a brick firewall helped them accomplish it not spreading. >>> an embarrassing mistake is coming back to haunt the u.s. post

southern maryland, a fairly low impact for you. north and west, northern maryland, panhandle of west virginia, shenandoah valley, this could, indeed, set the stage for a significant amount of icing. temperatures are at or below freezing north and west 95, windchills in the cold 20s first thing this morning. snow flakes reaching the ground outside of winchester, northern parts of faulkner county, opal. be ready for snow to be moving in this morning and then a mix to change over to freezing rain by later on this afternoon. if you're headed out to the redskins game, whatever you're doing around town this afternoon, tricky travel. maybe not impassable, but tricky, indeed. snow, sleet and ice through the afternoon. if you don't have to go outside today, plan on staying inside. i'll give you my forecast in a couple of minutes. >> mess of snow and ice this morning. crews are busy getting the power back on for people left in the dark. nbc's dan sheneman picks up our team coverage. >> reporter: no let-up for millions of americans saturday as heavy snow and freezing rain continue to lash much of the central united states. in texas, temperatu

southern maryland we've got some breaks there. all the moisture is tracking in your direction. temperatures, boy, they tell the story. starting to get a little warmer in west virginia in cumberland. 34 in town. 44 ocean city and a quick look locally. we have temps west. fairfax at 30 still 31 in white oak. it's 31 rockville. 31 in arlington. give it a few hours. maybe if you can go in a little late today, you'll be in much better shape. reld alert day -- red alert day from the earlier freezing rain and rain showers. some snow d.c. north and west but light snow, wet snow, some grassy accumulations i think will happen on the grassy services, minor consume layings. wednesday 36. by thursday breezy, cold, 31. a little bit better on friday and some late rain saturday leading to some snow showers for sunday. here's monika now timesaver traffic. while the interstates are fine, monika, i had a delay at father hurley coming in. >> that was from 8:30 last night what howard is talking about is that there was a truck on fire at father hurley boulevard in germantown at 8:30 last night and they're still there cleaning up the remains of that truck fire along the left side of the

more lighter snow moves in but most of the ice will move up into southern ohio and pennsylvania and even into the carolinas and virginiaough the bay area overnight, likely while you were sleeping. we are still tracking low snow levels. a lot of this is not going to stick around. still getting action on the radar. mostly the southern end of the peninsula to the south bay. this is all going to clear out of here throughout the day. skies are already starting to clear nicely. here is a live look at san francisco, 46 degrees. travel cautiously especially in the north bay where the temperatures are still in the 30s. i love the plaza this time of the year! so many people around. today's top spot not too far away up to our affiliate in hartford, connecticut. the lego lover dream come true with three acres of all things legos! life sized models and hands on exhibit and if are nearby, make a stop in hartford today. erica, i'm sure you have the connecticut connection and something your kids would love. >> we love legos and i'm from connecticut and next year, we have to make that happen. thanks. >>> an american singer is hitting a

suburbs outside of those spots, northern virginia, areas of eastern pennsylvania, northern jersey, southernortions of new england, that's where the icy conditions will continue. i'm sure there's a lot of school delays and cancelations out there this morning across that region. the other story, the cold blast. it's 7 degrees right now in kansas city. the reason i'm bringing that up let's take a look, it's 31 in fairbanks, alaska. it's much colder in the midwest and central u.s. than it is in alaska. crazy weather pattern right now. mika this continues this week areas like new york, baltimore, d.c., snow tomorrow morning maybe an inch or two to make for another slippery commute. >> bill, thanks. we'll be back in touch with you. we're going to have a story coming up about the republican party and members of it finally coming together. amazing. calling for unity. but first today's "new york times" is out with a powerful piece on the challenges facing the city's homeless particularly children. the article focuses on an 11-year-old, one of 22,000 homeless children in new york, the most since the

about what john brown had done in virginia and the woman in the south was saying, you know, how -- you don't care about your workers in the north, but you care about southerners and what -- aren't you a mother? she wasn't. don't you care about children? and lydia marie charles would say, i care about children, but we don't sell our children. and it went back and forth in this particular way. and find out these are people who in some sense have been lost or sidelined, and they're so very, very important, and they were so famous in their own day. which is fascinating, too. >> the news obviously has been chockablock with 50th 50th anniversary and discussion to look back to the kennedy assassination. 1865, after abraham lincoln was killed, who was it that took us forth in light of the assassination, to essentially bring forward social policies that take you up to the end point of the book, 1877. >> well, one couldn't have avoided, probably didn't want, to the last week of commemorative programs about the assassination of john f. kennedy, and some of you probably have heard or have heard, the work most recent book on johnson, and one of the things he talked about

southern maryland is dealing with the rain. as we get into the evening hours, most of the area will be dealing with rain, pockets of snow over the west virginia panhandle. washington county and maryland. then the threat of freezing rain overnight as well for those areas back to the west. i'll be talking about the snowfall totals more in depth the next time you see me. tomorrow, a high temperature of 39 degrees. sunday, definitely the better of the two weekend days. we are dry, breezy and warmer. a high temperature of 44 degrees. barbara and pat? >> thanks, amelia. >>> the long time host steve harvey is host of a tv talk show that airs here on nbc 4. he hosts the steve harvey morning show, the quit whited host of "family feud" and author of "act like a lady, think like a man". steve harvey was here in our studio this afternoon. welcome. >> how you doing? >> did i leave anything out? you had an exclusive interview at the white house. yeah. just a boy from west virginia talking to the president of the united states. the greatest moment of that interview was he was talking about his grandmother who he misses so. she passed in her 80s. my mom pass

virginia, the mid atlantic. then it moves into the northeast. by the time we get to 5:00, we are looking at heavy rain through new york stickers through southern new england. but there will be snow through central new england. considering the power is still out for those across maine. we will see accumulating snow in that area. we will see a widespread two to three inches, up through virginia, washington, d.c. as well. but to the north of that where the coldest air is through central vermont, new hampshire, maine, three to six inches in your highest elevations. finally thawing out. chicago, high of 47. 60 in dallas. rain across the southeast. 81 in orlando. that arctic air moves into the northern plains and through the upper midwest with 1 for a high in minneapolis. 30 in chicago. the rain does move into the northeast. boston topping out at 41, which is why it will be rain along the coast. alex? >>> okay. dylan dreyer, thank you for that. a russian ship has been stranded since christmas eve off antarctica. joining me now martin fletcher joining us from london. martin, the saga continues. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, alex, talk about weath

southern maryland as well. our weather story for the day, the clouds thickened across the region. this is the continuing case for the evening. the band of thick clouds stretches to the mountains of west virginia. as far as the flurry or sprinkle chance, it's really, really low. milder days are not that far away. get through tomorrow and wednesday. as you get toward the tail end of the week, there's a rise in temperatures. we'll talk more about that when the seven day forecast. >>> take a look athisvl nightmare. a water main break flooding floors and shutting down a terminal. >>> more shoppers tapping through their holiday list with smartphone apps designed to save money. the apps are giving away info about you, too. >>> for those of you who haven't started your christmas shopping, you have nine dais left. >>> we have a warning for bargain hunters. the apps you use for best deals are being used to find out more about you. john yang has the story. >> reporter: hitting the stores, smartphone in hand. >> head to best buy, target, cvs, walgreens. they send you coupons and let you know the deals they are offering at the moment. >> people checked in at the store and giving tips about the store. >> t

southern maryland, you are dealing with a little in the way of fog and rain. it's on the storm team 4 radar. then some steady rain in and around the district and fairfax and portions of virginiai-81 and i-70. what we continue to see is the rain throughout the region. more of that throughout the night. this is a big storm. we are talking storm number one. look at all the snow and ice back toward the west. up to three inches of ice from this storm down toward the west. for us, this one will just give us rain. we are not talking about any of this snow coming through our area. could it end with snow? possibly, but we are not going to see accumulation with it at all. 46 is the temperature in d.c. 43 in leesburg. these are the reasons why we are not going to have problems. temperatures well above freezing. they stay that way through morning, then the numbers come down. let's go through future weather. this is important. this is the critical time. 6:00 tonight, not a lot going on, just the rain. again, we can deal with rain. here is where the chilly breezy conditions come in. early saturday morning as the rain moves off. just plain cold tomorrow. we'll see sunshine but tomorrow is o

virginia. current temperatures at or below freezing and nearly every neighborhood. we are seeing light snow in and around the metro. instead or light snow out toward the shenandoah valley. and light snow in southernfor today's top spot, we're taking you to a chilly salinas, california, from our grand open tatum's garden. it's a wonderful place. a fully inclusive and accessible playground for children of all ages and physical abilities. the opening will include face painting, entertainment and lots of opportunities for kids to play. my advice is bundle up. it's a lot colder in california than it should be. >> we'll take that advice here in new york, too. as we know the holidays can be tough on families dealing with a difficult situation. when one parent is in the military, it can make the challenges even greater. janet shamlian has made it easier. >> reporter: on a quiet cul-de-sac in aurora, california, they arrived with a plan. >> we'll surprise the ander sorn family. >> reporter: one they carry out with military-like precision. they aren't soldiers but have come to surprise one, an airman, major matt anderson and his family. >> we're going to hopefully make your christmas more enjoyable with al