happy valentine's day! happy valentine's day, sheep. happy valentine's day, bear. you this valentine's heart! ♪ (talking happily) oh, wow, sheep! i love that song. that's the nicest valentine i've ever gotten. thank you. hooray! narrator: sheep found her rhyme just in time for her fuzzy valentine. the end. kids: duck! that's me! guess what time it is. it's snack time! ♪ i got bananas a tasty treat ♪ ♪ and i've got apples juicy and sweet ♪ ♪ i've got candy, cake and more ♪ ♪ sodas, cookies, sweets galore ♪ sweets galore, indeed! you've got a sweet tooth my friend. which one's his sweet tooth, crab? he's got lots of teeth you know. get your head out of there. a sweet tooth means that you like to eat foods that have a lot of sugar. but too much sugar isn't good for you. you might lose a tooth. but i love my teeth! then have a listen to what this crab has to say. ♪ when you want a snack to eat ♪ ♪ it's smart to choose a healthy treat ♪ ♪ what you eat can make you stronger ♪ ♪ you can play a whole lot longer ♪ ♪ don't eat cake, it's much too sweet ♪ ♪ have a pear, a tas

happy valentine's day. to all the single ladies out there, happy valentine's day to you.ms, grandmas. everybody. happy valentine's day from me to you. >> i will piggy back on that. happy valentine's day. >> happy valentine's day to my family, my wife, my son, my mom of course. happy valentine's day. >> and a shout out real quick to my husband. it's been almost a year. so i just want to say happy valentine's day to you as well. and as you said all the single ladies you don't need to have someone to be loved. you don't need to be in that relationship. you got yourself. >> and you've got us. >> we got to go. >> love you martin family. >> me too. >> you love martin family? >> we'll be right back. >> i'm taking you shopping. g.  every time someone chooses finish over cascade, it sparks a movement. because people can't keep it to themselves. look ! no ugly spots ! awesome! incredible shine. i'm switching for good. love, love, love finish! over a million people have switched to finish. visit us on facebook. >>> cracking open the buzz win with a lo

it's february 14th, and, yes, valentine's day here in santa monica place. >> on this valentine's day'm feeling the love. >> are you? >> i'm feeling the love. >> noogies. >> are you? >> so sweet of everybody to come. we love you too, everybody. >> valentine's day is such a wonderful holiday. >> it is. >> not. >> how many of you actually feel like we have too many expectations, too high of an expectation for valentine's day? >> here's the worst thing about valentine's day. if you are dating somebody and you are at work and you know how you see a dozen roses come in, and you are, like, are those for me? no. and then the guy comes again and again and you're waiting and you're wondering. >> you don't even get a cactus. >> is your boyfriend going to send you something? >> has that been you, hoda woman? >> valentine's day i'll be honest is not my favorite holiday of the year because -- >> get out your kleenex. this is sad. >> i wish we had a drink. there's nothing. there's nothing. >> i knew something was missing. >> i'll explain why. then hopefully the drink will come. i met my first husba

valentine's day, as you know, celebrates the feast of st. valentines. i hear from a lot of women who swear they don't care about valentine's day. in my experience, you can tell how much someone cares about valentine's day by how much they tell you they don't care about valentine's day. nobody ever sends the flowers back, let's put it that way. but for some people, it's a depressing day to be single. if you are single and if you're feeling lonely right now, you can always go to the airport and request a tsa patdown. that is there, it is free, and it is available. how many of you in our studio audience are here on a valentine's day date? [ applause ] all right. it's interesting. tickets to the show are free, so anyone here on a date tonight is dating a cheapskate is what they're doing. [ laughter ] according to a new survey, people are spending an average of $126 on valentine's day this year. don't hookers cost less than that? [ laughter ] every year, i hear a lot of ads on the radio for those vermont teddy bears. which that doesn't seem like a great gift

lots of sunshine for all of you valentine's out there.. >> we are only a couple of minutes from sunshine on valentine's day. let's give you a look at the sky. freezing temperatures have given it an icy icy -- an icy glaze. many areas at or below freezing. here is our story as far as the futurecast goes. we will see the fog rapidly cleared. tonight, clear skies. a little bit of sunshine. then a cold front approaches. it will dramatically change conditions. the cold front comes through later in the evening and a few rain showers will precede and the company the front. snow showers could follow the -- rain showers will precede and a company -- accompany the front. we will go through the 50's tomorrow. sunday, flurries and highs in the 30's. >> let's go to our live camera. a lot of people on the scene of 29 and maryland. this has been shut down 45 minutes. icy conditions. everyone is forced off the road at four corners. let's go with another direction of the camera. crews are putting down sand and salt. we are also seeing a little bit of traf

happy valentine's day. it is a chilly start to your valentine's day. we'll see how it will shake out though for you. good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. time now to check in with tucker barnes in just a second but we've got some information to pass along to you. some of you got a little bit of snow last night and that is causing a few school delays. frederick county, maryland and carroll county schools are both delayed two hours today. so get you some extra sleep. or eat an extra breakfast sandwich. >> a little scraping out there. northwest washington, i was doing a little of this on the within shield. the rain transition to snow for parts of the area last night and not big-time accumulations. parts of the area got up an inch. with temperatures below 32 here, we might have a few issues temporarily, next hour or two. >> enough to cause some delays. >> possible icy spots. >> let's get to the numbers and we'll start with current temperatures. reagan national now, 37 degrees. a little warmer here in the city. dulles is 34 and bwi marshal

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is valentine's day. we will go through the list of problems in just a few. >> linda blare talks about the exorcist replay this weekend. he's a nice person . you will find out on coffee >>> it is the bottom of the hour with the hint of a valentine's sunrise now showing up on the eastern horizon. there was some wintery weather over night but it's going to be a nice day. sharon has what's happening in traffic right after marty's first warning weather. >> we have a clear scan. it's 31. that's 1 degree chillier than yesterday. sunshine through this valentine's day beautiful. a high near 50. >>> here's sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> it is not a nice day on the roads. so many problems we don't have time to talk about them all. i'm going to try to get through as many as possible. 97 northbound at 32 multi-vehicle accident. quarterfield road at 97, that one just in. outer loop near richie highway route 2 at 895 195 eastbound at 295 100 westbound at telegraph road, mountain road at philadelphia, middle r

happy valentine's day! roberta gonzales with mobile weather in san francisco for kpix 5. >>> have you ever had a hot fudge sundae at ghirardelli? >> yes, excellent! >> decadence! >> i hope she brings chocolates back. >> did you bring back flowers? >> i like those bordeauxes. those are super. really good. >>> some great weather coming our way on valentine's day. lots of sunshine and the temperatures heating up well above average. started out with dense fog early on but that's long gone now. looking good over the bay and the temperatures just beginning to pop quite a bit outside. in fact, it's going to be a fantastic afternoon. 64 degrees in san jose now. 61 in san francisco. and 63 degrees in concord. some of these temperatures could sneak into the low 70s. looking back toward the city of san francisco, we have lots of sunshine coming our way am a little hazy outside. tonight we'll stay mostly clear. we have an offshore wind. and then staying dry for now but that could change in the long-range forecast. thes

heinz this valentine's day.ketchup and classico spaghetti sauce has said i do to $28 billion acquisition deal with berkshire hathaway and 3g capital. it's the largest food industry deal ever. heinz shareholders will receive a 20% premium to wednesday's closing stock price. buffett called in to cnbc and said while berkshire is putting up half the equity for the deal 3g will be primarily responsible for running heinz. >> thanks, courtney. we have some breaking news in connection to that suspicious death of a 94-year-old alexandria man. police say they arrested a woman for burglarizing the home of 94-year-old elmer rohrs back in november. neighbors tell police the home was burglarized a number of times in the past few months. police say the arrest has no connection to last night's death investigation. we'll continue to follow this story throughout the day and on nbcwashington.com. >>> in this week's wednesday's child we meet a young man named kerry with dreams of one day performing surgery. before that he hopes to

it is valentine's day. this is probably one of the busiest days for you. >> we expect today will be busy. >> you have amazing chocolate. interesting flavors. >> we have some new ones today. spice and cinnamon. fresh-dipped strawberries. >> make it more of a savory treat. what is your hottest item? >> the chocolate-dipped strawberries. >> it is very romantic. you guys are open today. >> we open at 10:00 a.m. today and stay open until 7:00 p.m. >> get here on time. it is such a busy day. >> delicias chocolate. there are some exotic flavors. we will be doing this all day long. >> thank you very much. many people already have a special someone. >> a reward to significant covers of spouses. >> the first tip that leads us to an arrest, i will personally give you a dozen roses as well as a separate card that you can have and no one will know about this valentine special. [laughter] >> he said no one took a mop on his offer last year. --he said no one took him up on his offer last year. >> time to get to your answe

love is in the air because it is valentine's day. >> happy valentine's day, wisdom. >> happy valentine'say to you as well. >> neither of us wore red. >> that's all right. we still got a lot of love this morning. >> i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. let's say good morning and happy valentine's day to tucker barnes who is wearing red j i can't believe you guys didn't remember. >> yeah. >> you guys are pretty lame actually. >> that will get you some up likes. >> the snow and/or rain is out of here. parts of the area did get a little something yesterday. we got reports of anywhere a coating to a trace to upwards towards baltimore up to anen. or two. our temperatures have fallen become near freezing. a heads up. could be a supple of slippery spots. got the rain and/or snow last night. temperatures are falling back to the freezing mark for parts of the area. you can see we are nice and quiet. we have cheer skies out there at the moment. should be a beautiful thursday. not looking forward or having to deal with any more rain and/or snow today. lots of sunshine with high temperatures abou

has a valentine.t's all part of our valentine's day edition of the good, bad and the ugly. >> chance to answer the question of the day. is it important that your valentine share your political views? we will have some of your e-mails next. [ male announcer ] how do you make america's favorite recipes? just begin with america's favorite soups. bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. a great cup of coffee should be easy as one, two... well, just one. new single serve cafe collections from maxwell house now available for use in the keurig k-cup brewer. always good to the last drop. : >> two minutes till the top of the hour. let's look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. valentine's day edition. first the good.

let's get to meteorologist jacqui jeras on this valentine's day. >> happy valentine's day, everybody. we got an inch of snow or less across the area. just a trace at reagan national. i cannot even see anything on the grass. germantown had an inch as well as winchester. just shy of an inch in wgaithersburg. most of its stock to the grassy areas. temperatures hovering around the freezing mark. watch for slick spots on the roadways this morning especially if they are elevated. 35 degrees at reagan national. a beautiful day to look forward to. lots of sunshine with a high around 49 degrees. a big cooldown for the weekend. the seven-day forecast is minutes away. first, jamee? >> i needed to scrape my window. so little extra time is needed for that. watch for slick spots especially bridges, ramps, overpasses. inbound the newtown, d.c. 295 northbound at 11th street bridge, they're waiting for a tow truck. no problems to report around the capital beltway. maryland and virginia checking out fine. getting to the beltway from stafford, 95 is good to go. back to you. >> thank you. we want to star

good morning and happy valentine's day. >> thank you. happy valentine's day to you as well. futures are lower an stocks were split on wednesday. investors may react to gdp figure from japan and germany. dow ended lower but s&p 500 hit another five-year high. we'll debt dat get data on unem this morning. the nasdaq added ten to 3196. >>> american airlines and us airways approved their $11 billion merger following a similar okay from creditors. it would create the world's biggest airline with more than 900 planes and 3,200 daily flights. the company will keep the american airlines name but will be one by parker. back to you. >> should be interesting to see how that affects us consumers. thank you very much. we'll check back later on. >>> love is in the air. happy valentine's day to you. nice forecast on this lover's day. >> seriously. seriously. it's going to be so nice. it's not just the love. it's the beautiful california weather that we usually have to wait until late spring/summertime for. i know you guys are going to love these numbers. 46 in novato. 46 in san francisco.

happy valentine's day. a bit of fog out there to slow you down. the bay bridge toll plaza, the fog is settling down. we have a fog advisory for the span itself. traffic is looking pretty light. for delays there. out of antioch starting to get sluggish moving westbound on highway four. from the central valley, same thing, speeds of 40 miles per hour until you get to the altamont pass and it picks up there. kristen and eric? >> a lot has been made of the awkward moment when republican senator rubio took a sip of water during his republic response to president obama's address and jimmy kimmel is having fund with another part. >> i am fixated on the way he ended the speech. >> thank you for listening. god bless all of you. god bless our president. and may god continue to bless the united states of america. >> that is a perfectly hydrated smile, isn't it? he may not be president he does have a pretty good shot of becoming a dallas cowboys cheerleader. >> he airs weeknights at 11:35 the scene new time following a

happy valentine's. >> happy valentine's day. >> that's kathie lee gifford in beverly but she's not shoppinge's marking her territory in the next east coast-west coast blood feud. >> she wants to move here. >> k.l.g. has set her sights on shooting "the today show" in l.a., reportedly to pursue business opportunities and be closer to her son. the only problem -- >> hoda does not want to go. >> kathie lee's co-anchor has put the kibosh on moving west. >> they're both big dogs in this thing so what do you do? >> you rumble. in this corner of the country, kathie lee. >> she wants to be west coast, like tupac and the boys. >> straight out of brentwood! and in this corner, hoda kotb. >> she wants to be east coast like diddy and his boys and biggie. >> i like them both. i don't know who to root for in this one. >> let's get help, perhaps from kathie lee's super hot daughter. >> what do you think? >> how old is her daughter? >> 19. proceed. >> i don't have any -- >> precious. >> here's our advice, ladies. we love you both. why not meet in the middle, say, cleveland, and settle this over a few boxes

happy valentines days. it's 4:31. i'm jon kelley. good morning. >> happy valentine's day to you at home. i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. let's check the forecast first and foremost with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> good morning to you, jon and marla. good morning to you at home. it is kind of of a mild start to the day considering most of our bay area cities are in the upper 30s and 40s this morning. we have an absolutely lovely day shaping up. temperatures are going to approach the 70s in manyit

it is a mess. >> it has been and it's valentine's day. >> happy valentine's day to you. >> happy valentine's you guys. i brought doughnuts. did you get some ? >> i ate most of them. >> i had doughnuts. >> thank you, anyway. >> tucker, you are supposed to share. >> westbound on 50 the crash before the beltway tying up the two right lanes. inner loop of the beltway from 5 to route 1 in the back open checking for the crash there along the left side. let's continue with the cameras. icily conditions headed for the lane divide. 395 across the 14th street bridge also open for business. open for 29 at the beltway. 355 at the beltway between grovner. 286 and virginia shut down. traveling in each direction between 301 and 260. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you much. it is 7:48 on this thursday morning. coming up next turning ideas into reality. good morning, holly. >> reporter: good morning to you. we in fact are doing just that. we are live at the national building museum where you can program lego robots. we're celebrating awesome. that's the them. engineers are just that.

listen, you can get a val will be tine's -- valentine's meal. there's a catch. you smooch your sweetie, you get a second meal free. it doesn't have to be your date either. you can kiss anyone. will kiss for food. >> q do ba isn't the only place. red box is offering a free dvd rental. quiznos is offering a free toasted cookie and ruby's tuesday wants you to consider them for a re man tick meal -- romantic meal. >>> in sickness and in health there are two pooches committed for life. >> that story and more coming up at six, which starts right now.

happy valentine's day.a married dating service for discrete encounters, compiled a list where there are the most extramarital affairs. coming in at number three, houston texas. number two, austin texas. and coming in at number one is washington, d.c. no shocker there. lots of political cheating scandals this year, including general petraeus who after 37 years cheated on his wife. number four was miami. i was expecting that one to be number one. oklahoma city was also on there. >> that's interesting about d.c., because i always consider that a conservative town. >> lawmakers don't have their families with them. >> the biggest cheating day is after valentine's day. so interesting tidbit there. and for all of you going through a bad breakup, there's a new app called kill switch. what this does is it takes out all the messy grunt work in removing all of your ex's photos, tags and stores them in a super secret album in your facebook profile and takes all the stuff from that person, shelves it into one folder. ki

but let's get you out the door on this valentine's day. the storm is gone from yesterday but we still do have temperatures that are below freezing so we have some slick spots on the roadways this morning. take it easy as you step out and about. we're at 30 timonium. monkton at 31. more of the same in man chest they are morning. also bel air. joppa at 29. still 34 in easton. we're at 32 in the airport right now and baltimore city at 37 degrees well above freezing. frederick at 32 degrees and visibility also an issue. we have patchy fog out there this morning. we have some school closings -- actually school delays out there this morning. and some of it could be because of the fog or it could be because of the icy conditions. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynette. well, we have an update on the school delays. carroll and frederick county schools will open two hours late and you could run into icy patches out on the roads and unfortunately we have several accidents to tell

it is a true-blue valentine's movie. > > yeah. as we have seen over the last couple of years, the nicholas sparks brand has really been quite a moneymaker for hollywood. they have averaged about $60 million a piece. last year you had "the vow" beat a denzel washington movie over the valentine's day weekend, and "dear john" a few years ago - of course, that had channing tatum. the star power is not as huge with this one, but i think you will probably see a very big start on valentine's day and probably have a very healthy weekend. > and there's something here for the guys. > > there is. the new "die hard" movie. > "a good day to die hard." > > well, the "good," we can debate the "good" part, because it is not very good at all, unfortunately. but that doesn't matter. despite schwarzenegger and stallone's films having kind of bombed the last couple weeks, this at least has a brand to it, and people will show up for the new "die hard" movie, and then they will start telling their friends that it is no good. > what about "beautiful cre

. >>> sever hoffman puts a valentine's spin on the -- sheriff hoffman puts a valentine's spin on the qec's most wanted. he will also send most women roses. >> i liked music, the atmosphere. >>> let's look at temperatures, conditions in the region. had some snow tonight. in the city, not a whole lot accumulating. north of town, he we had 1 to 2- inches in some spots. just above freezing in the airport. some areas are right at 32. no wind at all. that means the slush and moisture on the ground will not dry up. there's really no breez to move things around. the bromenter is rising. right now, 32, freezing, 30 in oakland, a lot of places are around 32. south of us, they had light rain. 37 in ocean city. locally, temperatures in the low to mid 30s. there are some reporting stations north of the city with snow on the ground, temperatures around 31 and 32. slush will freeze up overnight. the skies will clear out. that will allow temperatures to drop. south of us, a bit of a breeze. temperatures are not particularly cold north of the country. north of wynn beck it gets in the deeps and colde

today was valentine's day.hat out, that's why you're in trouble. [ laughter ] speaking of valentine's day, though, ikea -- did you hear about this? they are promising to give couples a free crib if they have a baby exactly nine months after valentine's day. [ light laughter ] yeah. getting a free crib is both a great way to save money and the worst "how you were born" story. [ light laughter ] "my parents wanted this crib." did you guys hear about this? taylor swift's ex-boyfriend connor kennedy was arrested yesterday for handcuffing himself to the white house gate to bring attention to climate change. yeah, he's bummed about the arrest, but he's glad to attach himself to something that won't write a song about him. [ laughter ] in one way, it's good -- [ applause ] guys, we have bruce willis on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] that's fun. that's my man. he stars in "a good day to die hard," which i just found out is both an action movie and viagra's new slogan. [ laughter ] >> steve: four hours, call

happy valentine's day.enly this segment is taking a totally different turn. >>brian: let's talk chocolate. is it an aphrodisiac or just make you break out? >> that is fiction. it is a myth. chocolate cannot make you break out. what chocolate can do if you eat a lot over a period of time is it can give you acne. too much sugar, too much oil. you can have your hearts today. they will not give you rashes. >>gretchen: what about oysters. there are five foods on the entire planet i do not like. oysters, one of them. is that good or bad? >> i have good news. that is fiction. cass nova had about 50 of them a day thinking they work. they do have zinc which increases testosterone but that takes month. they are not a proven aphrodisiac. >>brian: true or false? can you die of a broken heart 124 >> that surprisingly, brian, is a fact. it is rare, but if someone jilts you and you're in big trouble. you can literally have such a big outpouring of stress hormones, adrenaline, that your heart shuts down and you go into hea

we're in the rotunda, valentine's day, a very popular day to get married. we've seen a lot of couples get married here. people can go ahead and give their vows and walk off as a married couple. i want to walk you over here to the south light court. right next to the rotunda is a press conference that's underway right now. inside this room are a lot of couples as well. but these couples are not allowed to get married because they legally can't because they are same-sex couples who are hoping to be married and hoping the laws change soon. we could be looking at big changes soon because the supreme court next month will be looking at this issue. the highest court will be considering the constitutionality at the defensive marriage act and prop 8. a decision in that case could have far-reaching implications for the country. now, we did talk to one couple in here who have been together for ten years. domestic partners for four years and are hoping to get married. we talked to them about why they are here. >> we're here to point out the inequality that exists with

happy valentine's day. >> happy valentine's day. >> what a lovely valentine's day it has been absolutelyect. >> thank you. >> if you look at heart shaped sun. here is a live view from our camera. giving awe look at just how gorgeous our conditions are right now. looking towards golden gate sunny skies across the bay area. mild conditions as you must know by now. giving you another view of cloud-free sky. it's mild out there with temperatures near 70 degrees. many locations is forecast features are these. sunny, mild conditions next two days. so we're going to get back to a seasonal pattern. for now, high pressure is in control. that is going to remain in control into the weekend. you can see starting at 7:00 this evening going into tomorrow, center of high pressure is shifting inland giving us a b-52 an off shore flow producing conditions that will last through saturday as well. now, let's take a look at our four-day forecast for lake tahoe. kboitsing to be sunny in the tahoe throughout the weekend, mild friday and saturday highs into low 50s getting cooler sunday and monday. partly clou

people are still doing the valentine's day order, but we've seen a slight increase in anti-valentine's day trend. >> but the broken harder have other news to soak their heart in. take, for example, the anti-valentine's day cake. they're promising no love songs and a lot of piniattas to take out your anger on those 200 plus people wanting to paint the town red. >> we had corkboards being put up. you can put your ex-girlfriends or boyfriend's picture. draw something funny on the face and just do a little bit and throw darts at it. >> while the anti-valentine's day trend may be ka thattic for some, it hasn't led to a significant increase in sales. but could it some day be big enough to boost businesses' bottom line? >> i don't think so. i think it's a face that everything is going through. but eventually, everybody still loves valentine's day. >> love it or hate it, i don't believe valentine's day is going anywhere anytime soon. >> right. i would not know, no. >>> earlier, we asked which corporate marriages do you think are meant to last and which tie-ups are meant to head to the altar so

trouble >> are a huge thing on valentine's day -- truffles are a huge thing on valentine's day. i love that. let's talk about some others. >> we have beer-infused truffles. >> i see mohito mint. that is how you get some of your inspiration. >> report of the pain killer for the holidays. >> i will try this one. there will be a kick after the chocolate. i taste the chocolate. waiting for the kick. that is good. it will be a busy day for them. she has some chocolate bar made with ghost pepper. >> do not eat that. you have stan excited. what a combination. >> something for men and women. >> thank you. here are the snowfall totals from last night. this snow was falling with the temperatures above freezing. now the storm is off the coasts. temperatures had a chance to drop. now we are below 32 degrees in most locations. freezing.f is rephras just be careful out there. there could be some slipping and sliding. this is an arctic cold front that will sweep through on friday night and saturday morning. elrod not to temperatures back over the weekend -- it will knock the temperatures back

for your valentine? >> i'm taking my wife to a nice dinner. she's going to get some flowers. >> reporter: i'm sure she's going to get a beautiful arrangement. >> i have no excuses. >> reporter: we're going to talk more with jacob and take a look around the warehouse and take a look at all the beautiful flowers and the busyness that's going on in the packing and arrangement that's going on. we'll see you in a half an hour. maybe jacob, she doesn't want flowers. a little bobble here, a little bobble there. we'll be back with delia and jacob at the beautiful flower mart there later on in our newscast. >> it really is quite nice. >>> managing the symptoms of autism. it's a big challenge for many families. one of the hurdles is helping kids recognize facial expressions like happy and sad. when they misinterpret those signs, it could lead to very uncomfortable situations in school. >> this stop, that inability to associate speech with emotion is really something that does hamper those. >> they think they can h

still hate valentine's day. not alone. >> pure commercialism. i feel sorry for people who don't have too much money but pressured into buying lots of things for valentine's day. >> reporter: $18.5 billion in the u.s. according to the national retail federation, meant an average of $108, women only 53. >> it makes people feel bad. >> reporter: if you don't get something or have a special someone. so shawny delaney plans to have a talk with 7-month-old al when it's time. >> you know, you can express that you care about people in other ways on other days. today is like any other day. >> reporter: it's not for restaurants. and some are starting to cash in on the antivalentine's day sentiment. >> the main attraction for the menu of the day being our menage a un. >> reporter: grilled cheese, truffled fries and bottle of champagne for one. >> it's played up so much that we wanted to just say, you know, poke a little fun and have a good time and not take it so seriously. >> reporter: not the first to turn the holiday on

>> red is the traditional valentine's day flower.ans pure romantic love. >> when i think of pink, i think friendship. >> it's a gift for your sister, mother. anyone not romantic who you want to honor that special day. >> when i look at white i see white at a lot of funerals. >> it's a traditional funeral flower. also popular in weddings. we like to think of it as purity as in first love or true love. it can also mean silence or secrecy. if you have a forbidden love that could be a good flower for you as well. >> undercover love rs go with white. now as we move to orange. i have never really even thought about orange flowerses. you gave me the tip of all tips in the hallway before the show. >> yes. orange is the color of passion. if you're having a spicy valentine's day this is a good color to start things off. >> if you're mom and dad you want red. if you have a new honey, a sizzling honey, you want orange. >> it's bright, dynamic. a lot of people love it. >> lavender. >> lavender means enchantment or you have me spellbound. >> i can

>> cheers. >> happy valentine's day. >> coming up, we're going to have a little fun valentine's day cookinge announcer ] going to sleep may be easy, but when you wake up in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night when you can't get back to sleep. it's an effective sleep medicine you don't take before bedtime. take it in bed only when you need it and have at least four hours left for sleep. do not take intermezzo if you have had an allergic reaction to drugs containing zolpidem, such as ambien. allergic reactions such as shortness of breath or swelling of your tongue or throat may occur and may be fatal. intermezzo should not be taken if you have taken another sleep medicine at bedtime or in the middle of the night or drank alcohol that day. do not drive or operate machinery until at least 4 hours after taking intermezzo and you're fully awake. driving, eating, or engaging in other activities while not fully awake without remembering

it's valentine's day. scott and cynne forever, i like to call it. >> that is so sweet. >> it's a great day for friends or more than friends. snow lovers are not as happy today. not much accumulation in d.c. a few spots got around an inch. germantown at about an inch. gaithersburg, just shy of an inch. chantilly had about a quarter of an inch. the road could be a little slippery and elevated areas. otherwise just wet. 35 degrees in d.c. and 34 at dulles 36 in martinsburg and 30 in manassas. the forecast will bring up your mood. lots of sunshine, temperatures in the upper 40's, almost 50 this afternoon. a big cooldown in the seven-day forecast. we will tell you about that in a minute. it's time for traffic and weather jamee. little scraping going on this morning. >> scrape the windows. extra time needed. there are slick spots here and there. 198 in maryland between new hampshire avenue and 29th, be careful for the slippery roads. in germantown aren't pretty good on 29. reports of a possible crashed on 495 at

coming up @ 6 bryce harper is in >> two 7-year-old are spending this valentine's spending this valentine'say together. >> they encourage each other. it is nice. >> just to have a friend to go through it with. >> this is beautiful. they have gone through so much. it is amazing. >> this week they're staying at the children's inn participating in genome sequencing. researchers are looking for similar irritation to explain their recurrent strokes which currently, there is no treatment for. with candy and gifts they celebrated valentine's day together. >> i treasure you like gold. love, your friend. >> happy valentine's day. >> all together now aww. that will do it for us here at 5:00 p.m. abc 7 news at 6:00 p.m. starts now. >> live and in hd. this is abc 7 news at 6:00 p.m. on your side. >> senate democrats restaurant on a deal to avoid sequestration -- reached agreement on a deal to avoid sequestration. >> how bad it could be if sequestration goes through. >> there was talk of working on a deal to move the march 1 deadline. >> there has been a lot of talk. the problem is there's not a lot of

happy valentine's day maryland, i'm charlie crowson. >> and i'm megan pringle. it was dry outside this morning but that was not the case when you went the sleep. there was a nice coating of snow on the grass in towson but the streets were clear. this morning there may be some slick spots out there you need to watch out for but will it get cold enough to freeze? let's find out. here's meteorologist lynette charles. >> yes, in some spots it cold enough to freeze out there. as we look at maryland's most powerful radar, well we are dry. a far cry from what we saw yesterday. and things will start to improve throughout the day. but in the meantime, you can leave that rain gear at home because we're talking about temperatures this morning and you can see in manchester coming in at 32 degrees. 31 in monkton. 30 timonium. also frederick 32 and even columbia at the airport. these areas yes, cold enough to see some freezing some slick roadways out there this morning. take it easy. good morning annapolis you're at 35 degrees. and easton coming in at 34. you're also going to

. >> that's a good valentine's day story. >> happy valentine's day to you and your family. "fox & friends" starts right now. >>gretchen: good morning. it's thursday, february 14. happy valentine's day if you're celebrating that today. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time. let's start with a fox news alert. olympic hero under arrest charged with murder after his girlfriend was shot in the head. was it a valentine's day surprise gone wrong? details ahead. >>steve: president obama painted a pretty picture of our economy in his state of the union a couple of nights ago. but was he telling the truth? >> why do you keep lying to the american people? a castro-like speech last night, albeit in english, lie after lie. aisle tell you why you keep lying. because your record stinks. >>steve: that's harsh. more from mark levin. >>brian: have you met your perfect political match? a new fox poll says even in love politics do matter. sorry james carville and mary matalin. "fox & friends" starts right now. [music] ♪ l is for the way you look at me ♪ >>steve: thank you very muc

have a great valentine's day when it arrives. we'll be right back. i found a powerful new way to cut out arthritis pain. [ male announcer ] icy hot arthritis lotion. powerful encapsulated menthol gets icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. power past pain. >>> finally tonight as we cue the cheesy piano music, i want to wish you a happy valentine's day. so from your auntie robin who is trying to overlook you, don't forget it is valentine's day tomorrow and not to believe the person in your life who says, no, no, you don't have to get me, i don't want anything. maybe you don't have to buy something, but you do have to do something. trust me. trust me. and speaking of you don't have to do anything, piers morgan, i don't know if he's off not doing anything but happy valentine's day to you, my friend. let us ask you on valentine's day how many times have you been properly in love? do you not have another question to ask other people? what do you mean how many times have i been properly in love? is there an improper way? maybe i should ask you that. that'

. >> on valentine's day? >> on valentine's day. >> those look like bottles of water. >> before you laugh this tour is so popular they had to addthy third. they had to add in an 11:00 am. apparently if you go up to the top there are great views of new york city and in some way becomes romantic though the smell does get in the way of romance. >> you think? >> a little bit. >> go to sunset park, brooklyn, sit outside. beautiful view of the city. so many places to go to get a beautiful view. >> free tours. i'm telling you. you get a free hershey kiss. >> what have you got planned for valentine's day? >> you know what we're going to do? we're going to do a family thing. we make today family day. take the kids out to dinner. >> it's one of these hallmark holidays. every day should be about doing something together. we're going to probably spend dinner at home with the kids. >> do you have plans for valentine's day? >> not really. we exchange cards with the kids. >> you made diy. >> not that crafty stuff. >> make a

spending on valentine's day could get expensive. the average person will spend $131 on the valentine's day holiday. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. >> now weather and traffic together on the 1's. >> we have a steady rain in most areas. that will start to taper off. 36 degrees at randallstown. there will be some rain this morning. mild this afternoon, at 55 degrees. we have some snow in the seven- day forecast. >> good morning. it is getting busier out there. we have an incident at loch raven boulevard. watch for that accident. 30 minutes on the west side outer loop -- 13 minutes on the west side outer loop. mouse slow spots on southbound 295 down towards 100. southbound traffic is building at the fort mchenry tunnel. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. coming up on 6:23. it is time for the orioles to shine as they get ready for spring training. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. do you think the raven should join th