another is that of the west virginia ohio valley environmental coalition. the third is that of an eighth generation, southern west virginia resident. why do i feel the need to travel all the way from southwestern west virginia to attend this listening session? because i want you to hear that there are people in west virginia who support the epa's actions to established richter power plant regulations. desperately need this. as a member of the presbyterian faith community, i believe im called to be a steward of god's great creation and care for the most vulnerable population in all communities. as a member of an organization which actively seeks to preserve clean air and equal justice for all citizens in west virginia, i urge the epa to set strict standards for overall emission reduction while also working for states and utilities to prioritize shifting energy sources to truly renewable sources by geothermal and micro power. instead of shifting to lower costs fossil fuels such as shale gas, which in fact has huge hidden costs. west virginia, by the way he is the only state in the country that hosted both gas

i am from southern west virginia, and i have been around coal my entire life. and we need to talk realistically about the human health impact of carbon pollution, not just its contribution to climate change. as a west virginia yang, i support epa's efforts and believe me that there are many more in appalachia who do as well. i feel that you cannot realistically talk about emissions without discussing the extraction, because they are indeed linked. by regulating the amount of coal power pollution that is produced by plants, you are also helping the communities where the coal industry on a daily basis rip coal from the ground and blow up entire mountains. let's call it what it is, coal pollution. whether you're living with a coal-fired power plant in your backyard or a mountaintop removal mine site over your community, you and your neighbors are getting sick because of its impacts to air quality among others. the extraction process as well as pollution from power plants is poisoning our air, water and land. i am not a scientist, i'm just a boy from boone county, w

look at the rain though 5:00 p.m., southern west virginia. now by 9:00, 10:00 that rain is getting in toward areas oh for the blue ridge west and southwest of d.c.. some of the high school football games, probably going to be all right but the one west of town, out towards western maryland, shenandoah valley, got a chance for some showers there. overnight we'll have some showers coming through with a better or heavier showers south or east of d.c.. here we are at 5:30. tomorrow you know some of the showers you may see a couple ranger off to the east -- linger off to the east and then we're going to watch moisture gather for sunday. but tomorrow a decent amount of clouds and some sunny breaks with temps in the afternoon. notice the showers again saturday night into sunday morning and then another feature later sunday will be here sunday night into monday with the better chance for some showers and maybe a couple of storms. today's highs will be in the upper 50s even a couple of spots south and southwest of town cracking that 60-degree mark. for

another is that of the west virginia ohio valley environmental coalition. the third is that of an eighth generation, southern west virginia resident. why do i feel the need to travel all the way from southwestern west virginia to attend this listening session? because i want you to hear that there are people in west virginia who support the epa's actions to established richter power plant regulations. desperately need this. s a member of the presbyterian faith community, i believe im called to be a steward of god's great creation and care for the most vulnerable population in all communities. as a member of an organization which actively seeks to preserve clean air and equal justice for all citizens in west virginia, i urge the epa to set strict standards for overall emission reduction while also working for states and utilities to prioritize shifting energy sources to truly renewable sources by geothermal and micro power. instead of shifting to lower costs fossil fuels such as shale gas, which in fact has huge hidden costs. west virginia, by the way he is the only state in the country that hosted both gas f

rahall from west virginia's district the and epa regulations that the obama administration is rolling out if there's one place where they have disastrous consequences for democrats is probably southern west virginia so we are watching that would. third is open seas. you alluded to the fact would probably need more republican retirements to be up to say that democrats have a real sense of momentum heading into 2014. so far out of the open seats were members of house are running for higher office or retiring with 17 of them and they are largely playgrounds for ideological interest groups because the primaries in those districts are 10 of two election. talking about a safe trip of districts with only a few exceptions. out of the 17 open seats, 12 on republican side, there's one on the democratic side that we're watching as a potentially competitive race in the general election. on republican side that are really to open seats that republicans have to worry a little bit about. jon runyan's district in new jersey which just opened up, and arkansas the second district where tim griffin retired that both of those members retiring after just two terms in the house. in the fourth category is

basically down through west virginia, southern ohio, northern kentucky. that's where we anticipate more significant accumulations. otherwise, cold numbers will be the story. cold air plunging south. 20s and 30s toward the canadian border toward michigan, all headed our way. look at chicago. you see what happens. you go from rain to snow. this gives you an idea of the boundary headed in our direction. do we expect accumulating snow, no but we anticipate it to come am our direction. it was all good news for veteran's day, calm before the storm larks clear and mild finish to the day. winds are light from the south and west. gusty breezy conditions and a day will be shifting tomorrow big time. look for a hard turn to the northwest, gusty northwest winds dominating into tomorrow afternoon. it's going to take a whroil to recover. we're talking thursday and friday. a brief window into the early morning. on and off snow showers that may stick to the grass, light coating, more toward westminster, frederick. i anticipate driving headaches because of snow shower act

working into spots in kentucky and tennessee, western carolinas, even southwest virginia and southern west virginiaross this area will be watching for the chance of some slick conditions. of course, we still have the winter alerts in effect for portions of the south. really the southern plains and including little rock where things will be slick. now, here's a look at the day tomorrow, freezing rain, wintery mix into parts of the interior northeast with heavy rain right along the i-95 corridor on tuesday night and then into wednesday. we'll be watching for wind gusts around the boston area. they could get upwards of 50 miles an hour, especially near the coast, it's going to be windy in new york city, as well, with heavy rain there at times during the day wednesday. that's going to slow things down at a lot of the airports. philadelphia and d.c. are also included. as you head further off towards the west, that mix of rain and snow in places through central p.a. back into new york and right down that i-81 corridor into virginia, as well. snow through portions of west virginia, western p.a. and even w

scattered about in toward western maryland, hagerstown west, parts of east and west virginia and showers st. mary's, southern neck all moving toward the lower eastern shore. good morning, monika. >>> good morning, howard. good morning, everybody. things are great. things are good. outside everything is fine on the inbound side of i-66 i'm happy to say. no problems to report coming in from manassas. you're going to be fine as you head toward fairfax and the beltway. the beltway looks good dulles toll road through annandale and springfield and northbound on 95 as well. let's take a live look outside on the northbound side of 95. this is when it begins to get a little heavy. we can deal with heavy. we just can't deal with the accident like we had yesterday on the southbound side of 95. nothing like that today. i'm very happy to say. let's go back to the maps and this time inside the beltway. 66 is running at about 60 miles an hour. 395 at 62. 295 in good shape as well so the 11th street bridge. there are no irks there. we'll -- no issues there. we'll end on the north side of town. beltway looks good at new hamp

the showers making their w i th toward portions of southern maryland and to the west and portions of west virginia. we continue to see those move through the region tonight. we need the umbrellas as you head out. a frigid sunday. we have been telling you about that for the last week. now, continuing to watch this storm that's going to develop from the south and move up the coast. i-95 is going to play havoc as we move on to the next couple days and tuesday, wednesday and potentially, thanksgiving. if you have travel plans, you don't want to miss the forecast. i want to let you know how cold things are going to be. i think the numbers are going to shock you a little bit. >> you can monitor the weather all weekend. download the storm team 4 weather app in itunes or google play. ♪ >>> his flame burns on and the nation's capitol to dallas, americans are remembering president john f. kennedy. his only surviving sibling laid a wreath at his grave as bagpipes played. the flame requested by jackie kennedy two days after the president was assassinated. >> the assassination led to deep scar on the national

southern new england. all the way to massachusetts and boston. even down there in west virginia where you still have light snow, and now washington d.c. is cooler at 40 degrees with just light rain. we watched it, and got snow as far south here as georgia. atlanta, your airport problems maybe a little here in the morning, and then the storm is gone for much of the day. then also heavier rain many south florida and possible delays. as far as the airports go today, the d.c. airport just about the next couple of hours, new york city and boston, throughout the afternoon and the evening, significant delays. especially this morning, but the good news is as we go through about 5:00 p.m., all the worst of the wind and rain is gun. even in the boston area. new york will clear up by about 10:00 a.m. when i say clear, i don't mean, like, sunny, but the worst of the wind will be gone. >> silver lining there. thank you, bill. do appreciate that. >>> many the storm has many wonder if anything they will make it in home many time for thanksgiving. some by car and others by train. most will take

southern frederick county. temperatures are comfortable, just about average. with nightfall, temperatures will fall a bit. 60 in leonardtown. 60 in herndon. more to the west across to west virginia and kentucky. current temperatures mostly to the 50's. fredericksburg at 65 degrees. low 30's across northern new england. in northper 60's carolina right now. oklahoma city, 30 degrees with freezing rain. it is even colder, 33 in minneapolis, 28 in omaha. moisture, this is the nasty spot developing. the possibility of freezing rain in parts of oklahoma. clearing skies through the day tomorrow and sunday. late in the night tonight when the front passes. the arctic air arrives late tomorrow night. .0 or so tomorrow the breezes will pick up late in the day. sunday, high-pressure interacts and that pressure is going to put the squeeze on the atmosphere. that will be the direct route of delivery, highs only in the mid 30's. 50 by midday. sunday, 35 or 36 for a high. sunshine at 40 degrees for the day. tuesday, wednesday, a coastal system could develop. there is a lot more in it to talk about. >> that is a big travel day, of course. who wantse to someone to warm things up where they live.

southern prince george's county. mostly light snowflakes from german town out to 270. and out across central virginia here, westmanassas, out towards warrenton, picking up light snow showers now. steadier snow showers coming to an end. that's the back edge of the first batch of snow. still flur is while this cool pocket of air aloft. the bulk of the show is over with in a little while. no advisories in the metro area. winter weather advisories remain in parts of the southern shenandoah valley and the wind has to be a bit of a story as well. for more on that we'll go to doug kammerer with more on the impacts of twind. >> right now, chuck, we're deal t ing with the wind and we're going to continue to deal with the wind for the next few hours. 24 miles per hour wind gusts in washington. 31 in hagerstown. and those winds are really starting to kick up. we have a high wind advisory i effect for mostly elevations but gusts up wards of 50 miles an hour. o so heads up in that area. this really means wrooer in for very cold windchills. let's see what happens around 11:00. look at these numbers. 20 in d.c. 10 in martins

snow coming down parts of pennsylvania down to west virginia accumulations a little bit across parts of the higher elevations of the central and southernall in all generally very light not looking too bad in terms of travel. that's the best kind of snow to get. snow that you get to see flying around looks pretty and you don't have to shovel. >> just enough to take a picture and tweet it. >> exactly. thank you very much maria. >> it is 20 minutes to the top of the hour. would you let a football coach take a middle schooler to hooters for a team dinner. some people shake yes some no. the shocking approach one made as you get ready to get behind the wheel this morning what other drivers are doing that puts lives at risk. [ horn honks ] [ passenger ] airport, please. what airline? united. [ indian accent ] which airline, sir? [ passenger ] united. whoa taxi! [ british accent ] what airline, then? [ passenger ] united. all right. [ spanish ] what airline? [ passenger ] united. ♪ [ mandarin ] which airline? [ passenger ] united. [ arabic ] which airline? [ passenger ] united. [ italian ] where are we going? [ passenger ] united. [ male annou

southern carolina coast. a confirmed tornado near florida. what does it mean? winter weather advisory through 8:00 for light, icy. back toward the west, it includes west virginia through the day tomorrow for the potential for snow, an accumulating snow, too. current temperature, 39 in d.c. 40 degrees in honeytown. 38 toward fredericksburg. 33 toward martinsburg. close to the critical number of freezing. here is the heaviest rain, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 tonight. if you are thinking of leaving at this time, we are going to see more and more problems. the roadways are a mess and will continue to be that way throughout the night. tomorrow afternoon, more rain, rather tomorrow morning. in the afternoon, we see the snow coming from the west. i think everybody will transition to at least some snow during the day tomorrow. we'll talk more about that. right now, it's all about the travel. veronica johnson has more on what you can expect travel wise tomorrow. >> that's right, doug. this is a system not just impacting our area, but so much of the eastern sea board, as you said. in terms of the snowfall, it's confined to the north and west. so, so many locations impacted with

west virginia as well. maybe a couple of rain and snow showers but that's mainly some snow. we've got a little rain snow shower activity across southernnd and colonial beach. not quite to reedville. there's the front coming through d.c. now. temperatures behind it upper 30s winchester and hagerstown. 53 at national. the warm spot. that may be about our high for the day. winds, though, are also gusting over 30 in spots. monika? >>> there's a crash on the northbound side of the bw parkway. it's at route 175 and we're hearing that delays begin at least at route 32 heading northbound on the bw parkway. you can see somebody it must be attracting attention as well because it's quite slow coming in toward the accident scene. keep that in mind for your travel plans. i know our sky 9 is looking for the accident as we speak. let's go over to another map on the inbound side of i-66 in virginia. very slow out of manassas into centreville. kind of clears up closer to the beltway with the lanes open. we're going to end with a live look in springfield on the northbound side of 95. stop and go traffic basically up from aquia harbor to woodbridge and

some in west virginia that have been a real problem the last week or so all the moisture coming in should do a lot to quell that effect. lake effect snows. clouds increasing already across the southern of the system coming for tomorrow. look for skies to go partly to mostly cloudy at times today. a chilly day, 35 to 40. clouds will thicken up tonight. isolated snow shower here overnight but the bulk of the precip starts coming in tomorrow morning. the pink is the mix. the blue is the snow. this is 6:00 a.m. we'll take you to 8:30. so right now i'm optimistic that the morning rush may get through dry. midmorning to late morning, here we have rain. a mix of sleet potentially, potentially freezing rain in a coupofle pockets and the snow up to the north. we're going to go with lots of rain tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening. some 2 to 3-inch totals are possible with potentially the heavier stuff pulling out overnight leaving us with erwednesday. with f we have more than 3-inch totals here, it wouldn't surprise me. tonight down to 33 with 20s in the suburbs. tomorrow morning a mix west. yellow alert day with heavy rain at times and another yellow alert on wednesday with showers around

snowfall in west virginia, and that's during the next 48 hours, as far as the rain is concerned, a lot of you are traveling along the i-95 corridor, one to two inches of rain across southern sections, two to four across northern and this low will continue to push out. good news, carol, the worst of it should be over by tonight. we should dry out here in new york city. tomorrow the winds is what will be a factor. >> all right, jennifer, we'll keep a lookout, thanks so much. >>> some of the bigge and busiest airports in the world are in the storm's path and people across the country are trying to get home for thanks giving dinner before they get stuck. >> nothing will keep me from that table, not from thanksgiving table. >> we're very happy. >> reporter: why? >> because as much as we love o'hare, we'd like to not spend thanksgiving here. >> just looking at the weather, the big green, pink slop coming our direction, time to get out of the way. >> we're taking a look at airports up and down the coast, so let's start in atlanta, with cnn's alina machado. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. it is a windy and cold day here in atlanta, but that is not causing any real

now, southern new england is a concern for the heaviest rain and the gustiest winds, notice the snow part of the storm. they have snow in west virginiait's the windy conditions, a gust of 40s in new york city. ice we are picking up the winds in new port, rhode island. we may have minor power outages and we shouldn't see too many downed trees on this. my best advice, if you will be driving i-95, 81, across '80s, wait as long as you possibly can today. notice new york city by 10:00 a.m., a lot of the heavy rain is gone t. winds will be much lighter then. the same with philadelphia, baltimore, all the way down to d.c. into richmond. as far as new england goes, if you wait until 4:00 or 5:00, it will be kicking through, exiting, into boston late this afternoon, your weather will dramatically improve. the worst of the airport delays the worst of everything is now up until ability 7:00, 8:00 a.m. in new york city until about noon in boston. >> oh my gosh, that's horrible. at this point if you are traveling by plane, train, even automobile, you are going to be stuck. >> strain trains should be fine unless a tree falls on your tracks. airpor