this weekend we're talking about upper 30s and maybe variably cloudy on sunday. so game day looks good but seasonably cold. >> started on 40 on monday. >>> that's cold and rainy. what a perfect night to grab a warm meal at one of the county's best restaurants. tonight is the first night of baltimore county restaurant week. we have three dozen restaurants participating. lots of them are offering free parking. >>> we are an active participant. a lot of the individually owned restaurants have come together to do a marketing effort. >> lunches and dinners and all the participating restaurants range from $10.12 to $30.12. >>> all right. you go here, to vaccaro's for dessert. did you know they have the best cookies in the south? this is according to southern living magazine. >> sounds good, jaily. i can't wait. >>> here's a look at what's coming up at 11:00. suzy or man has a new product. >>> forget about 3dtv's. we have a preview of the next thing your husband will want in his man cave. plus, wyatt's forecast. join us for abc2 news at 11. i want a baby. a baby? but we

. >> i don't know that we have done a study, there are a lot of variables that have to be factored in. one of the issues would be the condition of the car. if it is going to go down and needs service, he would probably be eating less of them. to the degree that the fleet is aging, it is down more and have the factor that can. right now, it is working. one of the reasons is simply because staff members are going down. part of it is, we can certainly come up with calculations about if we have a certain number of officers and the car is working, operating 50 weeks a year, how many cars do we need? and come up with some policy decision of how many we should have, sir plus. it is certainly possible that come up with that. much like the staffing number, it is variable depending on the city's ability to finance these things. going back to the early 2000's, we were buying 45 unmarked cars a year and 55 marked cars a year. that is one of the reasons i think the fleet is still functioning is that during the good times, we did ok and we were able to the bank some of those and not use those. init

you don't have all the variables. >> not all the variables, that's right. >> stephen: who do dow this it for the intelligence community. i do it for myself in buying a car and so forth. >> stephen: really? >> yeah. >> stephen: what car did you buy? >> i just bought a bmw 528 xi. >> stephen: wow, because you ran the probability of which car would get you laid? what would be-- what was the probability there? >> no, i-- i worked out what the strategy was to get the selling, the seller at the other end to sell it as cheaply as possible. >> stephen: and did it work. >> it did work. >> stephen: now let's talk about important stuff. we have a big game going on right now. it's called the republican primary. >> yeah. >> stephen: who, gingrich takes south carolina. who fakes the whole enchilada. without gets nominated. >> gingrich gets nominated. gingrich has a much better strategy than romney. he's got more charisma. >> stephen: isn't that strategy called scorched earth? >> it is scorched earth which you may recall worked really well in the south. >> stephen: not for the southerners. >> not so

i think some of the variable that you have seen in the last couple of years has to do with the jobs now. when we had our highest scoring program, we were fortunate enough to have an extra 100 staff through several stimulus funding. last year, we lost that staff for about three-quarters of the year because the program expired. through the mayor's leadership and the human services agency, i am proud to report that we have renewed a local version of that partnership where rec and park are benefiting again this year through a stimulus type program. with respect to our permanent staff, i think they are working as hard and efficiently as they have ever worked and you should be very proud with that. i'm going to turn it over to my colleagues. >> good morning, president buell and commissioners. i am a senior administrative analyst in the department. i just migrated from the california supreme court. it has been a real pleasure to join this department. i'm here with the city services auditor's office. >> hi. i work with the city services auditor. wheat annually produce this report collaborative

this is a variable element and depends of the time the rating occurred and how soon or late it occurred in relationship to custodial hours. and the daily changes in parts usage. you see the ups and downs and that draws our attention to one of the drivers -- the peaks here correspond to low winter months, when people don't get out a news the parks so much. i wanted to say again, as the general manager expresses, in this past year, we began making additional changes in an effort to continue encouragement of the department. we began giving it score reports to the service managers so they could expand their opportunities to use resources strategically. the department instituted an operational line up whereby on each day, front-line staff get together and discuss department priorities, including part scores and create action plans to address the deficiencies. we have used part scores as part of the annual appraisal process for all operations staff. we are so serious about this process that we have reinvigorated our annual training process for a evaluators. we more rigorously apply the standa

afternoon, again, variable cloudiness, breezy and warm. showers possible. winds southwest 10 to 15 will turn northwest at 10 to 15 when the front goes through. not exactly a power packed front either. next seven days, rain showers on ground hog day. a nice finish on friday. we're in the low 50s. a little cooler or chilly over the weekend and unsettled as well. rain developing late saturday into saturday night. could end as snow in the mountains. some showers, who cares. and then some showers on monday. temperatures in the upper 40s and back in the 50s next tuesday. >> is there a big game? >> something coming up. >> like a bowl, and you eat pizza and buffalo wings. >> yeah, watch the ads. oh, it's the super bowl. >> yeah, that's what is going on. and if you have ever seen media day super bowl, it is a circus. that was today. find out why the craziness ensued on the field and this is not your typical press conference. plus, the capitals back on the ice for the second half of this season. we'll take a look at what's ahead. >>> now, 9sports wi

variable clouds, windy, much colder. flurries are possible. and the high of 35 to 40. we've got a wind advisory to the west. essentially west of i-81. winds gusting up to 50. that will be a natural area, gusting around 30 to 35 miles per hour. and that is probably as high as we're going to see. we're not under the wind advisory. good new for the skiiers. you can go west of the divide. and they are under the winter weather advisory, picking up another foot tomorrow into saturday morning. the temperatures tomorrow in the 30s. but remember, well, dress for the 20s. 38 downtown, maybe 36 leesburg. and 36 in manassas. but it's going to feel like it's in the 20s, pretty much across the board. your day planner looks like this. 30s to start at noon and 35 to 40 by the evening. windy across the board. maybe a flurry in the morning. maybe a flurry in the late afternoon or the evening morning hours. the next seven days. it stays cold for friday, saturday, sunday. maybe another little system that will be rolling through on sunday. some nice showers and rain on tuesday. not a big s

obama is a big variable -- iran is the big variable on foreign policy for obama. chris: i wonder about ironclad commitments like that one on nuclear iran, before you're elected make sure they don't have a political weapon. >> much easier for him to do. chris: helps him now but maybe a problem if he gets elected. that's the show. thanks for watching. that's the show. thanks for watching. see you here next week.

obama is a big variable -- iran is the big variable on foreign policy for obama. chris: i wonder about ironclad commitments like that one on nuclear iran, before you're elected make sure they don't have a political weapon. >> much easier for him to do. chris: helps him now but maybe a problem if he gets elected. that's the show. thanks for watching. that's the show. thanks for watching. see you here next week. we're gonna erase breast cancer once and for all. once and for all. walking 60 miles... in three days. join us. join us. (woman) we're united. (woman) a family. (man) a movement. (woman) a coming together of thousands. (woman) thousands... (man) with one goal. join us. we're committed. relentless. (woman) we've refused to surrender. (woman) refuse to give up. (woman) we will never give up. (woman) never. never. never. join us. so that no one's life is cut short. no one has to suffer the agony of a loss. the agony of my loss. no one should have to experience what my family went through... go through what i went through. no one should have to experience that n

overall variable clouds, may be mostly cloudy at times, partly cloudy to others. 50s by lunchtime. in fact, we are going to surge past ray lewis' number for the day to our guaranteed high of 56. a mild day, a cool dowp and a lot of active weather next week. we'll talk about that in just a bit. now let's get traffic. reporter: good morning, much. starting out for the friday morning commute, we hope it'll be a nice easy one for you. an earlier situation on 95 south of 395. they've cleared that out of the way for you. tunnel traffic, checking out okay even with the overnight maintenance crews on the scene. let's get a first look at 29 and maryland 108. we're looking pretty good north and southbound as you make the drive through elkridge coming from i-70 and our early travels around the beltway, 695 on the side outer loop and inner loop clear to i-83. of course we have a big project coming up op the roadways, going to start tomorrow and you're going to need your patience cap on. sharee, it is going to be very busy for those on the east side of the beltway. >> it's actually going to go

let's talk about another variable and ari, you have a piece about this in the nation.he evangelical vote. we have stats from last week's cnn/time ploelt that break down the evangelical born again vote. the results are somewhat interesting in who these folks are getting behind. one of the most interesting ones was which candidate agrees with you on issues that matter most among born again christians. you see, rick santorum is getting 23%. ron paul is getting 17%. >> that's right. and you know, i talk about this in my article at the nation.com. there is a media narrative that ron paul has the libertarian vote and the other candidates have the born again vote and there's the split. rick santorum yesterday on "meet the press" said basically there's three races, an establishment race for romney and gingrich, a conservative race for him and those guys and bachmann and there's the libertarian race. i think rick santorum has it wrong. if you put the chart up again, when asked who agrees with you most on the issues, santorum comes in first among conservatives and first among bo

cost has always been a variable. it has not been an independent variable. it is. that is ok.e will adapt and figure it out. we cannot underestimate the impact of cost. that is among the things that are new in our environment. what about our emerging defense strategy? it is a real strategy. it is non and edited cousin of its former strategies. we have taken real ownership of it. it seeks a balance of principle and pragmatism. it looks out to 2020. we have decided what we've want to do between now and 2017. the secretary of defense will submit the budget through 2017 at the end of this month. the work will not end. we're looking to 2020. what is so important about the mid-future? nobody wants the mid-future. if you go to a cocktail party, see if you can get somebody in the conversation about 2050. no problem. talk about global warming, demographics, life on other planets. it is not hard to get somebody to talk about 2050. get them to talk about what happened today or tomorrow or yesterday. it is not a problem. people are up to speed and connected on the issues of today. ask som

you're talking about the variables. the things that come up. by surprise, soda speak. -- so to speak. vice president marshall: we made a decision about this, we will do discipline every third wednesday. is that a small example of the bigger thing we're talking about in some form? that worked fairly well. every third wednesday we tended to put things on there and we made that the number one priority at the top of the list. is that an idea in the small cents? >> yes. what we're trying to do with everything? >> more or less. >> it wanted to thank you for putting this together. it is quite an undertaking taking an educational process for me. i understand our main responsibility is oversight of the occ and the department and also the policy work that we do. there is a number of other responsibilities that are listed in the charter and codes that i was not aware of. it is good to lay it out there. i am wondering in terms of moving forward, how to make the most of this. there are a lot of reports that come before us. some might be too frequent and we

wins are variable, but they come from without. that helps us get into temperatures above the average height. average high rate of all the low 40s right now. temperatures getting off around 60 degrees today. we did get close to succeed yesterday and then the clouds came in. we were wrestling with a very stubborn system of around the great lakes. it cleared up just in time for all of the evening festivities, and that's what we don't know. we do have that low moving on in. behind that low, temps are really going to take a hit. the winds are going to pick up. this is starting tomorrow. the low moves on through here. we will be walking through windchills again. temps only in the upper 30s for the next few days. with those temperatures, it's going to be really chilly for the first few days of 2012. i have to start remembering that. summer is officially today at 7:26. small craft advisory in effect because of those winds through tomorrow. pretty sunny. with that we have a chance of showers in the evening. 34 degrees tonight, still season

we'll call it variable clouds.inating. look at this snow across the northern plains. that's what pivots our way tonight. we get through a warm day with variable clouds and strong winds. tonight we're down to 31. between midnight and 4:00 a.m. we could get a quick burst of snow and maybe some icy spots by daybreak friday. >>> on the roads, very slick conditions out there with wet roads and several accidents to watch for. south side of the beltway outer loop at the bw parkway maryland state police are wrapping up accident cleanup there. an accident on pulaski highway at 543. in the city moravia road and bel air road has a collision. very slow traffic. southbound traffic flow on 29 not easing at all, still very slow. we're slow on the jfx through the city. >>> lawmakerser back at work today for the 2012 session. yesterday governor martin o'malley suggested that 7 cents thereafter could be a way to tackle the state's budget problems. the plan is cut back to the state's mull eye million dollar deficit. >>> back to new y

cost has always been a variable, but it is not an independent variable. it is. it's ok, we will adapt and figure it out. we can't underestimate the impact of cost. besides learning the lessons of the last 10 years of war, perhaps it is this notion of cost as an independent variable. in terms of real strategy, it is not just a dusted off and polished off, marginally edited cousin of the former strategies, we've made real choices. we have taken ownership of a, and it is a strategy that is based -- it seeks a balance of principal and pragmatism. it looks out to 2020. we have decided what we want to do between now and 17. the secretary of defense will submit a budget at the end of this month. and, we are't looking for 2020. why 2020? nobody wants the mid-future. if you do go to a cocktail party, see if you can get someone into a conversation about 2050. talk of the global warming, demographic shift, life on other planets, it is not hard to get somebody to talk about 2050. or get them to talk about what happens today or tomorrow or yesterday. not a porblem. -- proble

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the little one we have light and variable. humidity is extremely dry. bone dry air.ve to do what you can to stay hydrated and moisturized. bottom line, dry weather will continue to hold, weld north, north of -- well north, north of the buffalo area. back here things are quiet. milder air marching in where temperatures were up above 60 in atlanta, jackson and montgomery. we'll get a taste of that as we push into the saturday time frame. things staying clear on try day and into friday night. let's look ahead even further. for more on that, lynette charles. welcome back. >> thank you. i have good information this evening. i'll start you off with something on sunday that's free. you'll like the forecast plus the free factor. the baltimore museum of art for free family fun. you can enjoy different activities, hands on workshops, gallery tours and more things designed just for the family. so head out and do that. check out what we have, eat and buy locally. sample breads, cheeses and desserts. something i'm interested in doing, introduction to indoor rock climbing. you can

in to tomorrow, 45 degrees, variably cloudy and cooler, here is a check of the seven- day forecast for you as we have the showers in to thursday. all across the board, up until saturday, we do stay above average and we get seasonable as we head in to sunday and also monday. let's head over to angela with traffic. >>> if you are about to head out, and you travel on hilton street, understand we are under accident investigation. no traffic getting through on south hilton between south kayton and frederick road. also following this earlier collision on i-95 at the 895 split. police removed the vehicle to the side of the road. mild congestion. the area, the tow truck is moved that should be out of your may momentarily. 95 through rosedale, maryland 43, fog warnings remain in effect between 695 and delaware state line. we are okay for now, especially traveling on the harrisburg expressway. five minutes from the cockeysville to the beltway, on 95, white mar tosh the beltway, 6 minute drive for you there. >>> facebook could be attacked and what it could mean for you. >>> we will find out who i

of being how well you learn it, we're saying let the variable be when and how long you learn it and let the fix thing be a high standard of mastery. >> how do you students respond to that culture as an experience? >> it was an experiment last year. it has grown. but the students and the teachers love it. if you visit it, it feels like they are playing a game. when we started the first week, they didn't want to go to recess because they felt they were taking control of their own learning. it was okay to get something wrong. it didn't mean you got a "c", but you just meant you keep working on it. >> you mentioned the sense of judgment or self-judgment or peer judgment about whatever the grade might be. speak to me about the transition and culture that happens with what you're doing. >> the culture we grew up in, we take an exam, you get a "b" and that's a value judgment. and then we move on to the next concept. if i got a "b", how do i even have a chance at the next concept of getting an "a." it just means you need to work on it more. it's okay if you're taking the green belt exam. yo

showers, cloudy, chilly, variable winds at 10. we don't want of a much during the day. again, tonight, temperatures will be steady or go up a little bit. 5-10 not spirit and a water temperatures have settled to write around 40 degrees or so . watch the time line here. rain is coming into our area now. much more comes in overnight. and tomorrow morning, this is 7:00 tomorrow morning and there is still quite a bit of rain. the front is not through yet. by 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 or so, everything starts to move out and we get some sunshine in the picture. tomorrow's our shower could still be kind of wet -- tomorrow's rush ouhour could still be kind of wine. another clipper setting up for late in the day on sunday. more of a chance for snow, because temperatures will be colder. 51 the high on friday morning. 40's and 30's over the weekend. the second clippard on sunday may produce snow flurries. >> dr. patrick allen from falls road animal hospital is here to answer your questions with this adorable rottweiler. >> already 16 lbs.. >> i would just leave him alone before i get it

the biggest variable as far as the last three debates was cnn, audience participation. nbc, no audience participation. it makes it more entertaining and the surprise was that even though newt had the benefit of audience participation thursday night, it didn't help. for whatever reason, romney was better. san santorum was the star but the media is focused on newt versus romney. >> the media ignoring a candidate? that possible? >> that never happens. i think even the establishment thing, i know the voters feel like we don't care with the establishment says because we're antiestablishment. newt is the establishment. the establishment is turning against somebody who is part of the establishment, not against him because he's this free-thinking, independent person. that's the distinction that's lost. he's not some pupulist that's out there. people now him. he's been part of the washington establishment as long as i can remember and then the establishment doesn't like him. >> a line jim used about theater. this has become theater and as i said a couple weeks ago, knowing no hi

. >> it is so arrogant and tell me there is no inflation because of a camculation that include variablingster to me. food and gas. i have to feed my kid and gas to get to work. thatthere is no wage increase. how can you laugh and you have a child. >> come on. >> it is wrong. it is wrong. come on. you are doing the same thing over and over. it is insane. >> i can promise six months from now. if we have genuine. >> call it what you want. >> it is scary. >> but the problem is raising interest rates in a recession and that's what we are forced with. >> we have more coming up on carbin in. coming up. using slavery to teach the third graders math. is it time for parent to demand private education for their kids or tracey burns will come to the classroom. ing, plus, in-branch seminars at over 500 locations, where our dedicated support teams help you know more so your money can do more. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. our teams have the information you want when you need it. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. >> coming up.

to be able to play in variables like that, i mean that's irish golf to the fullest. i got to experience what they do. >> your favorite club in the bay? >> i'd like to say them all. they're all my number one club, you know. you've got to have nefrg the bag, so -- >> how do you shoot a 100 par to play at the most difficult clubs? >> you make puts. you have those days. >> enjoy your tamale. michael hool i han an author, public speaker, barefoot wine, tell us what you do and why you decided to come here and participate in this tamale-eating contest? >> bonnie and i started barefoot wine back in 1986 in our laundry room up in sonoma county with no mown and no knowledge of the industry and we built it up to a bestseller and we use nod advertising. all word of mouth. so i have a lot of respect to these entrepreneurs who are putting these tamales together today. now we go around the country and help small businesses get to a point where they can build their business up to realize their equity and their brand. so we enjoy what we're doing here today and we like to support sma

tomorrow night 25, variably cloudy and less frigid. let's take a look at the seven-day forecast. bottom line, tomorrow a carbon copy minus the wind. that's a pretty big mine nussments temperatures might be similar but the wind chill won't be there. wednesday and thursday a little more seasonable, in the 40s and quite the mild day, 55 degrees. so right now, like so many cold shots this year we do get moderate after. >> from 30 to 55. what a jump. thanks a lot. >>> tonight a 9-year-old texas boy is getting aquainted with a new companion. he has a rare condition. the cells in his eyes are literally dying. he is going blind rapidly and he needs special help. the yellow lab is specially trained to guide him. >> there are so many things that are frightening for anyone going visually impaired, let alone a child. he will be a bridge between him and the community. >> that family applied for the program months ago but the mom didn't hear back until chris eve, the perfect gift. >>> an anne arundel family is reunited with their dog. the collie disappeared from their home in owings mills in 2

here is the forecast for tomorrow, around 45 degrees, variably cloudy and a little bit cooler outdoorsangela with your traffic. >>> good morning to you. we follow this accident that occurred, a fatal collision in the city on south hilton street on south leaf. police are investigating. we expect the intersection to remain closed for sometime. that's south hilton at leaf street. you may want to take south kayton avenue to avoid this closure all together. we are also dealing with another couple of accidents reported one on 95 south at the 895 split. crash 95 near route 100. the fog is your biggest road hazard as we look live at 95, maryland 175, area of the bay bridge, u.s. 50 and maryland 8, extra caution on the bridge spans this morning. >>> executives highlight as new program focusing on veterans. sherrie johnson is live with a look at the hiring preferences for the veterans. this was a big initiative and focus with the vets returning home. >> we are here live, in front of the national guard armory. later this morning, baltimore county executive kevin cabinet will highlight the program

we have winds variable at 5. a little breezier at times during the evening. we'll show where the rainfall is now across the immediate baltimore areas. some south and wes of the city. some into howard county along i- 95 there. showers on the eastern shore. cecil. seeing some of the heaviest there. that will move out and another line of rain coming in. we'll see a few more bands that could produce wintry showers out to the lake as temperatures go down to freezing overnight, but for most of the state we're mild at the beach. a southerly wind flow. that is helping bring the colder irr a. >> so really depends where you are but today a great day to start 2012 as those temperatures reached up near 60 degrees in many spots. we had sunshine for much of the day and really pretty tough to complain, right? >> well, let's show you how things will shape up. big changes on tap. reality check. just you won't recognize the weather by tuesday as the cold air blasts out of the northwest. that is that colder air wrapping a under rot back side of the storm system so a cold der sh

variably cloudy. mild, yes, a few showers possible but i don't look for much rain. this will be near record temperatures but not over the record for february one. tomorrow night down to 42. the best chance of rain coming overnight into early thursday. seven-day forecast looking ahead. you can see the temperatures staying, you know near neutral for another day, but as we go into the thursday, friday time frame, that's where we have the chance for what we think the likelihood of cooler weather. back to more seasonable levels. we're forecasting mid-if the if the. the average is 42, 43. that's kind of where we should be. >> no complaints here. >>> all right. if you have a smartphone, you likely have a few apps on the phone. we have some really surprising details about how many of us have apps and how we're using them. >> reporter: apple sold 37 million eye phones during the last three months. while the smartphone craze hasn't died down users may be changing the way they use their device. about a third of all u.s. adults have apps on their phones but is vaing -- but havi

cost has always been a variable. it has not been an independent variable. it is. that is ok. we will adapt and figure it out. we cannot underestimate the impact of cost. that is among the things that are new in our environment. what about our emerging defense strategy? it is a real strategy. it is non and edited cousin of its former strategies. we have taken real ownership of it. it seeks a balance of principle and pragmatism. it looks out to 2020. we have decided what we've want to do between now and 2017. the secretary of defense will submit the budget through 2017 at the end of this month. the work will not end. we're looking to 2020. what is so important about the mid-future? nobody wants the mid-future. if you go to a cocktail party, see if you can get somebody in the conversation about 2050. no problem. talk about global warming, demographics, life on other planets. it is not hard to get somebody to talk about 2050. get them to talk about what happened today or tomorrow or yesterday. it is not a problem. people are up to speed and connected on the issues of today. ask s