that was the west point glee club singing the west point alma mater.ets are thinking about the emotional reunions as they go back to each of the 50 states, to 33 different countries around the world. >> it's time to remember those who have gone before them. the thousands of americans celebrating the holiday far from home. this reminds us of soldiers serving in harm's way. and to be away from the united states in the holidays. we never forget the sacrifice. >> walking through the post, the holiday spirit is palpable. if home work, quizzes, tests getting ready for finals. you are far away and not with your real family but people around you make it feel like holidays. it's beautiful. a rare moment when you realize the people around you like 4,000 with us are a family. ♪ ♪ >> there is a december tradition that everyone looks forward to. >> every year cadets have a holiday dinner they get dressed in the uniform. the washington hall will be decorated beautifully. >> washington hall is no ordinary dining hall. >> all eat in the dine hall for every meal. >> th

south and west. moderate rains between hagerstown and cumberland and breezewood, hancock up toward breezewood. a lot of yellow on the map here in the washington region extending down into charles county and prince george's county. with the heaviest rains right on top of d.c. now and east along route 50 going out toward 301 where they come together. it is coming down from woodmore headed up into the bowie area as well. bowie is up here. fedex field up toward andrews and upper marlboro is coming down. even back inside the district, we've got moderate to occasionally heavy rain. it is a warm morning. look at the temps. 57 at national. many areas still 60, 61 degrees. we'll see the temperatures dropping off this afternoon behind a cold front which extends north and west of us. all of this rain, you could sort of make out low pressure coming through memphis. as this thing comes across, it is bringing the moisture. cold air with it and you've got the race going on. several hour window with the cold air and

west. we need to be certain that we are encouraging who become aware of these cases in the medicaid program to bring them forward. this administration has done an admirable job stepping up fraud detection in the medicaid and medicare programs. however, understand that there have been a number of recommendations made by gao that intends to address this issue but have not yet been adopted. i look forward to exploring the invitation that cms and hhs has so we can work together to further prevent undercover and recovered payments in the medicaid system. thank you, mr. chairman, for this hearing. i look forward to working with you come in and i yield back the balance of my time. 64, mr. towns. i enjoy it to the chairman of the subcommittee on the district of columbia census and national archives. the distinguished gentleman from south carolina. >> thank you, mr. chairman. today the committee will hear from richard west with firsthand knowledge of how the commit programs are brought it and how th

blue ridge west, low to mid-50s now. these counties in green under a flood watch, includes shenandoah valley and parts of west virginia as well as the nearby suburbs in washington, northern virginia, and in maryland. all those areas could get up to two inches of rain that may cause creeks and streams to come out of their banks. also, the winter weather advisory, all these counties in lavender, including montgomery county, loudoun, northern fauquier, points west and north. that area could get one to three inches of snow overnight. temperatures throughout the day will slowly drop down into the 40s later this afternoon with occasional rain and changing to snow tonight. a look at your evening planner. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> traveling in montgomery county, tricky, tricky situation. first problem, dale drive is closed at georgia avenue and also closed at colesville road. this is due to a downed tree that also brought down some wires. excuse me. fire activity shuts down eastbound university boulevard. this

maryland and west virginia. that one goes until 7:00. if that's not enough. as we get into the nighttime hours tonight, as the colder air works in, winter weather advisories will go into effect north and west of town for montgomery and howard counties, over toward loudoun and northern fauquier and points west into the park and the shenandoah valley. up along route 70 out into the west. in garrett county, these folks are under warmer warnings for later on today and tonight. first thing's first, our bus stop forecast this morning, rainy and mild. actually in the 50s and 60s now. temperatures will be dropping today. don't let the little ones go out without a heavier coat. sunrise at 7:13. our day planner, wet, wet and wet. 50s this morning. lower 50s. in faction, we may see temperatures dropping into the 40s this afternoon. i have a feeling some of the temps could be even colder than what we're showing. north winds at 10. bigger key will be the factor we'll be quite wet. you're looking at the regional radars with t

out to the west and the blue ridge, the shenandoah valley, out to the mountains of west virginia, that flood watch until 7:00 p.m., rains are going to end earlier there. the rains, while they're in a little bit of a lull now, you can see the batch we had this morning, lifted north. off to the west, still a lot of yellow and orange on the map. that's heavy rain and then you're starting to see some purple and pink and blue mixing in. that's a wintry mix of snow as colder air is coming in from the north and west. we'll see some of the rain change to snow. right now, live doppler 9000 hd, light rains are scattered across the region. there hasn't been much. you get into southern st. mary's county and northern neck, it is warm and dry. across the metro, it is wet here. do have some more moderate rainfall up across portions of eastern west virginia, moving up toward hancock, paw paw, also between hagerstown and hancock, clear springs out this way. here's i-81, all lifting off to the northeast. but the cold, that's going to come in slowly this afternoon and this evening. a look at the differen

, i'm sorry south and west of the metro. you'll be dealing with slick spots but no accumulating snow. you won't see that in the immediate area. we'll talk about how it plays out. >> here's what people were worried about yesterday and talking about today. the winter storm that moved up the east coast bringing our area heavy rain and colder temperature and strong winds. live along the beltway, good morning. >> reporter: good morning don and everyone. the weather seems to have cleaned up. there's the possibility of slick roads in baltimore county. >> snow hammered garrett county as soon from this traffic camera at interstate 68 in western maryland. it's part of a storm that moved through the state. >> we know it's wintertime now. that's why, we put up with it. >> north and west, drivers in union town pennsylvania were battling snow. >> this would be the first major accumulation at this point in the year. >> baltimore was pounded by rain last night. it fell too fast and furious for storm drains to handle. the highway administrat

to the north west of there, the amounts will go up and heading to pennsylvania and to the west. this amount could go up in the central part of pennsylvania. we will see that bull's eye zone to the north and west and then it will move out of here early tomorrow. we will be rid of that storm by the afternoon and the temperatures will really take a hit and more so over the weekend. we have already hit 62 and the temperatures will fall in the afternoon. it will go down to 32 and that will change over to snow. this will move out tomorrow and we are back at 46, that is eight for the high. below average heading into tomorrow and most of the forecast is close to or below average with the high in the 40s and overnight in the 40s. >> continuing this morning for you that drove home from work in the rain last night, you will drive to work in the rain. here is more from traffic control. >> that drive is causing a problem in the rain. several accidents, the last one on the east side of the beltway, on the outside loop, another accident on 97 north bound, watch for an accident in the city, tha

. >> a last-minute plea to stop a west coast port shutdown. the march happening right now. >>> crews rushed to clean up a toxic spill on the cal campus. the concerns that it could harm the bay. >>> you want to grab the umbrella as you're heading out this morning. showers in the forecast. i will tell you how long they're going to last coming up. >> wet roadways, including this live look, and near the dublin interchange, westbound 580, plus tell you why there could be bart delays later on this morning. all coming up. >>> and good morning, everyone. it is monday. time to get up and tackle your workweek. december 12. i'm frank mallicoat. >> it is tough on a monday. >> i'm grace lee. it is 5:00 a.m. we begin with shutting down the ports. the goal of occupy protesters on the west coast today. >> it is a big day. gil diaz is in oakland where protesters plan to march to the port in just about a half hour. he joins us with more, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right, the protesters were told to organize right behind me at the west oakla

of lincoln, just west from ninth avenue.was built to help service people who were working on the big winter fair. they are still hoping the neighborhood. >> it is an offshoot of the 1892-8093 columbian exposition in chicago. when they were done, san francisco said bring it here. >> that is the chicken ranch. the building to the east of that is the chicken ranch, and you can see beyond to the west all sand dunes and hollows and gullies. that is one of the row houses we were talking about. as late as 1910, there were crackdowns and vice raids on road houses all the way to the prohibition. people would to the west side of town to get a drink and to kind of escape public scrutiny. [laughter] >> that is a good way to say it. >> that is the racetrack grandstand. >> that is huge. >> opening day in 1895 through 14,000 people. they put a train line to it. they had a street car line. it was a big deal in those days, horse racing was. >> reason really interesting progress about car bill. tell us about what cargo was. >> in 1895, adolph

around portions of west virginia and just to the west in winchester, virginia and leesburg, thunderstormstoo. we'll zoom into one area around quantico and waldorf. they are seeing heavy rain right now and thunderstorms could see strong storms there. this is the area, look at the red right here coming into portions of western loudoun county. thunder and lightning in jefferson keown ty and hagerstown. there was a strong line of showers and thunderstorms moving through. on the backside, winchester, 37 degrees with snow reported. they have seen thupder snow in the panhandle of west virginia. leesburg, you will see the line come through you in a half hour to 40 minutes. winds could gust 30 to 40 miles per hour. not a lot of snow from this. a quick hitting snow with snowfall rates of one to two inches per hour to the west of washington. two to three inches toward winchester. higher elevations along the blue ridge could pick up four to five inches. that includes portions of frederick county and northeastern portions of gaithersburg. one to two inches there. a dusting around washington, d.c. not

especially in the west oakland area. let's kick it over to elizabeth and find out what is going on. >> reporter: we will go right out to chopper 5. it sounds like the marchers are basically going down 7th street right now. as you mentioned, they have left the west oakland bart station and headed toward the port. and that is near 7th and maritime. that distance is about a mile and a half. so this is likely going to take them at least a half hour or so. and you can see there is a large group. so that street is pretty much blocked off. these are rolling closures, for a while, the northbound 880 ramp to 7th street was blocked by police. so again, protesters, the police presence, and there is a lot of -- some protesters presence and police as well closer toward the port. we can actually see them there. with their picket signs. this is just an ongoing situation. we expect delays, possible closures throughout the day actually. we can let you know, bart was never impacted, even though there was a cloud gathered there for a while

i mean here, very west, as in silicon valley. if there's one thing that seems to illustrate the power of the killer apps today, it's the extraordinary way in which that part of the west, the western most part, remains the cutting edge of innovation. it's a combination of competition and science, and actually a system that protects intellectual property rights pretty well. at all of those things in mind that produces the extraordinary transformation of communication that is perhaps the biggest story of the last 20 years. >> host: don't you think that there is another side to that? one being, i mean, it's a wonderful thing, but the idea that you can just go and pluck out a factoid, which you can very easily now with all of the digital tools we have, but not really know anything about anything about what lies, about what lies behind the. >> guest: the problem we have is weekend -- this vast data jump that happens every single day is at once and opportunity but a massive challenge. our partners, our brains are not that different. my

also eight minutes on that outer loop west side from 795 to i-70. >>> amateur athletic union is set to announce changes to its policy. the announcement comes after a sexual abuse investigation started in tennessee around the former president. if you look at the timeline of events penn state, syracuse, now this. >> reporter: that's right. they have a lot of things going on today, and we'll get to it. the aau called a news conference in jearld today, it's expected to announce the formation of two task forces to look at the internal protocols and policies for athlete safety. memphis police say investigators are trying to follow up on allegations that ex-aau president bobby dodd molested children 30 years ago but they have not yet received a formal victim complaint. investigators have received information from the aau about accusations but are not saying whether they are investigating one or several. the interim president of the aau spoke about what the organization did after reports first surfaced on espn. >> like syracuse and citadel we acted immediat

well but i was imposing more section sanctions on the country what is the ultimate goal that west is trying to achieve there in your opinion. i think. we know that estate appreciation should begin in the west is not really good after all it is one of the most important islamic republic of iran and we know it's not a couple of here i mean the west is very high and of course what the international you want to do is take away syria from the axis you're not there for the orderly harmony interesting here is a weakening syria or maybe weakness and some sort of regime change in syria but the thing is that i think the west tries to get what the west is trying to do the weakness and sort of smooth transition towards a kind of regime which is more friendly to the heaters of the west but that's not so for their more focus going to pressures and science shows rather than trying to find any kind of military intervention but i wouldn't be surprised if there are reports very pliable reports that mediate western countries or even turkey are helping needed her elements will swap effect from security

three to six inches, areas far to our west in that dark blue zone.er blue zone, northern suburbs, northern montgomery county, loudoun down to blue ridge, one to three inches. higher amounts up on the ridges. and washington just maybe a dusting in the nearby suburbs west and north of washington, including northwest washington, on grassy areas mainly. the road temperatures are all above freezing. then tomorrow cold and blustery winds. we'll have this cold, dry, but sunny weather continuing all the way into the weekend and first part of next week. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> if you're traveling in montgomery county, we have breaking news at this time. if you're taking dale drive, we have a downed tree. with it, the tree brought down some wires as well. right now we have dale drive closed at georgia avenue and also closed at colesville road. be careful as you're making your commute traveling in that area. if you're traveling the beltway still in montgomery county, seeing that accident just before the connecticut avenue exit

there were no union representation for the 35,000 or so black west indians.nd earlier in the construction period the steam shovel men went on strike and the chief engineers took a hard stance against them and they said basically you're fired. there will be no strikes and so the unions represented some of the skilled workers and they worked hard to represent them but the focused more on the lobbying in washington, d.c. and trying to make sure that congress passed the math to become measures that would support their work. >> some 35,000 or so west indian african descent workers, how many white americans work on the can now? >> about five or 6,000 white american men. they were skilled workers working as railroad engineers, conductors, firemen, machinists carpenters, that sort of thing. >> go back to the gold and;;; silver pay.;;;;;;; just the white workers would get paid in gold and the others would get paid in silver? what did that create? >> that created a system in the canal that meant the white skilled workers on the gold were very much privilege

this morning we have rain looming to the west. the raider is showing another weather disturbance moving in from the west -- the radar is showing. today we will be dealing with increasing clouds as this crosses the mountains. yesterday, we had -- some of you had a trace of precipitation and snow, some light flurries. at the airport, no precipitation was officially measured. not even a trace. 41 was the height yesterday at the airport. we should be able to do much better than that today. 37 in annapolis. edgewood, 31. frederick, 28. far westerns out in maryland. there are some clouds to the south of us. up towards the maryland line, skies are clear. there is a warm front coming in from the west. here's the next disturbance. very similar to the last one that went through. if you look into the pacific northwest, there is another disturbance coming off the pacific ocean. they are kind of lineup and wedding to zoom across the -- waiting to zoom across the jet stream and, our way. the cold air is over eastern canada right now. we see som

they are not able or capable to the west i'm talking about the west and the nato to interfere militarily because they will be defeated if they attempted and they were attempting to stage from turkey. and bring western military intervention some of them one is going into in the guise to start a civil war so do it would be a pretext and the plan is to really to cripple syria but there is no one is interested in which americans are unwilling and regular and parents grandparents going to harris go ahead. i just like to say that no i don't think anyone in the syrian opposition is asking for a western military in that venture not even a military intervention all that's being requested is a human who some believe there is a should something monetary and they ask we're really worried that this can i think can i please finish it's a humanitarian corridor also that injured protesters who cannot go to the state hospitals because they're infiltrated by regime thugs who kidnapped them tortured them and even now there are so. thank you gentlemen we're going to jump in here once you start violating a c

policy in particular and the west in general because and of the pretext of protecting civilians they bombed. libya and they destroyed libya and they they are after the wealth ok of libya and we're going to talk about the use of force here because i think it's very interesting going to tell me in paris here i mean the the arab league is demanded that assad withdraw his military and security forces from the cities and that the no no violence should be used against civilians but it is same time i there's no i read very carefully they don't say anything about the opposition there's no condemnation of the use of violence on the side of the of the protesters because you know out of four thousand deaths though it's been documented at least one thousand one hundred of them our troops i mean this is a civil war and why should the arab league be getting involved in a civil war. i think one of the things we should mention is that among the four thousand have been reported to have been killed they exclude. syrian troops in general so these are excluded from these troops of course it's unfortunat

. >>> a look at tonight's top sisters eric west minister woman -- a west minister woman no longer living in her home. neighbors in their community say they saw crews working on the home recently but didn't realize nol the show, hoarders aired, just how about the situation was. they found seven cats inside, and ended up hauling out 8,000 pounds of feces. >>> today is world aids day. nearly 30 million people have died from the disease since 1981. ceremonies were held legally across the country, by president obama, former priz bush, and other celebrities. >>> the entire east coast this afternoon, and evening, showing not a cloud in the sky. it's beautiful out today. and warmer if you were out in the sunshine. temperatures cooling off right now. temperatures 41 in glenwood, flirting with the 30s west of town. chester county 43. port mead about 45. the rest of will fall through the 40s, quickly into the 30s. we talk about how things change into the weekend and beyond in a few minutes. >>> the worst wind evening for southern california in a decade. and it's causing hurricane force winds to gus

by i don't think a lot of shoveling but for well west, hagerstown west. colder air will be felt through the day tomorrow, the brief chance of a mixed pass, two, three in the morning, whole thing blows out but watch for slick spots on the morning drive and as we take a look at the forecast overnight the flash flood watch continuing then the winter weather advisory kicking in after nine. tomorrow 62 with rapid clearing tomorrow night down to 28, clear and very cold, the seven day forecast essentially a rapid clear out. after the four, five in the morning tomorrow we are done, sun comes out, another cold shot on saturday, it looks like it'll be a cold one for the ravens on sunday. >> the season of giving. we know that and the officers play santa to the kids here today. afters escorted kids to the target and mall for holiday shopping picked out gifts for their families and themselves. target provides each kid with a gift certificate and an officer helps them spend it. you know those same police will help us out for the 13th yearly toy drive. already underway.

the west for ignoring atrocities committed by opposition groups who aim to create a humanitarian catastrophe in the country. the former ukrainian prime minister supporters have stormed the building where yulia timoshenko seven year jail term for power abuse. international news and comment live from moscow twenty four hours a day this is. present a. promise that all reports of violations during russia's recent parliamentary poll will be looked into he made the comments as he met with leaders of the parties elected to the state duma well for more let's talk to. live from central moscow sara what else is present event of said at the meeting and how has the post-election situation been developing in russia while he was talking with the other leaders of the party that made it into the dream of course. the communist party. and the liberal democratic party now we heard of of course addressing the concerns of the election. he once again reiterated that all these claims are going to be fully investigated now we also heard him talking about the part of the opposition again to have to play in the. sayi

west. ms. west you can share your testimony. >> thank y chairmanplatt, chairman gowdy, ranking member towns, ranking member davison to sing which members of the subcommittee for inviting us to discuss medicaid fraud. i represent richard weston the medicaid fraud lawsuit that resulted in the $150 million settlement with maxim. for the past 20 years i have fosed on bringing cases such as mr. west's to recover money the government has lost to fraud. i'm also t author of a book on the subjecpublished by the american bar association entitl advising the whistleblower. and examining accountability of medicaid, it's helpful to look at the process we followed in bringing mr. west's fraud lawsuit. as he we should have a number of hours maxim had built medicaid exceeded significantly the number he received. in addition, we give the government permission mr. west had learned in discussion of various nurses that led him to believe maxim was doing it on purpose. receive 60 days and if he needed more time he

aggressive settlement policy threatens to split the jewish state from its west. no real political goal what's the view of doctors from the palestinian israeli peace and. the whole idea of punishing the palestinians by building another one thousand units in major was a live issue was of him and the west bank is a big mistake from the point of view of the israeli interest it is the direction that this government is taking and that they were action is to work. against the palestinian demands of stopping all settlement buildings but more so i'm afraid that it works also against the israeli interest. i will friends our allies in your. building in united states can save you a clue and now the day against you settlement building on a large extent building this is not the time neither to have a fight with the europeans or with the americans and r.t. don't come tonight our website from festivities this independence day turns deadly and stars have been reporting over the last couple of days with an angry mob burning dozens of buildings as their industrial action goes on i

there's a photo of the west indian workforce in the canal zone.nd that's biracial -- biracial approach but u.s. workers on the so-called gold road, paved in gold, and black workers from the west indies were on the super bowl, paid in so for. life was very different for those two groups, but a lot of what's fascinating about the canal zone is that so many workers didn't quite fit into that black versus white structure. for example, the spaniards, fascinating group. the u.s. imported about 6000 spaniards to work on the canal, thinking they would prod the black workers to work harder. in fact, they did have a lot of energy, but in ways that complicated life for goethals and the other officials. they were classified as nonwhite, or sometimes called, referred to as colored or semi-white workers. they were excluded from the white hotels and cafeterias, excluded from white dormitories. in the spaniards were very angry about that. and they mobilized and engaged in anarchists movement. you know, as the labor historic and women in the archives, i'm interest

back to the west, though. also an area of very heavy rain coming down into frederick county, virginia. across the panhandle of west virginia and portions of maryland. heavy rain out there now. to the west, this is very heavy snow. i wouldn't be surprised to see the rain/snow line inch closer over the next several hours. the rest of us along i-95, this will be all rain through 10:00 tonight. i'll break it down for you in a minute. the main storm system is here. watch it start to spin. it's right in here. there are thunderstorms ahead of it. temperatures in the 70s ahead of it. temperatures in the 30s behind it. we are talking about a flood warning in effect. numerous flood warnings until 8:00. some around culpeper. a lot of flooded roadways out there. give yourself extra time and turn on the lights. winter storm advisories. these in the purple are winter weather advisories. parts of howard county, loudoun county, if not all of loudoun county and points to the west. winter storm warnings in effect to the west of

there is a heavier bulk of rain off to the west -- west actually and southern portions of west virginia. all of this moving to the northeast. this frontal boundary slips southward and as it does, rain showers continue to move along it. we will have more rain later on today and even for a couple of days. that will kind. get caught up in the mid- atlantic. the jet stream pushes eastward. that is partly responsible for allowing some of that colder air to move into the eastern portions of the united states although again, with the position of the jet stream, where it is going to lay for the next couple of days, it gets colder air clous but it also prevents the super cold air from moving in to our region. today, we'll see a temperature right around 60 degrees again. so the forecast is a rainy day. periods of rain, mostly showers, light rain. 60 for your high. wind will be out of the south about 10-mile per hour. then for tonight, more rain, light winds. winds become southwesterly, five to 10 miles per hour. 50degrees for your overnight low. five-day forecast, tomorrow, not as mild but still

we'll go to the west side of town.o problems to report on the dulles toll road coming in from leesburg, route 7 is pretty much the same story. 123 in the tysons area. 66 as well. south side, everything is running inside the beltway at the speed limit as you head up in toward the district. live look at the american legion bridge. on the west side of town, just a bit of volume across the river. no problems leaving bethesda or tysons corner. let's go back over to the northbound side of 95. everything is running at speed and all lanes are open. no problems to report at all up into springfield and last live look at 395 at edsall road inside the beltway at 395, planning to head up to the 14th street bridge, looking good as well into downtown. coming up, we'll take a look at maryland at 5:38. back to you guys. >> as u.s. troops complete their withdrawal from iraq, there is new violence there this morning. >> a roadside bomb exploded in central baghdad killing two policemen and wounding five other people. iraqi police say it a

sanctions on syria and one sided pressure just don't work russia's foreign minister condemns the west for ignoring atrocities committed by opposition groups who he says aim to create a humanitarian catastrophe in the country. and crowds of the former ukrainian prime ministers of supporters have stormed the court building where yulia timoshenko seven year jail term for power abuse is being appealed. now just after seven pm here in moscow you're watching with me rule received shite president dmitri medvedev has promised that all reports of violations during russia's recent parliamentary poll will be looked into he made the comments as he met with the leaders of the parties elected to the state duma. small from central moscow. they oversee made mention to the concerns a violation of violations he said once again that all these claims are going to be fully investigated and he will say stake if the role of the opposition again he has to play in the need to be saying that they should have. a committee we know cool so you know it's a russian losing their parliament she would your seat at the

a man was murdered in west baltimore. he was shot wednesday night on west garrison avenue. two masked man pushed the victim into his home and demanded money. police are hoping more witnesses will come forward. >> due to the time that this occurred, we're hopeful -- we have spoken to some individuals concerning this incident. there are more that witnessed this and will come forward. >> the victim was well-known to city police officers. his death marks the 196th side in the city this year. >> there was a fire at a south baltimore grocery store. this was on south hanover street on noon on thursday appeared the building was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived on the scene. they were able to bring it under control. everyone inside was able to make it out safely. a girl remains in critical condition after an explosion in rosedale. she and two other teenagers had been stoking a fire when one of them poured gasoline on the flames. they were suffering from burns. fire officials are hoping others will avoid this potentially fatal mistake. >> if you're having a hard tim

and west of that, it's snowing. charleston, west virginia, up to pittsburgh, and it's light rain across virginia. that will probably increase in intensity as we get into the afternoon. we were around the low 60s around dawn this morning, and now it's in the 50s throughout much of the area and in the mountains it's dipped down into the 40s and down in the 30s further to the west. rain heavy at times, and flooding likely. and then this evening, we will get that rain changing over to some snow in the metro area around 9:00, 10:00 tonight and earlier than that further to the west by midnight. three to six inches in the far western maryland area, and that mostly on grassy areas, and melting on roadways, and just a dusting perhaps for northwest washington nearby suburbs along the interstate corridor, along grassy areas. and the cold and dry weather will be here, thursday, all the way into next week. that's the way it looks now. >> all right. >>> danella, what is traffic looking like now? >> busy as well. flooding is causi

wall street movement is rocking the boat this time they're trying to shut down ports up and down the west coast with one simple message for the us government shape up or ship out. they want to be able to have freedom of speech but they don't want the freedom to interfere with them and anyway and it looks like the freedom of assembly might not be so free here in the u.s. thanks to over excessive police force so as raid after raid continues to happen at occupy protests r t asks whose interests are police really protecting and serving. and while police forces play dirty and president obama is trying to play nice with iraqi prime minister al maliki today and trying to coerce him away from the so-called dark side another country on america's long list of enemies iran but that is easier said than done so eight years and billions of dollars later what did the u.s. actually achieve in the iraq war. it's monday december twelfth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm christine and you are watching our t.v. . let's begin with the latest moves in the occupy wall street movement over the weekend two camp

cold out to the west. temperatures tomorrow will be chilly all around here, as well. low 40s, at best by mid-day, and then getting colder even tomorrow night. so just keep that extra layer handy. i want to see your sweater vest tomorrow. >> are you a snowboarder or a skier? >> more of a border. >>> your holiday greeting there just warms my heart. >> sitting by the fireplace. here we go. >> hey, we'll see you tomorrow. have a great night.

those clouds should push in from the west. you can see some clouds mainly to the south and west of th d.c. we have a high pressure system moving in. the latest storm continues to push in. very calm weather and then we start to talk about our next storm system. it is bringing in some milder air to the eastern half of the nation and a slight chance with some precipitation. traveling is not a problem. sunshine in denver. we could see a wintry mix late friday night into saturday morning. a week storm pushes in. temperatures will stay above freezing on saturday morning. if we do see any snow, it is not likely to accumulate. a high of 51 on new year's eve. >> not bad on the roads. we will update you. good news in glen burnie. dogwood road, the accident is gone. there was also a downed pole. icy conditions in rosedale because of a water main break along philadelphia road. 11 minutes on the outer loop north side. not seeing the level of volume we normally see. eight minutes on the inner loop from 75 to the 83's. this is baltimore nati

we mentioned the showers out to the west. the lack of clouds on the eastern shore, denton, dover, centreville, even cecil county has a few scattered clouds. the west of the bay, northwest carroll county, frederick county, northwest frederick county, virginia, there's a sprinkle or shower activity in the east. the metropolitan area, enough to dampen the pavement a little bit. we'll be done with that for a while. thursday, the last disturbance that went through produced flurries. we're warmer than that right now. the forecast to take out the old and bring in the new in a minute. >>> this morning, a harford county teacher who allegedly claimed she was dying of cancer is now being accused of fraud. >> people making the accusation, other employees saying the teacher wasn't sick at all. i-team reporter barry simms has the story. >> a school employee that became suspicious of the teacher contacted the deputies who alleged charges are pending. deputies have not released the teacher's name. >> concern for the teacher at bakerfield ele

maybe even a stray shower north and west. winds will be pretty light out of the southeast around 5 miles per hour. seven-day forecast looking toward the weekend in the next five. right now, here's monica. >> live look at 270. we've been telling you about this accident on the southbound side of 270 in germantown right after father hurley boulevard closer to route 118. it is a confirmed fatal accident. that means it is going to be there for awhile. maryland state police are on the scene. we'll give you all of the information as it comes in. we will also keep you posted on this situation coming up next at 6:18. back to you guys. >>> the penn state alleged abuse case will be back in the spotlight tomorrow. two administrators will be in court accused of failing to properly report the suspected abuse. the case is one of the stories making news now at 6:12. in a surprise move tuesday, former assistant football coach jerry sandusky waived his right to a pretrial hearing. he would have confronted the men accusing him of abuse. he is d

this is a live view of 70 west of the beltway. east and west bound looking good. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> 3 people have to be rescued in charles village. crews were called to the scene on st. paul street just before midnight last night. three people were treated at the scene and released. homicide investigators are handily a late-night shooting in southwest baltimore. officers arrived on pratt street to find a male victim shot in the head. dozens of baltimore city police officers had to be called in to break up a brawl at a high school. it is not clear what led to the brawl. spectators were surprised by the number of people involved. >> there were caught up in the fight. >> both players and fans exchanged blows. no word on any injuries. a case of bullying. they claimed the school system did not do enough to protect the child. lowell melser has more on what the judge has thrown out. >> the attorney for the sullivan family says despite the outcome of this case, she is hoping that parents with kids will better know how to deal with bull

a storm system is approaching from the west. the temperatures are mostly above the freezing mark. 44 in annapolis. 39 in salisbury. the warm air is pushed in from the south. this comes in as a rain event. it is not cold enough to snow. highs around 40 in the mountains with rain beginning this morning. in baltimore, the rain could be heavy at times throughout the afternoon. 52 in southern maryland. 55 around ocean city. the showers and after the evening tonight. the wind will start to pick up behind this latest storm. 36 in baltimore. colder air pushes in for tomorrow. there's not a lot of cold air associated with this. some snow in indianapolis is mixing with rain. it will change over to it wintry mix. for us, this is a great event. we're talking heavier rain moving into baltimore through the afternoon. then we talk about a changeover to snow. garrett county will be a spot to see some snow tonight into early tomorrow. then the storm system moves off. in mostly dry a pattern ahead. from cumberland was, you could see some snow int

they are one game behind in the afc west. >>darya: san jose has now dropped six of their last eight games. despite that the sharks are only one spot out of first place. offs shift scott first outflow faugh >>darya: occupied protesters are trying to disrupt port activities. they're headed over to the port. we're looking down at hundreds of protesters. >>mark: in southern mexico, at least three people are dead after a 60.5 magnitude earthquake struck saturday evening. one person died after a rocket fell onto a car. here is a video shot during that the fateful off. the shaking lasted for about three minutes. fog faw >> this is a live look from the james lick freeway. highs in the mid '50s and we will keep things clear as we head into the overnight hours. we are not seeing anything organized. bits and pieces of moisture. in the north bay we have rain falling. in the east we did see light rain falling just south of brentwood. cuff temperatures this afternoon are mild. upper forties in some parts of the bay. in the north bay we hav

in terms of problems on the west side, we are in great shape so far this morning. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. the countdown is on for the contenders looking to be the republican contender for president. the gop hopefuls have set their sights on the hawkeye state. tara mergener is live with the latest. >> good morning. a short break for christmas. now the gop hopefuls are moving full steam ahead. a week before the first nominating contests, but polls show ron paul at the top of the pact with newt gingrich and mitt romney. >> i will do something to government. i will make it simpler and smaller and smaller. >> some experts think the deal could be sealed for paul next week. >> thank you very much. >> michele bachmann is hitting the road on the bus store. so are rick perry, gingrich, and mitt romney. rick santorum was in town. >> it was an opportunity for me to participate in a sport that is a popular one in the state of iowa. >> jon huntsman is not campaigning in iowa and is focusing his attention on new hampshire. >> thank you. let's talk more about the l

there's snow farther west of there. closer to us, just some rain, that area of moving green that is rain. scattered showers from west virginia into northern virginia, the district and maryland, advancing to the north and east. they'll be with us off and on into the afternoon. right now it is mild ahead of that cold front that's out in the midwest. it's in the 50s from the moun ta mountains to the atlantic beaches. for the day today our sunrise will be at 7:12. by then some more rain around as well as off and on through the rest of the day. passing showers are likely. highs reaching low to mid-60s by early afternoon. more rain tonight. a look at your evening planner in ten minutes. eun and joe? >> tom, thanks so much. >> thank you very much. >>> right now crews are cleaning up a tanker truck accident in bowie. route 3 is shut down in both directions at route 450. megan mcgrath is live on the phone with details. megan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. they were trying to get southbound lanes of route 3 open b

that would be earlier in the day farther west and north.ow you my snow accumulation map coming up in ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> if you're traveling 395 southbound, have an accident on the left side of the roadway. also seeing delays on 395, this time traveling northbound at duke. having an accident on the right side of the roadway. at least it's kind of on the right side. your delays continue on the 14th street bridge. 18 miles per hour, not good at all. if you're traveling i-270 south at father hurley, very slow bumper to bumper as you make your way towards the spur. those delays continue. joe and eun, back to you. >> 6:42. 59 degrees. >>> ahea[ baby coughing ]on [ coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] more pollution from power plants means more childhood asthma attacks. [ labored breathing ] there's technology that makes the air cleaner, but too many plants don't use it. we can't wait. epa must update power plant standards to protect our kids. [ baby coughing ] just a second. just, just one

the west is not engaged in war preparations just against iran which they have been they've invaded an occupied iran's two neighboring countries like afghanistan and on the one side and iraq on the other the west is engaged in a constant project of constant war and domination against all people who resist their domination so iran and syria are different from the cards and a clear conflict racial in goal for the whole middle east that this has the potential for growing but that is the agenda right now very clearly they want change all across africa libya was the start and look at the pacific and asia region the new the new troops new u.s. troops already sent from australia listen to clinton she is saying that the critical places for u.s. domination is not iraq and afghanistan but in asia what's emerging right now is a historic time for the next ten fifteen years where britain an american movie going down economically and militarily and they know china and russia are merging so they're really feeling that now is the crisis period to make sure that they can dominate as much as possible th