i said washington, d.c., i write thrillers about washington.e number one place was florida borders one mile from the furniture store where my mother used to work. my mother single-handedly beat 8 million new yorkers. >> host: brad meltzer has been >>> up next on book tv curtis wilkie tells a story of mississippi attorney richa

he's in washington, d.c. on a mission. he's collaborating with oakland unified school district superintendent tony smith to come up with a way to strengthen bonds and stuneds. the police department -- bonds and students. the police department would place six police officers at four schools. this would help deter crime and help to build better r elationships with students on the verge of joining a gang or straying from school. today, chief batts is in d.c. lobbying for funding which needs 6 million in funding. we attended a press conference on monday, where the chief discussed kaiser's $10 million grant. >> the middle schools are l ooking to become our ground zero to make an impact in community policing in the city of oakland. >> reporter: this program would not take officers off the streets. it would, in fact, allow the department to hire back some of the officers laid off during the summer if they received summer. mayor-elect jean kwon -- jean quan >> we have to work to create jobs in this economy and that we have to deal

he's in washington d.c. on a mission. he's collaborating with oakland unified school district superintendent tony smith to come up with a way to strengthen bonds with police and students. the two helped devise a pilot program on the middle school level. the police department would place six officers at four middle school campuses. madison, west lake roosevelt and brick. they would impose safety, steer kids away from crime and help build better relationships with students on the verge of joining a gang or straying from school. today the chief is in d.c. lobbying for funding for this program which needs nearly $6 million. we attended a press conference on monday where the cheer discussed a $10.5 million grant for oakland youth health care and targeting at risk teens. he explained why starting at this level is so critical. >> i also get on an airplane to go back to washington d.c. to ask for the funding so we can focus on middle schools in the city of oakland. the middle schools are looking to become our ground zero to make

a washington d.c. firefighter on leave for more than three years and being paid with your tax dollars, but not working one day for it. natalie overton is charged with fraud. robbie chavez was in court yesterday. no action was taken until our series of reports aired last week. >> reporter: natalie overton did not say a word as she walked out of the courthouse. she is now accused of pocketing money that belonged to the city. these court documents outlined an alleged scheme. including the coalition for the homeless and universal ballet. by december of 2008, the office of inspector general had evidence of wrongdoing. last week, fox 5 first shed light on the investigation that was put on hold for nearly two years. these do dock -- these documents show she had been on leave as may of 2007 and the department sat on his discipline case. she made have earned as much as $255,000. last week, city leaders were fuming. >> if there was wrongdoing done, they should identify it and discipline and move on. instead of t

. >> stories one right after the other, like joe who left washington, d.c. at 2:00 this afternoon, didn't make it home until 7:00 tonight. that is five hours in this stuff. >> it was slow going and at every turn slippery. the roads were clogged. good evening. >> it's like we forgot everything that we learned from last winter. >>> here is the rest of tonight and tomorrow. we're worried about tomorrow. >> yes. you think that we would be veteran drivers after last winter. not so much, though. in fact, it did not take much snow to recreate headaches out there. every flake stuck on contact. let's look at, first, at what it looked like this afternoon. maryland's most powerful radar was tracking the snow. as we put this in motion tonight, things are clearing out nicely and these are the snow totals of first a time lapse from downtown. you can see the snow fire up, man, it went for hours straight this afternoon. putting a coating to an inch, toive above an inch across the area. there we go. tomorrow, we're talking about an ice ascenario. we just saw the roads what t

just literally during the last few moments we've started to see the snow creep into washington, d.c. self primarily the western portions of washington but all of washington will be getting it shortly as the snow showers come through. there is the district. there is the beltway. so it is d.c., northwest d.c., southwest d.c., points out to the west as you are driving out to the beltway, george washington parkway, down to alexandria, 359 and 95 down towards fredericksburg. not much happening in the eastern parts of the city. but as you travel farther out east, you will see a few more snow showers down there. we expect light accumulations anywhere from a dusting to a half inch for most people. maybe an inch or more an inch down in fredericksburg where it is a little heavier. these advisories have been expanded a little bit now. winter weather advisory in effect for washington, d.c. and all of these surrounding counties. they've now added charles county and stafford county. fredericksburg, you are under this winter weather advisory. waldorf is now included in this. this is because light sn

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those winds gusting up to 25 miles per hour at this hour in washington, d.c. 24-mile per hour winds innnapolis. 30 in manassas. 36-mile per hour winds in hagerstown. hence their wind chill of two degrees up there. your forecast for washington for today, winter weather advisory in effect until 9:00 this morning. mentioned the wind advisory in effect until 10:00 tonight. partly sunny skies, windy and cold this afternoon. could see some occasional snow flurries and snow showers. highs in the 20s to 30 degrees. winds gusting up to 35 miles per hour. tomorrow, another cold day, still breezy. # 2 degrees. thursday, chance some of snow showers. get a little clipper moving by here. could spring some snow with it, particularly to the south. friday and saturday, temperature warm up to about 40 degrees. that is a look at what is happening with the weather. more for you in a little bit. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we have one more school delay to tell you about this morning. frederick county, maryland schools are delayed by two hours. let's get a check on the roads with julie. >> we have some a

he's in washington d.c. right now. he's lobbying for federal funding for a pilot program to place officers in four of the city's middle schools. the program needs nearly $6 million in funding. the program would target four middle schools including brick and madison here in oakland. the chief is targeting vulnerable students at an age that make difficult decisions that involve adult lives. a $10 million grant given to the community bikieser. he discussed why programs like the rk kids program and kids in training programs are so important and why they target teens. >> the middle schools are looking to become to make an impact in community policing in the city of oakland. my partner in crime i say that finally mr. tony smith, he and i have salvaged a wonderful relationship. we are partners in crime hand in hand to make a difference to make an impact in the city of oakland as a whole. >> reporter: the chief will meet with senators as well as u.s. representative lee. and the assistant attorney general during his meetings in

it was a fairly dark time in washington, d.c. the republicans controlled washington at that time.t least on the senate and house side. there are many things that immigration advocates were not able to get done. i moved here for many of the reasons that i think we're all here in san francisco. we're a city of compehensive immigration refoimmigrants. we know that san francisco was built on the backs of immigrant labor. we also know that for the past 10 years on so, it has been fairly dark nationwide for our immigrant community. we've had a new record number of rates belief had a tremendous backlog of applications of legal immigrants that are trying to become citizens. there have been countless stories of constitutional and civil rights violated of many of our family members and friends. i used to be an immigrant rights attorney. i can tell you firsthand that i would visit the ins detention center and see individuals who had been beaten by ice agents. this conversation cannot be more timely and more important with the new administration and a new recognition and importance of buildin

snow showers around washington, d.c. especially south of there. be careful.tures dropping during the day in new england but, veronica, as we mentioned much of the rest of the country is already frozen. >> it is definitely beginning to look a lot like christmas. >>> a preview of which film may win best picture at the oscars plus one film winning and losing all at the same time over the weekend. your first look at entertainment is straight ahead. you're watching "first look." then we canoe to the conference. or we could book with hotels.com and stay closer. [ male announcer ] accumulate 10 nights and get a night free. welcomerewards from hotels.com. [ male announcer ] you know her. we know diamonds. together we'll make her holiday. that's why only zales is the diamond store. where you can get up to $1,000 off now through sunday. >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm veronica de la cruz. jimmy fallon talked about an awkward moment for a certain "today" show contributor with a famous father. >> george w. bush's daughter jenna put her home on the market for $500,0

--en washington d.c. diversas organizaciones civiles siguen ejerciendo presion para lograr que se apruebe el acta de los sueÑos,--la coalicion "agenda nacional de liderazgo hispano" inicio una campaÑa en busca convencer a 10 senadores de que otorguen el "si" al "dream act", pues sus votos puden ser cruciales para que se apruebe act", pues sus votos puden ser cruciales para que se apruebe este proyecto de ley. >>> entre ellos están los republicanos, de macha tusen y del estado de la florida >>> ya todos los detalles. >>> los beneficios, por casi 10 años, la semana pasada , la cámara baja, la cámara de representantes, dio un paso histórico en la dirección correcta >>> al mismo tiempo decenas de

washington d.c. . coming up to eight minutes past the hour here with r t live from moscow still to come in the program where those of gardens are picking up the pieces after what's been called the worst on rats in a decade after lawmakers approved a hike intuition fees. was a boat fit for

pete williams is watching this story for us live in washington, d.c. >> secretary napolitano had planned to go to arizona anyway. so she moved her visit up a day, as she's a former governor of arizona, of course, to talk about what happened. this incident took place late tuesday in a remote area about ten miles north of the border. the man in charge of the union of border patrol agents says brian terry was killed in a shootout with bandits. these are people who rob and assault illegal immigrants and smugglers who come across the border, and the killing of a border patrol agent is raising new concerns about the security of the border. based on what we know so far, this does not seem to be directly related to the drug trade. but the union president for the border patrol says it shows that the border remains out of control if bandits can prey on people ten miles inland.

tambié pues condiciones de aguaceros, más hacia el norte del estado en donde oregon y partes de washington d.c noches. >>> gracias. >>> vamos con deportes. >>> en acción deportiva le vamos a tener acción en boxeo desde washington d.c a mñxico, así que no se vaya a perder toda la acción de ring bernardo osuna y la accion deportiva. las proyecciones . >>> muy buenas noches, marco cayó en contra de (...) mientras de víctor ortiz empató en contra de peterson, pero el torneo de los $ gallos enfrentando al ex olímpico mexicano el corte iba a ser factor en la pelea en el segundo pony la lona, que se levantó del tapiz, pero sus series de golpes bajo. >>> fue éñ quié pasa a la final de torneo. >>> yo sef venció a johnny perz, la pelea fue una guerra con ambos, peleando pero quinn con se llevó la mejor parte. >>> cristian ex campeón mundial, puede presumir de cinturón de la federación mundial. >>> el mijares que incluso contempló el retiro busca regresar a mundo de boxeo. >>> hoy se dio el premio (...) al mejor jugador de fútbol colegial pese a la pelea el.... >>> además de acumular. >>> cerramos con nb

so he will fly to washington, d.c. tonight and take a two- hour train hoping to hit the office by noon. aggravated he says because his cancellation never showed on virgin's website. >> i would have informed my manager at work to tell him that i won't be there on time on monday. and now i have to tell him unexpectedly that this is going to happen. >> reporter: heavy snow forced the cancellation of more than 1400 flights out of new york's three major airport alone. with more disruption expected monday. and at sfo destination was everything. counters were busy and customers waiting at philippine airlines, while a few steps away jet blue's ticket windows were all but deserted, agents with no one to wait on. >> the plan was to fly this evening to boston to see a friend. >> the lewis' drove three hours from lake port so dad could drop daughter at the airport. >> when we got to santa rosa we knew we had a problem. when we couldn't get through on the phone we decided we would just drive down and hopefully find a solution. >> s

snow showers around washington, d.c. especially south of there. be careful. temperatures dropping during the day in new england but, veronica, as we mentioned much of the rest of the country is already frozen. >> it is definitely beginning to look a lot like christmas. >>> a preview of which film may win best picture at the oscars plus one film winning and losing all at the same time over the weekend. your first look at entertainment is straight ahead. you're watching "first look." then we canoe to the conference. or we could book with hotels.com and stay closer. [ male announcer ] accumulate 10 nights and get a night free. welcomerewards from hotels.com.

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o'reilly factor is next so good night from washington, d.c.. we'll see you tomorrow night >> we're here in new york and we have a studio audience here. we have a different week. this week, i'm going to be in wilmington, ohio, doing america's first christmas. if you are near wilmington, bundle up and come joinous wednesday. i think you are going to see bedford falls. we are going to learn a lot from the people of wilmington, ohio. we brought a studio audience in today because i want to have them join in a conversation. how many people here believe things now that you thought was crazy a year ago? yeah. how many people are comfortable with the things that you now believe? you are like, yeah! i'm comfortable with that. a couple, right? how many of you -- how many of you see things on this show or elsewhere and you read and you think: oh, i don't want that to be true. please, i hope that's not true. right? so the point is here, if i may... we are no different from each other. i don't want to believe the things that i believe, quite honestly, i can'

each other and looking to work hand in hand to provide their security get a check on our team washington d.c. . well i haven't either and a political analyst from the independent institute think tank in washington says the cut still is an important step and even those who put up objections to it recognize this. they arms control has always been sort of the central. pillar of the relationship ever since the cold war is on and that's still the case because the most important thing in the world is these two huge arsenals which dwarf any other countries' arsenals the treaty does allow russians and the us to cooperate war and i think the general. better relationship is good if there's a potential nuclear accident or something like that as we had in one thousand nine hundred five we had good relations back then and i think that really prevented an accidental nuclear war i think this happens on many senate is that they dig in their heels they tried to build up the price on what the administration has to pay to get the treaty not in physical cash but in programs handed out to their constituents and

home in washington d.c. >>> continuing to see light showers at this hour. most of the rain concentrated in the north bay, some is pushing south of the golden gate. the rain in the north bay, light at this hour. that yellow on your screen, the rain is still falling light. the north bay, not as light anymore. all the rain is actual hitting the ground. not strong rainfall near richmond. mill valley, although we are seeing heavier in conquered and walnut creak. near san francisco, you see the yellow, could see heavier showers but not all that bad. the moisture streaming in through the bay area, it will be pushing in overnight. we will talk more about that in a bit. >>> new details about the shooting today that ended the life of a 2-year-old boy. the mother laquinda modique and father eddie carr are behind bars. they face child endangerment charges. they were not at home at the time of the shooting. kron 4's christine connelly has the story. >> reporter: here you can see a picture. police say the little boy was inside this house on lemon tree court with his 4-ye

reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we have wet roads this morning. sal whack is happening out -- sal, what is happening out there? >> we have an accident on the bay bridge. you can see the traffic is slowing down. it's a six-car injury accident. it looks like the injuries are minor. let me show you another view from our bay bridge camera. you can see that the traffic is very slow on the bridge and what they usually do here is that they slow down the metering lights. you can see there goes a fire truck presumably up to the injury accident. this is bad news for you if you are a bay bridge commuter. unfortunately it means the traffic will be slow for the rest of the morning. that's just how it goes. an accident in the 6:00 hour could have effects until 9:00. hopefully they will get this under way. westbound san mateo traffic looks good. now let's go to steve. >>> thank you. ha lot of cloudy skies. most of the observations say light rain. that includes napa, livermore and even into the

ktvu alison burns joins us from our washington, d.c. newsroom with more on who is attending the signing ceremony. alison. >> reporter: good morning to you, pam. there are so many people from all over the country that have been involved in the fight to appeal the 17-year-old policy that want to be the ceremony this morning so president obama is holding it at a big auditorium at the interior department instead of at the white house. this is a live look at the stage. the president just arrived. he is about to sign a landmark bill. is a several gay former service members from the bay area are joining local lawmakers at the signing this morning including zoey dunning. she is a commander that was discharged for being gay and reinstated after a court battle. we will bring you live coverage throughout the morning on the morning news. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns. >>> time now 6:15. the senate is expected to take a crucial test vote today on a health care bill that would benefit those first responders to the september 11th a

snow will begin to move into areas like washington, d.c., especially south of washington, d.c., areas around richmond could pick up a couple inches of snow out of this. maybe two or four during the day. d.c. could call for one or two. that system could be long gone by friday. cold as we head toward the weekend. well, if you're watching us on wvit, npc b 30, explore the classic of huckle berry fin. visit yours truly huckleberry finn at the mark twain house. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> bill, thanks so much. and now here's an early look at your headlines in entertainment. last night at the premiere of his latest film johnny depp gave swimmers of fans more than his money's worth. he went into the crowd posing for pictures as hundreds turned out for the italian premiere of "the tourist." angelina jolie turned up with brad pitt. >>> at 43 pamela anderson will soon be making her 13th appearance in playboy mack zone but this one is going to be different. in addition to 8 pages of pictures there will be a poem by anderson. how about that. >>> final a bad girl of ol

reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. >>> 7:48. a virginia lawmaker plans to introduce legislation that he says will -- are desteined to keep guys and lesbianssh -- lesbians from serving in the national guard. he says le do this until -- he says he will do this next year. >> you have ground troops most adamantly against this. this will distract them from dealing with an enemy across the field. >> his idea is already causing some controversy. several equal rights groups are speaking out against his comments. >>> the largest study of a popular herbal remedy may not settle any questions. researchers at the university of wisconsin reporting that people who took echinacea took a placebo. the people who took echinacea reported feeling better a few hours earlier than the other patients. >>> california health officials say few you he -- fewer people are lighting up nationwide but progress to cut down on smoking is larger in one a bay area c ity. in 2008, 2% lower smokers a

washington d.c. . the wiki leaks founder has been granted bail by a british court but with strict conditions will stay in jail until another hearing in the next two days as swedish prosecutors are repeating the bell decision so-called wants to extradite him to answer questions of a rape allegations which he denies sweden's chief prosecutor canceled a previous arrest warrant saying there was no reason to suspect that he committed the assault the wiki leaks side still operating and continues to publish confidential american diplomatic cables journalist afshin rattansi told me the most essential thing is that the website is still operating. everyone thought that he had one of the one with his bail application but his mother left the board everyone left the goods and then it's urns out to appeal the decision the crown prosecution service here automatically has to act on the swedish authorities decision and now it seems like he's one bail but he's going to be in jail for forty eight zero is very confusing s

washington d.c. to place that demonstrates both ends of the economic spectrum you've got politicians who work only half as much as the rest of the country and yet they make more money than most you have a lobbyist who make their living off of those politicians but you also have people who are working hard day and night in the exact same study but who are barely able to keep food on the table christine has the story. it is a tale of two cities although it's just one city. washington d.c. or lobbyist fat cats keep getting fatter working to get laws passed to fill their own pockets i think extending all of the current tax rates and making them foam and it will reduce the uncertainty in america. that's on the menu today. macaroni and cheese care was a strange thing while homeless shelters like central union mission are busier than ever keith allen spends his days in the kitchen cooking food but spends much of the last few years looking for food often against tough competition rats will be looking for foo

look at washington, d.c., roanoke, picking up snow. but philly will pick up a bare, little light flake here. we'll go through all of this weather and tell you what's expected over the next few weeks when we come back. george? >> sam, thanks. >>> we're going to washington now. big announcement for president obama today. he'll say we're making tentative progress in the afghanistan war, when he releases his official war review strategy this morning. but there are new signs it will be a hard sell with the american people. a new abc news poll shows a record 60% of americans say that the war in afghanistan has not been worth fighting. that means the afghan war is now as unpopular as the iraq war under president bush. jake tapper is at the white house. we've seen early reports on this review. it's a carefully-conditioned headline of progress. the president says specific components of the strategy are working well. and they're just operational gains. >> reporter: that's exactly right. and the headline in this review is that all of the gains th

on is in washington d.c. keeping across developments for us according to the senate rules by the end of wednesday they just have to vote this is what they agreed on yesterday the path.

it is frozen tundra of washington d.c.t only are the political views at a stalemate, so is a lot of weather because it's frozen right now. beautiful picture of the capitol. closer to home, heavenly, courtesy resort sports network. a lot of snow and empty chair lifts but that won't be the case come tomorrow. a lot of family heeding that way and driving up to one of the strongest snowstorms we've seen in a while. back home i love this shot from mount tamalpais this time of the year with the angle of sun and the shadows. shows the dimensions of the hills and mountains as we look back to san francisco. let's talk about temperatures and we're running 41 san rafael. still a little foggy. you see fog still in the central valley and that will hang around for a couple more hours. around the monterey bay and inland upper 40s to about mid-50s. afternoon high clouds. our last complete dry day. tonight cloudy, not quite as cool. a few sprinkles for the morning commute but the wet weather hangs around through wednesday. let's take a loo

not having washington d.c. mandating from on high this one-size-fits-all whether it is health care or education or transportation policy, those can best be addressed at the state level. frankly, they can be done more efficiently, more effectively, and we can help save washington substantial amounts of money in the process as well. yes, sir. in the back. >> thai. them with the huffington post. george w. bush is doing a lot of media tours for his book. of wondering if you could reflect a little bit on the menu was your predecessor in the governor's office and also head of the republican party for years. talk about the need for republicans to reclaim the loss the prejudice of the past. to that extent to the steps in the bush administration? >> i want you to read the book, first off. i'm going to refer you to that. republicans are not unscathed. democrats, republicans, the supreme court of get on my radar screen. you know, the purpose of been launched. they hit those targets. look. there is nobody perfect in this.

but many washington, d.c., sen richl means -- that sounds so noble.s a practical problem solver. >> it is noble. it's me. there you go. >> but that's not what they mean by that term in washington, d.c. what they mean is this place -- and there is only -- by the way, the definition i'm going to give you is something that is believed in two parts of american life. one is the sort of pundit high pauk kra see, political science departments of the nation. >> i'm going say something here. talking about cetrism in washington is irrelevant. centrists don't have an ideology because we don't have an ideology. >> the democratic party has been very much in that middle and as the republican party has moved to the right, i want to use one example and that's what is on the table. it's the problem with the mechanics but the issue on the table is the tax cut. the democratic party is saying give a tax cut to everybody below 250. point to 500 and nobody would be terribly upset. 65% of the american public believes that. the republican party is holding us hostage in oppos

cams in washington d.c. as we've just seen keeping an eye on developments there going to good to see this evening ok well as yet still we're waiting to hear our way it's a kind of nail biting stuff i guess but at the moment still no vote but bad treaty is due to be approved very soon a very tense time it must be now in president obama's office i guess.

as ktvu's allison burns reports now from our washington d.c. newsroom, there are some pretty -- some new assessments of the war that are very harsh. allison, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning to you, dave. that's right. some classified intelligence estimates have been leaked to the press. they reportedly say the united states is not going to succeed in afghanistan unless pakistan does more to hunt down insurgents on the border. these intelligence estimates say the u.s. has made progress in key afghan cities, but pakistan must do a lot more to shut down lawless triable regions in the border. insurgents are crossing the border and planting bombs in afghanistan. the reports also say though that u.s. drone attacks on the border to take out al qaeda and taliban leaders are having an impact. president obama is set to release his policy review of afghan tomorrow. it's going to point to the progress and for troops to begin leaving next summer. >> we have seen through counterterrorism success at degrading senior al qaeda leaders. and we've s

a buzz word in washington, d.c. literally it means strong, healthy or hardy. >> used primarily to convey the rich and full bodied flavor of coffee. washington adopted this word, made it its own, used it and overused it to death. it's a crutch. >> all right. if -- >> your lexicon. >> he will not use it again. if you would like us to clarify it or try to end a word. that's another idea. we can end the usage of a word. >> we will have a robust debate about the word here on "daily rundown." if you live for performance, upgrade to castrol edge advanced synthetic oil. with eight times better wear protection than mobil 1. castrol edge. it's more than just oil. it's liquid engineering. if anything, i thought i'd get hit by a bus, but not a heart. all of a sudden, it's like an earthquake going off in your body. my doctor put me on an aspirin regimen to help protect my life. [ male announcer ] aspirin is not appropriate for everyone. so be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. to my friends, i say,

kristin fisher spent the morning tracking traffic and accidents in the washington, d.c. area. as drivers dealt with one of the first snowfalls of the season. >> reporter: after last year's snowmageddon, it seems that maybe dc drivers learned how to drive in the snow after all. you can see that most of the main roadways are free of any back backups, the snowplows and salt trucks have been out in full force throughout the morning, but i tell you what, the problem spots for drivers are still on many of the side streets where you can see the snow still covers most of the roadway. another problem spot early this morning was on the capital beltway. on the outer loop at connecticut, a car spun out and slammed in to the guardrail. the driver appeared to be okay. the same can't be said for his car. on the inner loop, at colesville, a truck driver spotted another car that had spun out. so he slowed down, put on his has areas and got hit from behind. the driver was taken though hospital with minor injuries. as for the truck driver he's perfectly fine. he has 30 years of experience drivin

even a winter weather add advisory for washington, d.c. expecting 1 to 2 inches of snow during the day today. here's a look at the radar. pink is where the ice is. that's been over lexington, louisville, cincinnati, mostly central and northern kentucky really the problem area for the ice. the snow has been prevalent around indianapolis, we already picked up about an inch or two and now that is starting to extend now moving into all of west virginia and eventually that will slide through areas of washington, d.c. and richmond, richmond could end up with 3 to 5 inches of snow out of this. after last year's blockbuster season, it's amazing we're already getting another storm. here's a look -- closer look at the radar, huntington, west virginia, all snow but freezing rain through kentucky. not quite seeing a lot of the snow hit the ground. the air is dry there but it'll moisten up and we will see it going up to roanoke and charlotte during the morning commute. d.c. to richmond as we go throughout probably the end of the rush hour more like mid

beautiful live picture on a cold thursday morning in washington, d.c. let's get a check on weather from nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> we got a little light snow heading for d.c. later today. not new york or boston. d.c. could pick up 1 to 2 inches. temperatures are plenty cold for that snow. chicago still in the 20s, new york to boston, the windchills are cold. not quite as bad as yesterday. winter storm warnings from kentucky all the way through west virginia and portions of virginia. washington, d.c. is under a winter weather advisory and snow, about 1 or 2 inches in indianapolis. ice storm overnight in lexington, louisville and cincinnati. a lot of dangerous driving especially the southern ohio valley and goes into the mid-atlantic. richmond could end up with 3 to 5 inches while d.c. only gets 1 to 20. know flurries philly, light snow in d.c. and the rest of the country is okay but definitely dangerous morn in the ohio valley. >> thanks so much. >>> sports now. have you heard? the new york knicks are actually kind of good. i've been a knicks fan

. >>> and coming up from washington, d.c. the senate plans the first vote today on president obama's tax cut deal with republicans. >>> good morning westbound 24 that traffic moving a long very nicely all the way up to oakland. we'll tell you more about the bay area straight ahead. , sea ro f t t.. ro fn-opooal..ko gr. i'a n ! ro fe ysexdo..ko gr. llev wt emo? >>> welcome back to the morning news. a vacaville teenager and brother remain in critical condition this morning following a horrifying attack. tara moriarty joins us from vacaville with the story. good morning tara. >> reporter: good morning pam. the victims were attacked while sleeping inside of their own house. right now the 13-year-old girl and 18-month-old brother are listed in critical condition. neighbors say they are stunned at what happened. one of the most shocking aspects of the story the person that attacked these children is a child himself. just before 3:00 in the morning yesterday a 14-year-old boy got into the house on ballsome way. >> unfortunately the

most of it to the south and east of the washington, d.c. area. we did see some of the snow throughout the i-95 corridor. but down toward fredericksburg, some areas picking up over an inch of snow. same thing with the northern ne and other portions of northern maryland, picking up some snow. only about one to two hours of snow but it was enough to provide a litt bit in the way of some accumulation. especially on those grassy surfaces. the temperatures, 32 degrees. the windchill of 19 with those winds out of the wes northwest at 22. but gusting upwards of 30 to 40 miles an hour. we are going to see a very cold night and a very cold air mass over the next couple days. 28 right now. actually 26 right now in sterling. 30 toward quantico. look at the windchills. frederick, maryland, 15. hagerstown at 9, the windchill in sterling, ten degrees. this is the kind of windchill we're going to be dealing with oh the next couple of days. overnight, i think we could see windchills in the single digits as we see our storm system continue to move off. in behind i

that's send citizens to washington d.c. -- washington, d.c. they really do want to hear from us. i have another list of ideas that i would like to present to you. i will not take your time now. so my respectful and more urgent request, if you could get to make and use them to get a phone call as soon as possible to rep gutierrez's office and senator schumer's office to tell them how important it is to have comprehensive reform here and that it must include our gay and bi-national couples. we need to ensure he receives the message from san francisco this week or it might be too late, that lgbt families matter equally and there is no comprehensive immigration reform until we are all included. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. it takes a lot of courage to share your experiences and put a human face on the immigration issue, so you are an inspiration to us. to our panelists, we are going to shorten the questions because i want to be sensitive to you want to speak. the commission has asked that we set aside public speaking time. to our panelists, after hearing the testimony from the

there were living from washington, d.c. up to boston and to cleveland and chicago, detroit, all the way to los angeles. anywhere but the south. tavis: the period you're talking about happens to be america in the king years. it covers part of the king years. one does not think of it that way. when you think of dr. king fighting for justice and equality and the rights of black folk, you think of them in the south. it is fascinating to think that while he was leading this movement, negroes were getting out of the south. >> see have the exposure to the freedom of the north and that was in the early 50's. he met his wife in the north. that even -- there is a connection there between the great migration, he was part of the great migration four times and he went back for that moment of truth in the south. tavis: were there folks like him who escaped the south for whatever reason and felt called back? >> most did not. most left and the lead for good. some of them changed their name and they did not look back. which is why the story

the small catholic school in washington, d.c.ds teens who are inspired to succeed despite the challenges they face, many from single parent or no parent homes. the school's main focus? give them the support they need to go to college. >> i know some teachers here stay until 6:00 or 7:00 at night helping us with our work. >> >> reporter: all the hard work in the classroom is really just the beginning. what better way to change your perspective on life than to change your location? a place like this law firm, where the possibilities are overflowing. >> reporter: the law firm is just one of a long list of international companies that employs the students, and helps to pay up to 60% of their tuition. >> my freshman year i worked in accounting. my sophomore year i worked in r r. my junior year any testimony and my senior year in conference services. >> reporter: the teens are have not just answering -- not just answering phones. >> blackberries are connecting. i activate them and work on imaging, computers. >> reporter: having the tru