storm team 4 radar wide view showing us rain in southern west virginia. it breaks up east of there around the southern blue ridge. a few spreuinkles in anne arund and prince george's county. a few scattered sprinkles this morning. enough to make the roads wet. you know what that means. fender-bender weather. temperatures in the 30s now to near 40 degrees. we will stay this way through 8:00 with a chance of sprinkles. rather cool but cloudy. the rain should be gone by then. the latter part of the afternoon, reaching upper 50s by 2:00, 3:00. it will drop to the mid-50s for the afternoon commute. it will stay mild into early evening. more changes in the next 24 hours next traffic and 1s at 4:41. melissa, do we have any of those fender-bende fender-benders >> do have one. car versus pole. we'll talk about that in a second. overall looking quite good. a good warning as tom is talking about this nasty weather. it was nasty coming down 270 this morning. east west highway shut down at montgomery. we'll get more information and be back in 10 minutes. >>> the rights

we are starting off with with the dark clouds producing a few scattered light showers in southern west virginia and other showers east of the blue ridge and around the metro. northern virginia, maryland, light sprinkles. enough to make all our area roads wet, damp this morning. haven't had a lot of rain but enough to make everything wet. and the side streets and sidewalks covered with leaves, watch out. they are slippery. temperatures above freezing. we dover any icing to deal with. no wintry mix like yesterday morning. upper 40s to near 50 degrees. there's the sky over the capitol. a chaps of sprinkles 8:00 or 9:00. hovering near 40. by noon, cloudy, near 50. and during the early to middle part of the afternoon between 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, making it into the upper 50s. by 5:00 p.m., after sunset, back down to the mid 50s. a mild welcomed warming is later today. a look at our next rain chances next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:21. melissa has been dealing with the issue on gw parkway. >> we spoke to park police because we heard we had a little bit of a closure. we have the right lane at wind

mixed in in the mountains, well to the west of the washington area, but there is more in southern west virginia, into kentucky, and this has been the last part of the system. it will take its sweet time going away, and then it will chilly, andd temperatures may rise a degree and it is 34 in manassas. and just a few more sample rain totals in the weather burg network. and the temperatures are dramatically colder. 33 degrees in hagerstown, 34 at washington dulles, 38 degrees in fredericksburg, and these values are anywhere between 25 and 35 degrees colder than yesterday afternoon. mass, andarmer air that will try to push this cold happens,, and if this getill get more, and as we through the day tomorrow, we will break up some, and it looks like we will see some more sunshine, and that would be very good news as we move through the next 24 hours or so. here is how it looks for the next several days going forward. returning friday, and it is cool in the 40's, but with some sunshine, it will keep it chilly and give us 30, 50, 40% showers. for theppy 1.5-daybreak. that is how i look at it. >> we will

attorney is the one prosecuting this second executive, gary southern, from the west virginia coal chemical that same u.s. attorney is the one prosecuting this second executive, gary southern, from the west virginia coal chemical drinking water disaster. the u.s. attorney says the drinking water disaster investigation continues. he expects more announcements soon. so maybe there will be even more arrests. this is not how the coal industry expects to be treated by government in west virginia but who know a few more arrest, a few more part-time felony indictments, maybe the expectations are start to charge. now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. >> looks like it's a new day for that industry in west virginia. >> seriously. >> it turns out the most important rule for defending torture is to never admit that it's torture. >> the cia is lying. >> there was a lot of cherry pick going on by this committee. >> those who put together the senate report. >> torture dependent just happen, after all. >> the cia tortured detainees for years. >> torture is something we avoided. >> wate

attorney is the one prosecuting this second executive, gary southern, from the west virginia coal chemicalsame u.s. attorney is the one prosecuting this second executive, gary southern, from the west virginia coal chemical drinking water disaster. the u.s. attorney says the drinking water disaster investigation continues. he expects more announcements soon. so maybe there will be even more arrests. this is not how the coal industry expects to be treated by government in west virginia but who know a few more arrest, a few more part-time felony indictments, maybe the expectations are start to charge. now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. >> looks like it's a new day for that industry in west virginia. >> seriously. >> it turns out the most important rule for defending torture is to never admit that it's torture. >> the cia is lying. >> there was a lot of cherry pick going on by this committee. >> those wut

we have a power plant rat next door in southern west virginia. it is a coal burner. it has been online since 1967. it has never had a scrubber. we are downwind from all of that. not only do we suffer from the effects of coal, now we don't have any jobs because the easy coal is gone and west virginia's electric bills have increased over 60% in the last three years even though the cost of coal has dropped over 100%. less than three years ago, coal was selling on the open market for approximately $70 to $110 a ton and now it is somewhere from $40 to $60 a ton. host: ok, we will leave it there, running out of time. guest: west virginians are caught in a real squeeze, both in terms of their livelihood and their basic resource, which is cool. development of renewable energy, wind in particular, in west virginia is not large enough to compensate for that. it is important that there be some other economic development options. if coal continues to suffer, we don't find a way to burn coal more cleanly, and we've been working at that for a long time -- when i say "we," i mean t

, this gray zone, this is little wet snow in northern loudoun and southeastern panhandlef west virginia, southern washington and frederick county, maryland, that's all tracking off to the north and east. and as we go forward through the rest of the e pink zone here, a little bit of the sleet will taper off for a while. just cloudy. and then by the end of the day e l afternoon hours and into the evening, another shot of showers coming on andn that will be exiting by late this evening and then finally we'll dry out. and it's going to be rather chilly tomorrow. this is the zone of the winter weather advisory in effect through 1:00 tomorrow morning including the shenandoah valley, panhandle of central may maryland. buwe upper 30s and then by 8:00 to 9:00 upper 30s and the rain may be tapering off by then. and the rest of the day we'll have our temperatures hovering in the upper 30s by noontime and during the afternoon another chance of showers coming through. upper 30s -- upper 30s tomorrow morning and then upper 50s tomorrow afternoon. d then back down to the upper 40s on thursday. a shower friday n

to see what happens to an area that is solely dependent on the production of coal, come to southern west virginia. our streams -- you can't eat fish from any of these streams. they have destroyed approximately 2 million acres of pristine mountains that contain beautiful hardwoods. .nd we also have power plants we have a power plant rat next .oor in west virginia it is a cold burner -- coal burner. it has been online since 1967. we are downwind from all of that. not only do we suffer from the effects of coal, now we don't have any jobs because the coal is gone and west virginia's electric bills have increased over 60% in the last three years even though the cost of coal has dropped over 100%. less than three years ago, call was selling on the open market for approximately $70 to $110 a ton and now it is somewhere from $40 to $60 a time. host: ok, we believe that there, running out of time. guest: west virginia is caught in a real squeeze, both in terms of their livelihood and their basic resource, which is cool. ,evelopment of renewable energy wind in particular, in west virginia is not large enou

attorney is the one prosecuting this second executive, gary southern, from the west virginia coal chemicalter disaster. the u.s. attorney says the drinking water disaster investigation continues. he expects more announcements soon. so maybe there will be even more arrests. this is not how the coal industry expects to be treated by government in west virginia but who know a few more arrest, a few more part-time felony indictments, maybe expectations will start to change. >>> good morning. right now on "first lackook," hy rains, massive flooding, mudslides and that is just the beginning. >>> former vice president dick cheney calls the torture report crap. beyond name-calling, is anyone going down? >>> plunging oil prices sent stocks into free fall but it's not all bad. thanks for join is us today. torture report fallout. former vice president dick cheney is just furious and he's fighting back slamming critics who claimed the cia's enhanced tear investigation tactics don't work. >> this report says it was not successful. >> the report's full of crap. we asked the agency to go take steps and p

west virginia, shenandoah. low to mid-50s around the immediate metro area, prince george's, montgomery and fairfax and the district near the bay, southern and eastern shore. scanning our sky. everything is dry. off to a dry start way out here in western west virginia. these are advancing east-northeast. it will take a while east of the metro area. that's not going to be until later this afternoon. the timing on that, increasing clouds between now and then. by noon time, partly sunny. these batches of green are scattered showers maybe around 6:00 p.m. then steadier rain moves in by 9:00, 10:00 throughout much of the region. off to our west, a little wet snow in the pink zone. perhaps icing in the shenandoah valley. maybe sleet and wet snow by tomorrow morning around 7:00, 7:30 in the lavender zone. that's where we could get snow. just a little bit of snow. a lot of it melting on roads, a light dusting on grassy areas. this is as of 11:00 a.m. rain elsewhere during the day. yesterday morning i took this picture of the sky criss-crossed with trails as thousands were heading back home from the thanksgiving holiday. post on instagram, twitte

southern and central fauquier to culpepper, 6 0s. neighborhoods out in west virginiaith increasing clouds. it will be cooling to the 50s through the afternoon with light rain beginning to the arrive there. a look at the wintry mix arriving here tomorrow morning. melissa, everything going well? >> going well. prince william parkway, noing to worry about. wider look at things overall, looking quite good. we are not seeing any problems into or out of town. 270 southbound from jermantown to the beltway, 16 minutes. skaggsville, 8 minutes. quantico to the beltway, 28 minutes. everything on time. 66 east from fairfax to the beltway, 11 minutes. i am back in 10 minutes. see you at 5:51 >> thank you, melissa. the message prince harry wants you to hear when he reveals a secret about him. >>> danger theous toys. what you should avoid buying so your kids don't end up in the e.r. >> metro riders, listen up. why you could be waiting longer >>> lawmakers return to the hilly a lame duck session. they will fight the crisis on isis and ebola. . >>> 15 before the hour. you won't be pay

of the corporation that contaminated drinking water in west virginia earlier this year has been arrested on charges of criminal fraud. gary southern is accused of bankruptcy fraud, wire fraud, and lying under oath during freedom industries' bankruptcy proceedings following the spill. prosecutors say southern developed a scheme to shield himself from lawsuits and protect his personal fortune from liability claims. more than 300,000 west virginians were left without drinking water and dozens were hospitalized after freedom industries spilled a coal-cleaning chemical into the elk river. and the pakistani education activist and indian child rights activist have been only awarded the nobel peace prize today. at age 17, she is the youngest person ever to win a nobel prize. in 2012, she would shot in the head by taliban gunmen who courted her school bus. she survived and continued to campaign for the rights of girls to go to school. decades0, a leader for and international movement against child slavery and the exportation of child workers. but a ceremony in oslo today, both laureates were honored as champions of peace. and those are som

and virginia and west virginia and the futurecast shows that but it seems to dry out the southern portionthat area probably too much. there will probably be less rain in southern delaware and south jersey than we get in the pennsylvania counties. watch what happens as we go through saturday afternoon. less rain saturday morning, then saturday afternoon, here it comes. it's pretty widespread. some of it's on the heavy side. you see yellows and oranges, late into the day and into the evening hours when we expect the heaviest rain to occur. it's going to be moving out and it will be dry by sunday morning as this storm moves offshore. as we've been saying for days, the main, most accurate computer model in the world, european, has been showing this coming a< nor'easter and n other models are joining suit and, yes, it is going to be coming back, bringing the rain with it, bringing wind with it, moving slowly. so it's a wet, windy period. on the backside of this we may get enough cold air to change precipitation over to snow. that is going to be an interesting forecast for next week. more on th

southern north carolina. there is a secondary area that good produce isolated severe weather in portions of ohio valley, eastern portions of the state of west virginia or western kentucky, keep a heads up. but the system has very bad timing coming in on the busiest times of travel across the country. rain in the southeast and portions of new england. most of the precipitation is rain not snow. and the reason is because how warm it is out there. we could see near-record highs in northeastern states. 44 in new york city, 50 in washington, d.c., and 70s in places like charleston, north carolina. really some of the highest snow fall totals are 3-5 inches of snow overall and accumulation should be light. further west in the rockies they are heavier with a new storm system moving in and winter watches in colorado, including denver and parts of wyoming. and a foot of snow out there and a lot of wind with the next system as well. leah, back to you. >> a lot of words of caution for folks travelling. >>> protesters hitting the street in new york and new jersey marching in spite of the mayor's call to stand down until after the funeral of the officers killed l

west virginia is dead. police say jody lee hunt shot himself to death. his body was found in the woods if the southern part mar gonetown. one of the victims filed a domestic violence case against him. hunt had taken to social media to say he blamed a disloyal lover for his actions. >>> a proper incident georgetown rabbi accused of secretly taping women undressing is now out of a job. kesher israel synagogue has fired barry fruendel. the rabbi had been suspended without pay after being arrested on voyeurism charges. police found a clock radio with a hidden camera in the shower area, the area of the temple's ritual cleansing bath. >>> attorney general eric holder and [ no audio ] >> he talked about how law enforcement -- [ no audio ] no arrests were made. holder was later cheered actually for his remarks about the michael brown case. >> i can report this evening that the justice department's investigation into the shooting death of michael brown as well as our investigation into allegations of unconstitutional policing patterns or practices by the ferguson police department remain ongoing and remain act

southern delaware this morning. so, some spots of fog and widespread rain. that's on target for this afternoon. look at the rain to the west, western pennsylvania and steady rainfall in west virginia. that will be here this afternoon and into this evening, as well. your hour-by-hour forecast showing mainly dry this morning. clouds will be increasing and at noontime, the latest information just updated shows the light rain showers in the lehigh valley and into lancaster county. but as the afternoon goes on, here comes the rain moving into the area. 4:00 rain in delaware, south jersey and areas north and west. and the rain continues into the evening hours. in fact, going to be getting a little heavier during the evening hours. some dry weather ahead and also a chance of some snow. got the seven-day tforecast whe i come back in less than ten minutes. >>> as you're headed out the door, be very careful and mindful of traffic conditions and, of course, visibility may be low in some places. >> we can give you a heads up about all of it with jillian mele. >> a combination of things along the route 30 bypass and the fog that you can clearly see in this camera and then starting to see the n

southern indian ocean compared to the more shallow and heavily trafficked java sea. then there are the sizes of the search areas, for flight 370, it was about the size of west virginia at least right now, it's about the size of west virginia and south carolina combined. of course, it is early in that search. and then there are the circumstances under which both planes went down, such as the weather. it was crystal clear for the malaysian air flight. i'm joined now by mary schiavo. this flight disappeared during a storm that seems to suggest what might have caused any disappearance. >> i think it will come out that the storm was certainly a contributing factor. i doubt it will be the only factor because i've worked so many accidents that the storm was a part of it. but there will probably be a close scrutiny of the pilot's behavior. but certainly there will be scrutiny of the airline, what was the airline's decision-making process for dispatching the planes did they consider the weather and what were their alternative plans when trying to circumvent monsoons? i think they're in for a heap of criticism for that. >> david, are there any lessons that the community has l

of norfolk, virginia and eventually we will head into probably southern delaware, first, jersey shore, and then on up through delaware and eventually here in philadelphia and north and west. so it is hazy outside right now in advance of the rain, 31 degrees with calm winds and sunrise a happening at 7:19. this is second shortest day of the year today, 40 degrees is the the high with showers arriving probably after lunchtime here in philadelphia, 38 is your overnight le tonight and overnight showers. and we will have that don't. and not so much. >> not so much, not that bad right now, ready to reset the maps there and askew kill expressway, and, downtown philadelphia. and earlier accident, in the tunnels, under 30th street station, here's a live look at girard avenue coming into center city. good morning to collegeville, the the headlights between royersford and collegeville time to make the doughnuts, heading eastbound in towards king of prussia late start to our morning rush hour, southbound i-95, working your way out of the north east in through construction zone, a again, starting to see volume. brand new traffic path a earn that will catch you by surprise this mornin