we also love seeing animals in the snow. here is charlie the dog enjoying the snow and that squirrel there doesn't seem to be fazed in college park at all. we also love the landscape pictures from that cocoon, over there on the right, to the sculpture there on the left. that's a big guy and it took a lot of snow to make that. we love to see all your pictures. so tweet them to us @nbcwashington.com. >>> you probably won't take pictures of butterflies to tonight. it's going to be cold. doug? >> not just the next couple days but the next week or so. we'll be in the ice box with a little hint of relief. take a look outside. we look towards the kennedy center. temperatures currently into the 30s. i think we'll drop very quickly as we move to the rest of the night. down to 30 by 7:00, 29 by 9:00 and down to 27 by 11:00. that's the actual temperature. the winds, they're also starting to pick up. here are the current numbers. 34 gaithersburg, 35 in dulles, 32 in ft. belvoir and baltimore right around the freezing mark. with the winds

now the danger is the melting snow. we've got a lot of puddles out there that could become black ice overnight and really mess you up in the morning commute. doug kammerer in storm center 4 will tell you more about that. >> we've seen the snow on the roads and there's still snow on many of the roads, es special tloi the north and west. that will become ice overnight tonight. it will make travel a lot more difficult. there's the snow we were talking about a little earlier today. as we mentioned, it was a very quick hitter, leesburg through washington, annapolis. it only snowed for about six hours. only about three of that came down fast enough that it was able to stick on the round. we didn't see a lot of snow from washington toward the south and east, enough to cover some of the roads and the grassy surfaces. back to the north and west we picked up between three and six inches. 37 degrees now, windchill sitting at 30 degrees. that's going to be the case as we move on through the next 24-48 hours. the windchill, a major f

haven't considered the snow. all this shopping may serve double duty for the christmas party and for the big snow storm. >> people buying shovels and salt and anything that's going to help them clear their sidewalks, if we get the icy weather that they're proposing we get. >> the old town hardware store in alexandria says people are also buying christmas lights. transportation leaders are encouraging people to stay home and avoid any dangerous conditions. >> power companies in our area also preparing for the storm's aftermath. many in virginia says the crews are ready to respond to power outages. to report an outage call 866-366-4357. pepco is preparing for the worst. can you report an issue with them 877-737-2662. power knocked out by the same storm system, more than 200,000 outages are reported in texas, oklahoma, arkansas, indiana and missouri. utility trucks from houston are heading to dallas to help get the lights back on there and utility company say it could take a week to repair all the damage. all the wea

you can see the snow covered on the ground just there in the distance. and as chuck just showed you, leesburg toward warrenton, that's where that snow line is. virgin virginia saying she has her car covered already with snow. back off to the west, one of the area that is i think will get hit the worse with not only snow but ice is i-81. scott bowserman talking about snow coming down in this area quickly. falls church to our west, virginia, reporting snow. this report from garrick boyd. a lot more reports to show you. of course, if you are away for any reason and have to go outside, want to make sure that you can always stay abreast with what's going on with our weather app. storm team 4 weather app. go to the itunes or google play and download that app. chuck? >> here is your forecast. remainder of your sunday, light snow for now. talk about this afternoon's chance for freezing rain when i see you in a few more minutes. >> chuck and veronica, thanks. people west of the city had the first glimpse of the storm before everyone else. that's where we sent news

when the snow will occur. n the 40's for the most part and as for the sierra heavy snow is expected through the evening. a winter storm warning will be an affect. we could see a to 2 ft. of snow and up to a flood at lake level. here's a quick look pitcher extended forecast. bring to mind into tonight and tomorrow. we will see snow above 2,000 ft.. the temperatures will be in the 20's and 30's. the freeze one has already been issued. >> kobe bryant will be back. ed they expect have him back when they play the raptors. he has been practicing with his teammates and now it is time for him to play again. here is the fourth leading scorer in just last week he signed a two-year contract to allow him to retire. it is worth about $48 million spread this die, is getting really rich pripet the seattle mariners will have robison kamal he has a mass of contract for $240 million. the mariners are not confirmed that but no one is denying that. this will be one of the largest and baseball history. two of the best young quarter

these are the area where snow did fall. you can see pretty much along just east and back to the west of i-95. big winners to the north and wes west. snow melting has taken place today. i don't think we'll see a lot over the next two days with the cold. at least there's nothing falling right now. quiet on the radar. temperatures currently at 34 degrees, culpepper coming in at 37 degrees right now. with the sunshine helping us out a little bit on area roads, it's the secondary roads that we have to worry about as temperatures drop, look at this, from 13 degrees in frederick to 22 degrees in d.c. folks, that means, again, some serious issues on area roads. icy patches with the refreeze. just when we get a chance to warm up and see more melting takes place, we'll tell you in a couple minutes coming up in my full weather. >>> plows were out in force this morning in montgomery county before, during and after the snow hit. this was the scene in gaithersburg. >> a few folks ventured out, but there was enough accumulation in that who

tire marks in the snow. f you what like egg whethwould like to assure your picture just send it to us on our facebook page or at breaking news@kron4.com >> we're dealing with 3,000 ft. once the cold front pushes through it will drop off in the bay. satellite and radar is capturing the rain and snow in the sierra. the code from is still way to the more than we have another front that is on to mold through. it does not bring us much cold weather but it is causing problems. will notice but the showers will pick up. this is won the cold front is expected to approach. overnight, the cold front will push south of the golden gate bridge. it pushes down towards the south by for and this is one the snow levels will drop. you will notice a lot of precipitation as to the south. we will pick up littering florey's pripet and that is going to taper off into the afternoon and we will see clear skies. >> and winter weather advisory that was it issued are all under this advisory and most of the snow is want to go over 2,500 f

back to the west we are seeing snow. this is the colder air moving in. we will not see any of this snow come through the area. it will bring through enough cold air the next system will give us a hit. >> take a look for sunday. the number of counties under a winter storm watch for the possibility of seeing snow, sleet as well as some freezing rain all the way through charles county as well as stafford county. far and wide. some areas will be impacted greater than others. you can see it there, coming into the area starting early sunday morning. it's snow sleet and freezing rain. in a couple minutes, meteorologist doug kammerer will be back to show you where the worst areas are going to be as we go into sunday night in the monday morning rush. doreen? >> all right, we'll see you in a few minutes. thank you. road crews are gearing up for the mess. transportation reporter adam tuss is finding out how crews are working to make the roads clear. adam? >> reporter: there are already preparations under way. tonight, a sloppy ride home as it has weather people have

the snow is falling in chicago, light fluffy snow. forecast today it will warm up a little bit in the deep south but not the northeast. watch out for black ice. >>> the american film institute has released the list of the top movies of the year. how many have you seen? the best of the best includes 12 years a slave, "gravity" and "wolf street." >> metallica played in all continents. >>> your courage will never be more needed than it is today. >> graphics are incredible. >> that looks good. >>> listen to this, forbes listed the most overpaid in hollywood. adam sandler takes the top spot making a dollar for every $3.40 his movies make. i'm betty nguyen. you're watching "early today." we hope this is just your first stop of the day on nbc. >>> right now on "news 4 today" an overnight home invasion in prince george's county ends with three people stabbed. what police are telling us about the attack. >>> plus, why a the water rescue in the potomac river could be tied into an investigation of a d.c. police officer. >>> and the snow may be go

they changed it. >> the problems were in the air. on snow-covered i 70 during the height of the storm. >> the tractor-trailers jackknifed. i didn't show up an hour ahead. >> there have been 12,000 flight delays today. here.t the big board a number of delays. travel should not get back to normal until sometime tomorrow. horace holmes, abc seven news. >> the temperatures are about to drop more. to check the temperatures, download the abc 7 app to your smart phone. tribute to nelson mandela. people packed a stadium in johannesburg to remember and honor the life of nelson mandela , as well as his legacy. there was singing and dancing. leon harris was there. >> good evening. we are coming live here from outside of the nelson mandela .enter here a handful of blocks away from where he spent his last days on earth. today begun a chance to witness the memorial service in johannesburg. it was big. if you consider the event like it was a rock concert, the , heads act or presidents of state, the secretary general of the u.n., and bono of all people. the

>> the only thing we would have changed to higher snow totals to the west. everything else seeing what we talked about yesterday. that was snow changing to sleet and now to freezing rain. take a look at the snow totals. it was definitely more thant that. 7 inches towards jefferson, maryland. damascus around 4.5. d.c. saw about an inch. as far as precipitation goes the snow, rain, freezing rain, sleet moving out of here. we can take a collective sigh of relief. what is out there is still freezing as we do have temperatures below that freezing ow towards thesouth. we are seeing a bit of a break. here comes round two. this will be worse. if you don't have to be on the roads i encourage you not to be. as this starts to move in and starts to fill in this will be freezing rain, maybe a little bit of mixed in. look at the numbers. 30 in d.c. 28 in leesburg. 25 in martinsburg and 30 degrees in manases. anything that will fall will freeze instantly. we have a wint er storm warning everybody back to the west until 10:00 tomorrow morning. down to the south we are lookin

one guy takes the delivery guy and walks back through the snow. >> they took the actual will pizza bag,. you've got an easy mark. >> snow boarder and skier out there. they're having this conversation about this little redesign up here. they're kind of figuring out, do you think you could jump over that? >> there's no way could you get enough edge to go over it. >> looks waist high, maybe a little better. >> there's the snow boarder. he goes -- >> oh, okay. >> and you're like wait a minute, he nails it. so the skier is like if he can do it, i can do it, right? >> he didn't even get off the ground, did he? >> looks like he wasn't even close. >> it's not [ bleep ] easy! >> didn't go so well with you didn't sound like the weapon was hurt or anything. >> this is pmy preferred mode o winter transportation. this is his sister riding the bike. this is like the sled dog. this i guess is how you get around when you can't use the vehicle. >> does he ever say much? >> no. >> three little puppies get left in the snow. >> they were running around in this abandoned home. you can see they were quite d

this is where the snow levels will drop, to the 2,000 feet. in the range and we'll see it in the coastal range, as well. the snow level is as low as 2,000 feet. we have a winter advisory in effect for the san to cruz mountains, as well. most the precipitation is through the north bay. we could see some accumulations between two and 4 inches overnight, but above 2500 feet. the temperatures tonight are not freezing, but it's anywhere from 10 to 20 degrees warmer than it was 24 hours ago. tomorrow afternoon, the skies will clear and then we'll be left with the cold air mass again and the temperatures will be in the 40s tomorrow afternoon and we'll be gearing up for another freeze into sunday morning. the snow is heavy over the sierra. that's the pink on the screen. we'll see up to 2 feet of fresh powder in the highest elevations and up to a foot on the eastern shore of the lake. in system willed be a fairly fast-moving system. tomorrow afternoon we'll have drier conditions but cold. sunday, we're gearing up for another freeze warning. temperature

by 8:30 the rain washed away most of the snow that fell, elevation 4300 feet. for part of the afternoon the flakes were definitely falling, enough that cal trans called out the plows and put up signs warning drivers of slippery roads at the summit. you just four miles down the evening was peppered with downpours. it was an awful trip to get just about anywhere. the west blast is unusual. >> i can get there without turning on my heat. i went home and turned my heat on. we are miserable. >> some visitors celebrating their 15th anniversary got a taste of the city they just left jie. expecting honey. it was supposed to be our wedding anniversary, and here we are like in weather just like chicago. >> to get out of the 39-degree cold, some folks jumped in 104-degree water at the calistoga hot springs. >> you get cold when you step out and then get hot when you get back in and it is good for you. >> walking back into the cold is the hard part. in calistoga, john alston, abc news. >> check this out from in mendocino county. it has been shutdown due to snow and traffic r

it is the finest little grits of rain. it is not hail or snow. it is a very fine rain, which is making the roadways more wet. the big question, will there be a lot of black ice tonight? >> your little snowman, your parting gift -- bring that guy back out. >> we were playing all around with him. my photographer made this nice little guy. the hat. he has a new channel eights little jacket here because someone had tweeted me and said he looked a little cold. we gave him a nice jacket and tried to do the eyes. now he is just frozen over. we will leave him here. if you want to take the news channel snowman, he will be here on this power outlet box. >> a for effort. kevin, thanks so much. in a row.loss a lot of people speculating it might be the end of the road for mike shanahan. that might have been in january. so many stories coming out of tonight. >> it kind of feels this way. 3-10. nothing coming out of redskins right now. a lot coming out of fedex field early. none of it was good. we will have to wait and see what happens next at the park following

by 8:30 the rain washed away most of the snow that fell, elevation 4300 feet. for part of the afternoon the flakes were definitely falling, enough that cal trans called out the plows and put up signs warning drivers of slippery roads at the summit. you just four miles down the evening was peppered with downpours. it was an awful trip to get just about anywhere. the west blast is unusual. >> i can get there without turning on my heat. i went home and turned my heat on. we are miserable. >> some visitors celebrating their 15th anniversary got a taste of the city they just left jie. expecting honey. it was supposed to be our wedding anniversary, and here we are like in weather just like chicago. >> to get out of the 39-degree cold, some folks jumped in 104-degree water at the calistoga hot springs. >> you get cold when you step out and then get hot when you get back in and it is good for you. >> walking back into the cold is the hard part. in calistoga, john alston, abc news. >> check this out from in mendocino county. it has been shutdown due to snow and traffic r

the sun is out and snow on the ground. light dusting there. ell and bernard is live there and said it wouldn't last long and he's right. there was more snow on the ground reaching all the way up to the gate and now as you can see we're seeing more pavement there than we are snow. there's the live look. >>> sticking with the christmas theme, the holidays have come to washington, d.c. >> three, two, one! >> whoo! >> yesterday president obama hit the switch lighting the national christmas tree. michelle obama and their daughters joined the president on stage counting down and as you see there, the president also did a little dancing with a little elf in those festivities. >>> a bay area family is one of 20 in the nation competing in the great christmas light fight. the family of san rafael. >> my collecting of disney got to a point where i felt i had enough holiday disney, you know, characters and mickeys, et cetera, that we decided to set up a display and incorporate my disney collection with our christmas decorations. >> the great christmas ligh

the snow, the ice on sunday. the snow across the area today. look, this is the storm team 4 radar as it moved across the area bringing with it bands of early snow early this morning. just as fast as it began, it went out of here very, very quickly. behind it now, we are seeing those very cold temperatures. so that everything that came down today is refreezing across the area. 29 in college park. 21 in manassas. 26 in camp springs. that is going to make up for a lot of black ice on the roadways. that ice is very hard to see. give yourself a lot of extra time on those roads. tomorrow morning starting off on a cold note. we'll start down into the 20s in the city. down to 23 degrees at 7:00 a.m. 28 by 10:00. and 32 degrees around 1:00. a very, very cold afternoon. but the coldest air of the season is going to be on its way in just a few minutes. speaking of that snow that came in earlier today. i want to show you what happened, why some areas saw snow and some did not. both of these areas, gai gaithersburg and alexandria saw the same amount of snow

now the outlook will start to see some snow developing. this is the cold arctic blast coming in. rrow below freezing no snow, but there's the first hint of what we request expect. >> dave, thank you very much. french president francoise is on his way to the central african republic. two french soldiers killed there, they were there trying to disarm rebel groups. american forces also joining in. >> well the two french soldiers who were killed come from the 8th paratrooper regiment. they died on monday night in fighting among themselves now they have come in quite strong, disarming sell cain this shut. i think they didn't realize how complicated that would be. semicahas been handing over their arms but some have not been doing that, and there's also been targeting of muslims in the city business chris thans and the french are intervening there as well. we have seen french forces out and about patrolling today as well as african forces. this is extremely tense right now, but we do know that francoise is arriving here later on, he will be at the air force, and when he arrived what he

haven't even considered the snow. so, all this shopping may serve double duty for the christmas party and for the big snow storm. >> reporter: in alexandria, the old town hardware store was very busy, people buying shovels and ice melt as well as holiday light. >> shovels and salt and anything that's going to help them clear their sidewalks, if we get the icy weather that they're proposing we get. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4. >>> companies in our area are also preparing for the storm. dom inion virginia says their crews are prepared. 866-366-4357 if the power does go out. you can also report an outage or downed power lines for pepco 877-377-3622. >>> restoring power knocked out by the storm that's headed our way, more than 200,000 outages are reported in texas, oklahoma, arkansas, indiana, and missouri. utility trucks from houston are headed to the dallas area to help get the lights on there. utility companies say it will take about a week to repair the damage. get your weather alerts on your smart phone. downlo

the why alberta clipper this may be called. it dumped a little bit of snow in the northeast. t moves quickly, doesn't stay over one area, but a lot of snow on the ground. timing between tuesday night and wednesday morning in this area here could made the roads pretty slippery especially if they are untreated and certainly the temperature will be down below freezing. by wednesday midnight early wednesday it will be going out of the area and clearing out dumping a little bit of snow on the ground, talking about a little bit, just some light snow here across the great lakes, a little heavier up towards new england. but this area where the snow is coming down, when you wake up the temperatures are down in the teens and 20s, could be a little slick on the untreated surfaces, front walk, sidewalk, intersections may be slippery, 45 to 46, thursday, friday and saturday so the mild air does return once we clear the snow out of the northeast with the temperature 35°. watch the roadways, early wednesday morning could be slippery. >> denny thank you very much. >>> nsa phone program is in

the snow to the west. this is not the snow and ice that's going to affect us, it's around the washington, d.c. area, the rain through the day today. now, storm team 4 radar showing where the rain is in montgomery county, howard county and fairfax. most of it on the lighter side. the heavier rain is in the martinsburg area and i-81. it will stay all rain tonight. over the weekend, the cold air moves in. we have a winter storm watch in effect. potential, one to two inches of snow and ice around i-95 corridor. two to four inches to the west. it may be a little high. we'll talk more about that later on. right now, all eyes are on sunday afternoon. guys? >> all right doug. two corruption cases are shaking the d.c. police department. an officer is being investigated for prostitution. pat collins was in court with the officer facing child important charges and asked d.c. police chief cathy lanier what it means for the department. >> reporter: teenage girls, cops, accusations of bad behavior, the consequences, hur

of course we are free from the threat of more snow. it is about to get cold. >> the a's has prompted schools to announce a two-hour delay tomorrow. doug hill continues with more on the deep freeze. >> that is a legitimate concern for late tonight. started here with a time lapse in fairfax. as you watch the snow, look at the tree on the left-hand side. watch how the branches,. hopefully they were not damage. the cold temperatures are making headlines. snow in3-4 inches of the area of purple. temperatures above freezing while the snow was falling. that is why the accumulation is so minimal. we are in the 30s now. night,o through the temperatures drop into the teens. 13 in frederick. even teens in southeastern suburbs. .t is going to be very cold a lot more coming up and a couple of minutes for you. >> of the a snow came north and .est of the district power outages and slick roads prompted businesses to close. schools closed today. these kids were happy about that. the adult spent the afternoon cleaning up. snow watch coverage of the day c

in the beginning the conditions were worse for everyone. snowas coming down heavier and the temperature of the body drops. it was a clear representation of what it will be like. we played well. we played a better first half than them, we didn't play the duration of the game. anyone that wants to question if we are an outside stadium team. i would have to differ. we didn't play consistently enough, if you want to question that, i might agree with you. >> you guys have three games left, the ravens next week, and the giant. both of those at home. you finish up in minnesota. certainly it will be games, must-win situations if you want to make the play-offs. thank you for joining us, safe travels home. that was nate with us here in philadelphia as the philadelphia eels defeated lions 34-20 taking a more commanding position. we talked about the lions schedule, the eagles - they'll finish the last game of the season with dallas, chicago and minnesota. >> john henry smith live in philadelphia. thank you so much. let's go to the afc where the indianapolis

they helped drivers stuck in the heavy snow. a live report from the heart of the wintry weather is in the midwest. it's coming to you at 4:45. >> we are our own nasty weather to deal with. >> slick roads for a different reason. today, it's all about the rain. so many leaves down make for slick conditions in some lanes. the lanes near the curb. meanwhile, this weekend we are talking freezing rain and icy conditions. out there right now, rain. just plain old rain and fog. the visibility is dropping throughout the area. let me show you what's going on in storm team 4 radar. you have been dealing with it all day long. frederick, gaithersburg, you are wet. same thing in d.c., waldorf and warrenton. you have more rain that is going to move in. moderate rain coming to areas south of frostburg, maryland. pockets of modern rain until 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. there's your temperature, 47 degrees. we started out in the upper 50s. now, as we go through the next couple hours, temperatures aren't going to drop into the 30s until after midnight. the r

heardhort while ago, we that the snow dragon is close. out 20 kilometers from where they are now, a long way from where they are trapped in the sea ice. >> the snow dragon will have to edge its way through densely packed ice, but the weather was improving and is expected to remain more favorable for two days. to continuefor them their forage what -- voyage once freed. mentioned, on board the shift is andrew lloyd bacon. they are on the voyage to make a series of radio programs for the bbc world service. much disappointment that the snow dragon is not able to reach you. >> not for the time being, but this is actually parked up -- they are looking at the top deck and this is about 10 kilometers away, parallel in the ice. what will happen is that it will wait for the arrival of an vessel,an icebreaking which we hope will arrive tomorrow and about 24 hours and those two together are going to hopefully crunch their way through the ice between us, and they will be followed by's -- a smaller, french vessel which -- and we are hoping that maybe wi

all the roofs covered in snow. m one roof to the next, fly through the snow, and leap off and go to the next house. >> magic. >> that's how he's able to deliver the gifts. all in one night. it's parkouring. >> skinnier santa than you're used to seeing, you know. >> because he's learned to parkour. >> ronny and his crew did a behind the scenes video as well and you can see how they pulled off the stunts. he was on the roof of his parents' house and they had crash pads set up so ronny could not get had hurt while pulling off these stunts. now he's into the urban neighborhood leaping over railings, bouncing over curbs. skipping like a stone. >> so there's like an entire generation of adult men out there who grew up obsessed with the teenage mutant ninja turts the, myself one of them for sure. everyone had a favorite. i was a donatello kind of guy. a guy named greg got his brother this gift for christmas. >> amazon? like everything from amazon. >> perfect thing for him. >> oh, my gosh. >> you see him open the gift and i

the west coast. as a matter of fact, they have snow today on the pacific coast beaches. maybe even tomorrow some snow in las vegas before it eventually pulls out and impacts the northeast on sunday and monday. either way, 7/8 of the country will remain in an icy grip with many record lows for the southwest. back to you. >> thanks, jim. that is going to be the worry for us. it's not going to be the snow. it is going to be the ice. this will be a significant ice storm for many portions of area. winter storm watch in effect for sunday all of the way through monday morning. one to two inches of snow and ice around the i-95 corridor. potentially two to four back towards the west. again, that includes snow and ice. i'm going to break it down for you. i will show you ho is going the get hit the hardest because some of us will get walloped. >>> some folks here are hunkering down before the storm moves through this weekend. today's rain didn't keep everybody indoors. jackie bensen continues our team coverage live from arlington. >> reporter: the people we talked to tonight said th

the reason for the snow, and this is cold stuff, it's arctic air. temperatures this afternoon are running 20 degrees below average. >> reporter: for most, though, the storm was something to take in stride. >> come on. we live in cleveland. why would we be worried about a storm? >> reporter: even something to celebrate. >> let it snow. >> reporter: in new york's times square, it's what they came for. the snow bringing even more holiday cheer. >> it's magical. it really is. i woke up this morning and called my kids first thing because it was like winter wonderland. it was great. >> reporter: so there are some people enjoying it, but lester, already there are several thousand power outages and overnight in places this is expected to change to rain, even ice. that could be disastrous, that heavy, heavy snow and ice on power lines. so the utility companies have a lot of crews standing by just in case. >> all right. kristen, thank you. and for the latest on where this storm is headed, let's turn to wnbc meteorologist janice huff at the weather center. good

and while pandas are accustomed to the snow. bowbow will have to wait, because she's not expected to go on display until next year. i can't wait to see. >>> meanwhile, with a pair of lion cubs that are the stars at the zoo in baltimore. >> exclusive ax access. >> i'm inside the lion den at the maryland zoo with the clubs. they are fighting. it is nap time coming up here. we have an update on how these guys are doing. >> that means meal time. two hungry lion cubs. a bottle of milk and a plate of meat. the brother and sister are growing fast. they are the first lion cubs in the maryland zoo history. an exciting accomplishment. dad is the a the zoo, but mom died from birth complications. she had four cubs, but only these two survived. the zoo keeper stepped in and now a milestone. their ten-week checkup. >> it starts to be when their immune system kicks in and we can get them outside and vaccines, but allows us to get blood work on them and make sure their health is where we want it to be and they are both doing great. >> finally, w

by 8:30 the rain washed away most of the snow that fell, elevation 4300 feet. part of the afternoon the flakes were definitely falling, enough that cal trans called out the plows and put up signs warning drivers of slippery roads at the summit. you just four miles down the evening was peppered with downpours. it was an awful trip to get just about anywhere. the west blast is unusual. >> i can get there without turning on my heat. i went home and turned my heat on. we are miserable. >> some visitors celebrating their 15th anniversary got a taste of the city they just left jie. expecting honey. it was supposed to be our wedding anniversary, and here we are like in weather just like chicago. >> to get out of the 39-degree cold, some folks jumped in 104-degree water at the calistoga hot springs. >> you get cold when you step out and then get hot when you get back in and it is good for you. >> walking back into the cold is the hard part. in calistoga, john alston, abc news. >> check this out from in mendocino county. it has been shutdown due to snow and traffic relat

. >>> plenty of snow around the great lakes. more snow into the north-east. as we look at the satellite and radar you can see the rain coming down for the south, south-east. if you head north it is bumping into cold air. there is your snow and a mix of some snow, rain and some freezing rain around the virginias. as we look at december, so far this month, spots that typically get big amounts of lake-effect snow, some of us are behind. in fact, mark et you are 10 inches below the normal amount of snow. we expect to see plenty of snow. it will cause a lot of travel issues across southern michigan, all the way to pennsylvania, and upper new york as the snow works its way through early sunday morning to the north. we have some places up to two feet in place. that's the depth now. 4-8 inches of snow we'll add to that. that is a great time to do research on lake-effect snow. this is a doppler on wheels, handled by the national science foundation. the ontario winter snow system. they'll look at in this month and in january. here comes the snow too, especially around

up first, the massive snowstorm. it's dumping snow across a thousand-mile stretch of the u.s. of upstate new york got a foot of snow. travelers are getting hit with delays, of course. including more than a thousand canceled flights. even fedex is feeling the impact. the company says high winds and, of course, the snow disrupted service in memphis. >> nelson mandela has been laid to rest. the country's first black president was buried today in the village where he grew up. a military escort carried his flag-draped casket to its final resting place. earlier, more than 4,000 people, including oprah winfrey, richard branson, prince charles and jesse jackson attended a state funeral. >>> number 3, the obama administration says about 15,000 sign-up forms that were completed on health care.gov never reached insurance companies. most of the failures happened shortly after the site launched in october. officials say that since major site fixes took effect and that was december 1st, enrollment errors have been "close to zero." >> number four, the stars of the reality tv show sister wive

the west city. people struggled to walk outside there and mounds of snow filled the streets. snow is also battering parts of central and southern jordan leaving roads blocked and drivers stranded. power has been knocked out to many people there. >>> meanwhile, back here -- >> a lot of folks want to know what kind of snowfall are we going to get? i'm not overly worried. last weekend, monday included, there will be impact on area roads. let's break it down for you as we head outside. you can see it is quiet. not much happening across the area now. sunset, of course, already the temperatures will start to tumble. it's 39 degrees right now. chilly conditions. it gets down right cold but amelia segal and i looking add the road temperatures, the road surface temperatures in the upper 30s today. even the areas under the winter weather advisory. not a hard freeze. when the snowfalls tomorrow, a lot of roads will be just fine. storm team 4 radar, you can see how calm it is now. a low pressure area developing off the coast and making its way northward. the low sweeps in and believe it o

were in the snow and redskins were in the snow. we had an overachieving system that produced 2 to 4 inches very close to and into the metro areas. as a matter of fact, all of the snow piles you see here are from that event. today was more of an underachiever. you can see behind me the harbor starting to become visible as the storm lifts out. a few leftover flurries and temperature warmed up. that's the other thing, sunday we were 30 and heavier snow. today we were 32, and light to moderate snow. just all of the different level of what happens in the city, a couple of degrees makes all the difference in the world. that said, you go 20 miles west, 20 miles to my northwest, 40 and 60 miles you're in the brand of 3 to 6 inches of snow and that's what the winter storm had to say. we're going to get cold thursday and friday here. we're going to start getting milder and wetter as we head into the weekend. a new storm developing and this time it looks like it won't be a difficult forecast. for new york, philly, d.c. and baltimore, mostly a

the snow does push out of maine, as we go through the afternoon today, into the overnight. of new england looking good. aside from a little bit of lake-effect snow in upstate new york and right around buffalo, we could see some of that snow accumulate again today. lake-effect has been a pain across portions of the northeast lately. wind gusts to 27 miles per hour, though, in boston. 48 in portland. so it is going to be a very windy day across the northeast and even though the snow has moved out, still going to deal with that wind across portions of the northeast. so, guys, we are going to be cold in the northeast, but luckily, most of the snow has already pushed out. >> all right. we'll get ready for all the snow. thanks, jennifer. >> all right. >>> what would you do with $550 million? >> i could think of a few things. >> i've got a few that's how much is up for grabs in tuesday night's mega millions drawing. the prize drew from $425 million, after officials say no winning ticket was sold there. >> that's right, the jackpot, now the second biggest many mega millions history

speaking of the snow, close to a foot. s you get further north of the i-95 corridor, a lot of roadways deal with snow and ice. slippery roadways. that was a problem. the storm has cleared out, drawing a line and another area of low pressure. fast-moving storms coming out of canada taking the path. it will give us snow. timing looks like tuesday morning. light snow coming down. it could intensify a little. more snow tuesday evening. it's moving quickly so it doesn't dump a lot of snow. the timing, tuesday overnight to wednesday morning - sun down and the snow coming heavier, could see a coating on the ground making for a tricky rush hour on wednesday morning as the texture drops below freezing. here is a look at the lake-effect snow. we'll see more snow filling in over the next 24-48 hours. temperatures off to a cold start. fresh snow the farther north and west gives a cold temperature in the morning. 20 in albany. here is the light snow forecast tuesday. it looks like it gets heavy i don't remember. a lot of this coming dow

the mid 40s. it's a low elevation and not cold enough to get widespread snow. what we are finding right now as that radar scans around, heavier pocks of rain and the south bay. let's take you into it. it is extremely dangerous. if you don't need to be out over the next couple of hours, stay at home. we have icy patchy that could develop. the areas of red and potentially a quarter inch of rain per hour. it's moving slowly and could see isolated flooding across 680 and 580. heavy rainfall in the east bay and the peninsula and across san jose. it has been intermittent, but the red will be here towards san jose over two to three hours as the storm pushes out. certainly the most dangerous spot as we head territories tomorrow morning will be highway 17. reports of rain-snow mix and it is windy and super slick. that's where that advisory is in place at 15 hundred feet. you will encounter the rain-snow mix. totals could range from to three inches. we are also highlighting the dangerous roads here across the bay area. you want to watch out if you are leaving early tomorr

the dangerous mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow blanketed the southwest and then pushed north and . it's expected to leave up to a foot of snow in pennsylvania where a multicar pileup left one person dead. car crashes in other states took at least six more lives. >> it's almost like a one-two punch. there's cold air to the north, warm air to the south and it creates a very dangerous mixing line of ice and rain. the mix is almost more dangerous than straight snow. >> reporter: the wintry mix has hit new york where the snow is expected to turn to rain before the temperatures go back up into the high 40s. the vast storm left icy texas highways almost abandoned. >> seemed like there's ice, snow and ice again. >> reporter: it also stranded thousands of the dallas fort worth airport and briefly grounded planes in philadelphia. power outages continued in the south and midwest. and as the next wave of arctic weather pushes down from the north, millions could find themselves facing a treacherous monday morning commute. allison harmelin for cbs news, new york. >> in case you're curious, minn

otherwise, the folks are really enjoying the snow, that's the ski resorts. we have a range of forecasts up to a foot or more snow. that and what happened. vermont or new hampshire, this is where we saw 14 inches of snow. powder, a great day on the slopes. as we look at the forecast. we'll have the area of arctic air, creating more lake-effect snow. it will keep going around the great laucks. we'll be chilly, we are looking for the next round of snow. making its move around minneapolis. snow on monday night. tuesday it will work towards new york city. the rest of the country, on the drier side, for the pacific north-west, we'll have rain showers off and on. the snow located around the great lakes until we get into tuesday, when a lot of areas. they'll get a little powder. >> low temperatures starting the day. cold up to the north, getting through the course of afternoon, temperatures getting warmer again for denver, down houston. a lot more comfortable to be outside. avering temperatures. outside the u.s. all that snowed was talked about. now we see several da

there's the snow in the windy city. a forecast showing where the heaviest snow is. te new york and northern new england. these amounts, very light in philly. the army/navy game. the eagles game got so much snowfall. probably a good three-inch to six-inch storm in new york city. the higher amounts, north and west. and in this area of pink, 10 to the inches of snow in the highest elevations. 10 to 12 inches of snow in the higher elevations. skiers will do very well. there's not a flash freeze in the east. it is cold in minneapolis. 5 tomorrow. 16 in chicago. we continue our moderation out west. 70 in l.a. high wind warnings and fire danger through parts of southern california. >> this weather has been brought to you by tylenol. >> ron lived up to his word. >> it's the musical chairs of jackets. >> might have to tailor it. >> lee, your best over there. >> i give financial advice, as well as weather. >> chivalry is not dead. >>> coming up on "gma," beyonce's bombshell. >> she shocked everyone with a brand-new album. but some fans had trouble getting their hands on it. >>

the lower 40s. if you travel plans to new york city, six inches of snow on the ground. heavy thunder snow. imagine that. >> stay with us. extras next. >> this is abc seven news, saturday news extra, on your side. >> we are a week away from the start of winter. it has looks like winter for weeks now. the storm left people in the midwest and east digging out of several inches of snow. >> to storms converge along the east coast. >> it is a question of what mother nature is going to throw at us. >> roadways are treacherous. >> they think they can go anywhere. it is not so. away,h christmas a week shoppers battle the bad weather anyway to wrap up guest lists. >> we know what we are buying. >> retailers worried that it could help -- hurt sales. >> i am headed home. >> merry christmas. spirit didn't dampen the of santa con, a pub crawl that tracks thousands of revelers. much of the northeast, it is business as usual. across the globe, a once-in-a- lifetime site area and the for snowfall in more than 100 years. to roussell with a foot of snow. inspiring children to act just like kids. nelson mandel

. >> the snow is really the pretty part and the benign part of the storm. we're real estate concerned overnight of major icing. -- we're really concerned overnight of major icing, winter weather advisories are south into southern maryland. here's phase 3, the next slug of moisture. we're talking about a lot of moisture now for the next possibly 12 hours. so some heavy freezing rain is possible overnight. we've had reports from manassas of thunder and lightning. the atmosphere is very dynamic. so we are getting reports of sleet mixed in with freezing rain and quite frankly, the sleet would be a silver lining because that will not accumulate on the trees and power lines. it will interfere with the roads more so than freezing rain, but of the two evils sleet is the lesser of the two. up to 33 downtown, but still 30 in gaithersburg, leesburg and in manassas and upper 20s out to the north and west. so morning commute, icy north and west of town. the district will be above 32 by 7:00. frederick, maryland, may take until 10:00 to get above freezing and leesburg. w

we are you call and see the minute you are so honest. it's snowing in the middle east and our meteorologist robert spencer has been following this situation dropper. he is very cool storm across much of his girl dolls for e g egypt today and actually i've first one that's what's happening in cairo the first snow fall it in the heart of the city since eighteen fifty five occurred today in prior to that sixteen thirty nine so first time or third time in the formative years he sees snow fall here at least are coming across that it remains just cold enough to bring the white stuff there for us and that you actually out of jerusalem as well. but it still that were the heavy snow falls coming down to fifty centimeters fell out here. the worst snowstorm in fifty years of not heard of the snow on here but definitely some of the heaviest stuff is typically the images in this location it's usually rather dry well. you can see on these cars beer in the prom with jerusalem is that they're not used to handling this much snow see don't have the heavy equipment to

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there is the cold air with the lake effect snow, the storm is gone and that takes the snow with it. ing moving in, except for maybe up around the great lakes. starting thursday night and friday temperatures will change. look at the high temperatures. look at it on sunday, much warmer temperatures expected. we can go from below average to close to record highs across the northeast. now it does come with the threat for showers or strong severe storms across the southeast. maybe isolated strong severe storms with gusty wind, damaging hail, and possibly attorneys if the they start to spin a bit, but that will be saturday and sunday. hoping for some rain across the southwest. the precip an average of about a quarter of what you normally get, so the fire season kins in in california. unusual to see it lasting this long, but not unusual knowing it has been that dry for the last 12 months. >>> the operator of a construction crane stranded after a fire broke out below. flames were raging underneath as a military helicopter plucked the man from the top of the crane. and remember those flames c

the snow in the midwest this time of year isn't exactly rate rare, but snow in the middle east? now that is a different story, check out jerusalem, where they are digging out of the heaviest snow they have seen there in 50 years. more than a foot fell on the old city. now to south africa, where the body of nelson mandela has arrived home. in the village of kuni to be precise, that's where he grew up and that is where tomorrow he will be buried. today, south afternoon cans lined the, africans to lined the streets to see the casket go by, allen pizzey spoke to some of them. >> draped in the south african flag, nelson mandela body went through the good-bye process, a culmination of state funeral, full military honor send-off, family mourning, the political occasion. mourning mandela has been a worldwide phenomenon, with the tears of his window graca machel were no less personal for that .. >> president jason zuma's speech was less a all i didn't than to bolster the flagging popularity of his ruling anc party. the military handled the trance part of mandela's body, complete with fig

we are yet to get the snow in here. here is what we expect today and sunday, anywhere up wards of 6-12 inches. possibly localized areas seeing more. you'll need to take it easy getting out on the roadway. when we get the snow we could see a bit of ice and sleet. something to plan for as you go through the day, especially if you have travel plans. >> i know you'll have an update in a moment. congress steps in to combat sexual assault in the military. why a growing number of victims are male and coming out of the shadows. >> a step backwards in the fight by same-sex couples. launch to the lunar surface. china set to touch down on the moon. clsz >> good morning, welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton. >> coming up in a moment - congress and the pentagon make progress on a pressing issue - sexual assaults in the military. >> first a look at what the textures are doing across the nation. metrologist eboni dean is joining us again. >>> it's cold and will stay cold through the weekend. we are watching out for wi