to the west, native americans, not so powerful. in fact, you know, it's during jefferson's presidencies that zebulon pike writes a report -- remember what he call that is great area of the west? he calls it the great american desert. with that powerless neighbor there, when it's time to remove them from the east -- area east of the mississippi river, move them to the west, where do we put them? in the great american desert. and ultimately the indians got the last laugh because they found oil in the early 20th century and they found casinos in the early 21st century. but jefferson understands that his vision of america, that it's going to have to have land. now, shortly after the war of 1812, he's writing to anntce ca john jacob astor. and he said that he looked forward with gratification to the time when the entirety of the pacific coast would be populated with free and independent americans. he believed it would be so. now, for jefferson and his supporters, what they saw was the west and the abundance of land created the opportuni

in the west, the middle class was the vanguard of change. they drove economic growth and pushed back against the absolute est.. the chinese state is much smarter than the monarchies of europe because the monarchies of europe tried to keep down the middle class. the communist party, the they are not particularly communist and agree to the middle class and make them stakeholders so if you were to talk to most entrepreneurs most professionals in china they don't want to change the system they are happy and that raises the question is this stable? if those with a wealth and power are able to change it and are happy with something like dead democracy, does that give moble staying power, and if the chinese can make decisions about the high-speed rail and the network about investment for the long run, the of the five-year plan, a ten year plan, and the united states, believe it or not, we have a lot of government agency but nobody is doing the long-range economic planning. that is why i think the china model if it is going to carry the day it isn't

right now the snow and rain generally along and west of interstate 79 in west virginia. this will be coming and increasing the coverage over the next few hours as it approaches us and to our north and west, winter weather advisories go into effect later this morning through this evening. let's go to monika samtani. it's 5:00 a.m. you've been really busy, almost as busy as me today. >> we're even today, howard. >>> we've got a live picture of a serious accident on the inbound side of new york avenue at florida avenue and a close- up look at what they're dealing with with a tractor-trailer and two cars involved and serious injuries as well. it's been there since just before 1:00 this morning and the investigation will continue again this morning. we'll take another picture live from the traffic land camera and show you the closure at florida avenue. you're going to need to plan early if you're one of those commuters inbound on new york avenue. i suggest that you just simplify things to the south of the accident. you wouldn't to go ahead and take bladensburg road as you hea

it is still out to the west and west virginia. and once it gets here, we will see some pockets of light or moderate snow falling. later tonight, generally temperatures will fall below freezing. anything that does fall even if it melts could kind of refreeze overnight. there you go. winter weather. it is february. >> as you mentioned too, north and west, that is where the heaviest parts will be. those people are used to dealing with it which is why some people are early. >> we've just been told fauquier county schools are now closed for today. >> they will get a couple of inches there. >> administrative offices we are hearing though are going to open on time. fauquier county schools are closed for today. of course, kids would be out there, buses would be out there maybe around the time this is rolling in. >> i think the thinking is it will arrive there by midday and they just want to -- >> all right, thank you. let's check in with julie now. >> we are talking about the weather that is going to move in for this affect's rush hour. l

and that's in part because the west hasn't been doing so well. we are seeing political polarization in the u.s., we're seeing fragmentation in europe, japan has been stuck in an economic recession for two decades, and a lot of that is the product of globalization. we are seeing jobs leave, we don't have as much control over economies as we used to, and so the broad middle classes in the west, in the u.s., europe and japan are not very happy, and they are saying to their governments, hey, help me. i don't like this situation. and those governments are finding it very hard to respond. and that's why we see in the united states trust in government is hitting historic lows. that's why in europe we see a renationalization of political life away from the european union, and all the while we see other models that are actually doing pretty well. state capitalism in china. they are growing at about 10% a year whereas the u.s. is stuck at around 2%, and they're not going to keep growing at 10%, but the success of their model does raise questions about whet

sunshine with a west wind at 10. lunch time sunny, 39. west winds at 11. wind chills are creeping up now. low, mid-30s. this afternoon better. southwest winds at 9. temperatures by 3:00, 43. around 46 or so here in town. by 6:00 clouds start to increase, 41. a few snow showers north and west of dc. the next half hour we'll talk about chances for rain before we get toward the end of the week. >>> the maryland women host another top ten team at the comcast center. >> the caps are trying to find a way to get better on the road. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. it is a given that a team's home record will be better than the record on the road. for the caps the difference between the two is the largest gap in the nhl. they are ranked fourth at home. but 26th on the road. rangers up 1-0 in the second until alexander simmons gets the slap shot. caps tie things up at one. then in the third, a pass from brandon to brandon. caps tried a late third but it wasn't enough. they fall to the rangers and fall tonight in the east. >> randy whitman the wizards are liste

of west virginia here. they've weakened. still though some rain we're talking about across parts of northern maryland, northern virginia in and around the baltimore area. heaviest stuff is north of leesburg and it's been coming out of winchester here up 522. this stuff is lighter than it was a half hour ago. that stuff has now moved east past charlestown into loudoun and frederick county, maryland, you can see it here from lovettsville up to jefferson and brunswick and thus coo or what. very, very quick movement on that and you'll notice very little if anything south of town. temperatures this morning they're on the chilly side north and west where we've got low 0s 234 leesburg at -- 40s in leesburg at 41. but d.c. south and east, now around 50. even 52 in college park. it's 45 in gaithersburg. 50 in springfield. outside on our michael & son weather camera, good visibility. it's pretty quiet out there this morning, we've got cloudy skies and 52 degrees. dew point's in the upper 40s and the air is getting mo

expect to be delayed on the west side.e 33 on southbound 95 from white marsh to the beltway northeast. you can see off the ramp from southbound 795 very heavy and those delays continue on the west side just past frederick road. captain roy is flying above 95 and you can see traffic is starting to pick up in the area of the baltimore-harford county line making unit southbound to the white marsh area. those delays will continue towards the beltway. the big problem is the west side. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava marie joins us live from lebanese taverna previewing a great event with food. >> never a bad thing to have food. we are talking about a fun event happening at harbor east. multiple restaurants participating in sip, savor, stroll. a chance to have an elegant stroll and to try out different restaurants and bars. this is an idea of some of the food that will be served. $45 pitch you a drink an appetizer at each of the restaurants. this looks beautiful. >> have something very traditional with chickpeas and o

our freeze line north and west of the city north and west of i-95. travelers are looking east, just wet conditions. as you go further north and west there could be reduced visibility and slicker areas. 30s, more snow showers, primarily rain to the east. we'll have much more on when the whole thing gets out of here coming up. >>> the calendar says february 8th and a wintery mix reminds you we are in winter. it slowed traffic to a crawl on 83. let's check in with joce sterman. what is it looking like tonight? >> reporter: it is not a crawl. we're not seeing that tonight. things are moving pretty quickly on 83 northbound, just a little slick, but nothing is sticking to the roads or the grass at this point. as far as the roads are concerned, we have the state highway administration to thank. they did a lot of the work while you were-- while you were sleeping. state highway crews and contractors lined up at the salt dome stocking up for potentially what was to become today and tonight. they're anticipating just needing salt and not plows, not expecting a

and what happened in west point, and, of course, this fact that some people left meant that west pointe stigma of traitorism, before and after the war for a long time. that had an enormous impact and development on military policy. >> that's an interesting concept. everybody fighting the same kind of war inspires sort of a draw or -- >> exactly. >> craig, on the naval side. >> yeah. there are two differents in the way annapolis graduates and west point graduates reacted to this war. john is correct in saying most west point graduates stayed with the union. all of the northern west point graduates stayed with the union and some, a few of the southern did, but most of the southern-born west point graduates ended up going with their states. now, there are obvious exceptions. john mentioned a couple. and george henry thomas is famous among virginians who stayed with the union. but ko contrast that to annapolis, most of the annapolis southern-born annapolis graduates stayed with the union. of course, i can make comparisons about how loyalty is perceived to the two institutions. >> right, ri

and west get a chance to stick on the roadways and surfaces, north and west sooner than the rest of the area. here is the forecast today lots of clouds snow, rain mix likely by this afternoon total accumulations, seeing a trace and three inches that would be the worst case scenario watching well off to the west and north for your daytime high, 40, snow showers, end tonight, parly cloudy a refreeze overnight tomorrow mornings commute might be a bit on the tricky side more details on the forecast in just a minute julie good morning. >> good morning tucker again just want to reiterate for folks that maybe haven't left home yet heading in toward the office maybe on your lunch break you may want to step out make sure you have plenty of wiper fluid and gas as well you don't want to get caught off guard. >> on the roads 395, coming across the 14th street bridge, lanes are open no trouble spots to report as you work across the potomac. traffic is heavy and steady, duke street to 14th street, coming across the anacostia bridges. northwest accident activity northbound, route 5 another crash r

the west. britain france where which basically goes completely disrespects national sovereignty of countries and goes in and tries to have this kind of knee jerk reaction to events and often that can cause far more problems than it actually resolves the bloodshed has been going on for almost a year in syria both the government and opposition so far refusing to lay down their weapons do you think there is room for a dialogue. well i mean just. i'm not necessarily a big supporter of dialogue in this situation i do support the syrian people's right to self-determination and i do think in this situation may have to be free force rather than necessarily a dialogue. but at the same time. what's happening is this kind of intervention is really looking at their own either the removal of diplomats from syria. the desire to own the free syrian army from the west and to basically support them to give them kind of sectioned off training areas where they can develop and strong opposition apart from the kind

mid-30s north and west. this afternoon we'll be driving home in snow but i'm thinking roads will stay mainly wet till late. more on that coming up in the next half-hour. >> thank you, howard. >>> sports time. caps are back in first place in the division. >> d.c. hosting florida. caps were already up 3-0 in the second period. alexander ovechkin with a snapshot in his second goal fort game. d.c. led -- goal of the game. d.c. led. capitals topped the panthers 4- 0. d.c. hosts winnipeg tomorrow night. >>> maryland hit the road last night visiting clemson. 27 points for the terps. maryland nearly blew a 13-point lead, though. they ended up holding off clemson to win 64-62. it's the first acc road win of the season for the terps. >>> it is 6:25. want to know what's still ahead this morning? if you watch us in hd, just keep your eye on that bar on the right side of your screen. >>> in ten minutes, office romances. good idea or a bad idea? ask my wife. we learn to what happens to one in three of them. >>> monika is

why north and west of the cityen we are generally referring to all the county north and west of the cityparticular as we can given a very short period of time. often not enough time to give you the forecast. we would like to be more specific. we have to generalize sometimes because we have to get it all in in a short period of time. >> very often, it depends on the particular weather cast you see. very often,ing with say areas north and west of the city, for example, frederick, hagerstown. -- very afternoon, we say areas north and west of the city. >> this is the bane of local weather photographers. washington, d.c. happens to be pretty much right on where the rain-snow line often falls. >> as you saw yesterday. >> perfect example. if you are north an west of that snow line where it tends to be colder and closer to the mountains, you tend to get more of wintry precipitation. if you are south an east of, it often it tens to be rain or a rain-snow mix. that is what happened with the most recent storm. we refer to north and west as having accumulations we mean western maryland. we could be

working west to east, so if you are watching in western maryland, we've got viewers out there, west virginia, you will get it sooner than a the rest of us. starts as a rain-snow mix. it will quickly transition to snow as the column of air cools. that evening commute look like that is prime time for this event. most of the roadways are on the warm side, temperatures yesterday were in the 50s. not terribly concerned with it at least for its onset sticking on the roadways. it is possible here as things get going that it could start to cause some problems. light accumulations up to about an inch here in the immediate metro area but we've got a winter weather advisory north and west and you could see maybe 2 or 3 inches in some spots north and west of the city. there you go. there is your system out to the west. developing and i'm show you more at light pictures of that. coming up in a few minutes there is your yen rain-snow line. all snow north and west where temperatures are currently below freezing. i'll show you that as well coming up in just a couple of minutes. no problems with the morning

it get's worse north and west of the city. that's where we find abc2's joce sterman. >> reporter: as it starts to pick up in terms of what's falling from the sky, it starts to slow down on 83. we saw a lot of cars leaving the city heading into the northern part of baltimore county getting out of the way so state highway crews could get on the roads. the snow has picked up. we're starting to see some coverage. it's not sticking much to the roads. it's only sticking to the grassy surfaces. we want to show you some of the video we shot earlier today. the state highway administration crews were lined up like battles -- soldiers ready for battle. they were filling up with salt. they have the staff out for that. they started last nights coating the roads with a salt solution to give them a bit of a leds start, anticipating what might be a dicey evening commute in some sections. earlier today they did warn people to head home early and get off the roads before rush our, although no one is expecting a lot of accumulation. they just wa

west side of town. you won't be affected as you head on to the gw parkway at the accident scene. back over to the maps on the inbound side of 66, inside the beltway at fairfax drive about 33 miles an hour. here's what it looks like inside the beltway on 395 now. here a king street it looks okay. take a look live at duke street. a very heavy and slow through landmark. once you get through alexandria, king street as you saw things look good up to the 14th street bridge. i'll have more on the accident on the gw parkway at 6:25. >> thank you, monika. >>> our time right now is 6:19. next in sports a big game for the caps tonight and two players come up big for uva. >>> another check of our question of the morning. the average american encounters 270 of one of these things every day. is it a, commercials, b, web pages, or c, people? >> facebook friend eric weighs in saying i think the average person encounters fewer than 270 people and more than 270 commercials so i say b, web pages. >> what do you think? lea

, working west to east. can includes montgomery county, howard county, much of virginia here. look like parts of fauquier county and loudoun county under this winter weather advisory. we are thinking about an inch of snow along the 95 corridor. that will be slushy snow. off to the north and west, 1 to 2. up to 3 inches as you get up towards the border with pennsylvania. not going to be a major storm. if you are off in southern maryland, you are generally just going to get rain. but, as i mentioned all day yesterday, we just haven't had a lot of winter weather so far this season. likely to cause some problems for that evening rush hour. 38 in washington. 30 in gaithersburg. check out off to the north and west. this will be a critical role here. these temperatures have had a chance for fall below freezing. with the cloud cover now locked n they won't rebound a lot. temperatures not likely to get much warmer later this afternoon. that will allow the snow to start sticking immediately when it falls later today.

or west could see an inch so, on the ridgetops.t's about all. temperatures in the 40's. near 50 downtown. wednesday, low 50's with sunshine. let's look a at the roads with lisa baden. >> normal travel times in virginia and maryland along 95 though there is still ingering construction up to garrissonville road on northbound 95, and everyone is getting through and around -- getting through stafford. the beltway looks good at route 1 in college park. will have the latest rails, not.on the .ack to news for now you ♪e love >> a somber note last night at in musicst award show tributefer hudson paid houston.y she was found dead saturday just before she was supposed to attend the the grammys party. police have requested that no of the autopsy be released. tahman bradley has the latest. music's biggest night took on a somber tones. there's no way around this. had a deck and our family. >> the grammy awards opened in paris. music's biggest stars honoring houston. we all love you, whitney used and. -- whitney houston. jennifer hudson sang one

i just wanted to talk about west point at the time, which is really a military school massacre aiding as a military academy. you had hardy writing on tactics, but outside of that, there wasn't much in the art of war going on at west point, and these men that left west point in command of the armies north and south, nobody had ever maneuvered armies of this size. it was really on-the-job training as lincoln had to learn the job of commander in chief. and that's basically what i'd like to comment. >> i think in all fairness to west point, and i'll let craig disagree with me, i think the one thing that everybody agreed that west point did teach is they did teach organization and administration. and so the one thing that a cadet came out of west point with was the ability to administer a group of people. it's true, they really didn't get much tactics, they didn't get much strategy and all, but they did get that. and that wasn't such a bad bit of knowledge and ability to do. >> well, john, if i can ask john a question, remember, lincoln, who had very little military experience except for t

there is a photo of the west indian work force in the canal zone.n this biracial approach put white workers, u.s. workers on the so-called gold wrote -- and backward groups in the west indies were on the silver role and paid in silver. life was very different for those two groups but a lot of what is fascinating about the canal zone is so many workers didn't quite fit into that black versus white structure. the spaniards. fascinating group. the u.s. imported 6,000 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 the other officials. they were classified as non-white or sometimes referred to as colored or semi white workers. they were excluded from the white hotels and cafeterias, excluded from white dormitories and the spaniards were very angry about that and they mobilized and engaged in an artist movement. when i am in the archives i am interested in moments of tension between the workers and the officials so you are looking in the

there's a lot of water out to the west across west virginia, kentucky, ohio. the even part of the state coming into southwestern virginia now we have a little rain. there's the 30s in frederick and leesburg and manassas at 36. bow way was 35. a-- bowie was 35. la plata we have 39. late this afternoon and this evening, we'll get into the low to mid-50s. this is going to take a while. much of the day we stay in the 40s. let's go to monika santami. >>> thank you so much. overall if you're leaving the house right now, i think you're going to be just fine with the exception of one spot and if this is your route to work, you'll want to know about it. in blazensburg -- bladeensburg, a sinkhole. route 450 is shut down. you'll either be diverted or you can use the bw parkway instead heading into northeast d.c. let's take a look outside right now at the beltway and university boulevard. normal slow stuff forming in silver spring with some volume but no big deals yet as you leave 95 in college park. let's go back to the maps and this time we're going to check out inbound

virginia and farther to the west. that area of green you see on the radar, this is our high definition local radar. showing this area is snow. it is now snowing near frederick, maryland. and farther to the west, up towards hagerstown along interstate 70 and 81. then down 81 right into the northern shenandoah valley where it meets 66. that's all snow there. and snow coming down harder in warren and clark counties, right there where the high levels of the blue ridge are there and the -- they are getting moderate snow there. farther to the east, though, precipitation not quite reaching the ground yet. it does appear it will be moving towards the metro area later on. right now 41 at reagan national. over the next hour or so maybe our high temperatures because where it is snowing, it is down into the mid 30s and much of it melting, though, on -- roadways, only accumulating maybe on grassy areas and an inch or two around the metro area. we will be falling from the upper 30s, early afternoon, low 30s by late afternoon. i wil

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maybe some sprinkles, most of to our west. we will detail that and the warm up in the seven-day. >> coming up, why former international monetary chief dominique strauss-kahn is headed back to court today. mardi gras season comes to an end tonight. >> a former teacher accused of a felony molestation involving more than 20 students at a los angeles-area elementary school will be arraigned today. he could face up to life in prison under 23 felony charges of lewd acts with children. he taught for over 30 years. he is currently being held on $23 million bail. former international monetary chief dominique strauss-kahn authorities investigating -- is being questioned by french authorities investigating a prostitution ring. he was at a restaurant in paris and washington, d.c., where he lived while he was head of the imf. this is not the first time he has had run ins with police over alleged sexual misconduct. last year he was charged with forcing a hotel maid to perform a sex act. those charges were later dropped. today is one of the

back to the west. 34 in martinsburg, west virginia. 39 frederick, maryland where we've seen a few snowflakes flying and a few rain drops around manassas and washington also over toward annapolis a little earlier. here is storm 4 radar showing moisture moving on in here. this moisture is going to move through in two swaths. one around the midnight hour tonight and then another one during the afternoon tomorrow and both of those could give us a little bit in the way of some accumulating snowfall. we'll continue to watch that for you as it moves on in. overnight tonight expect light rain around 9:00 in most locations but also some snow to the north and west. a mixture of rain and snow right on through tomorrow morning. temperatures falling down into the 30s. they're not going to go up that high tomorrow but then the cold air really sets in. it's not just the cold we're talking about. i'll show you what else moves in, too, in a few minutes. >> thank you, doug. >>> now to the birth control controversy that has recently taken center stage in the presidential race. today president obama backed down

out to the west, 30-mile per hour winds are common and out to the far west, west of the divide, theye a high wind warning where they'll see 60- mile per hour winds tonight. by morning, partly cloudy, windy and cold. 30s and 40s. winds turn west, northwest at 15 to 30 and gusty. by afternoon, partly cloudy, windy, colder. keep a flurry in north and west. highs 34 to 49 and winds north, northwest at 15 to 30. it will feel like it's in the 30s, even though temperatures are going to make it into the mid and upper 40s. maybe 46 in rockville. maybe 46 downtown. 45 in college park. out to the west, mid 40s in reston and fairfax. only about 44 in leesburg and middleburg and 45 down in manassas. we'll break it down for you. to start, the cold. 35 to 40. by noon, 42 to 47. maybe a flurry between noon and 5:00, and then by 5:00, 44 to 49. so again, dress for the 30s. now next three days, nice on sunday. just chilly, but not windy. upper 40s and look what happens, it gets milder on monday. temperatures in the mid 50s. next seven days, it gets warmer. by tuesday, we are in the low 60s. wednesday

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farther to the west and north is where in southern ohio and far western west virginia it is beginningh the ground. starting to accumulate there. closer to washington, we have the clouds thickening up and temperatures are down to near the freezing mark throughout the entire region from the mountains all the way to the bay and the eastern shore. except near the waters and along the tidal potomac, fairfax, montgomery, arlington, prince george's counties near the freezing mark. and later this morning, upper 30s to near 40 degrees. maybe a few flurries this morning. some accumulating snow in the afternoon. north and west of the i-95 corridor, areas will see accumulation on grassy areas. south and east, mostly rain south and east of the i-95 corridor. all the precipitation tapering off and ending by later this evening. i'll show you my snow forecast map. we'll look at the seven-day outlook in ten minutes. how's traffic? >>> right now we have new york avenue shut down at florida in both directions. hopefully the road will be open soon. we have reports of a tow truck on the scene. we still ha

roll up the tableaux justified by the need for the west, but that the west to perform the also has to become brighter, whiter and embrace others but not yet part of the west. i specifically focused very much not only on the american european relationship, but the heart and core of the west. on europe and america to critique and that enlargement through inclusion cooperation and time. no illusions about this at both russia and your e. in the west and maybe some adjoining countries in between. but that is part of the strategic message. the other strategic message is that the united states in the west particularly the united states, should manage its relationship with the other half of the world, which for some time to come this click the to be centered preeminently in the far east and to some extent in southwest asia. >> host: let's talk to his back in a moment. i'd like to hone in on the west enlarging what that is. during the cold war period, the west was more or less made though, form alliances, defense treaties. do you mean that the way should be enlarged in this sense, some sort of

>> to the west. but they won't see anything like this in our area but the cold air from michigan is moving down here. look at the number in chicago. currently, 16 degrees. omaha, nebraska, at 10. cold air is coming our way. rain and snow coming our way and a lot of moisture in the eastern half of the nation but most of it is rain around the washington, d.c. area. just off to the west, winchester and martinsburg all reporting snow. i expect that. and maybe, through tomorrow afternoon, another round of snow. i'll let you know just how much snow i expect plus, how cold is it going to get because we haven't seen numbers like this much at all this winter. >> thanks, doug. >>> two girls in critical condition tonight after they were hit by a van outside a mall. that accident shut down a busy road for much of the night. jay i can benton along 355 gaithersburg. >> the police say the girls were in the crosswalk but apparently crossing against the light when a white van heading nobd on 355 struck two of them. t

and it is beginning to reach the ground in northern west virginia. and as well as parts of the shenandoah valley, there may be a few flurries reaching the ground. those areas in blue to the east of there, i don't see any of that reaching the ground. the radar is picking it up aloft. it's moving north and east. and throughout the morning hours, we'll probably maybe have a few flurries, otherwise a cloudy morning. it's cold. near freezing throughout fairfax county, arlington, montgomery, and prince george's counties now. and throughout much of the region. points far to the south and near the bay, above freezing there. here's the day planner. sunrise at 7:08. cloudy, maybe a few flurries. any accumulating snow probably won't number afternoon. could be moderate at times for the afternoon and evening commute. by then, near freezing and it will be piling up on some grassy areas mainly. a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella? >>> big issues and braengds breaking news in the district. new york avenue is shut down. this is the scene earlier. cr

ite noise advancing into virginia in the south and west. some areas farther west. right now in washington, a few scattered sprijles. some of the roadways may be a little bit damp and the air sort of smells that musty it's about to rain aroma. so it's probably going be coming down shortly in about another hour or so shortly. right now reagan national is at 43. else where many of those locations are in the upper 30s. later today we'll have temperatures climbing into the upper 30s, low 50s. maybe a few mod ratd showers. all of this tapering off and ending by midnight. we'll be down to the low 40s by then. tomorrow, sun back into the 50s and saturday increasing clouds. we could get a wintry mix. it's looking more likely on saturday into sunday. maybe cold rain, snow, sleet, and snow monday night. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. if you're traveling on i-66 you're starting to slow down. heavy on the brakes. it's going be stop and go as you make your way to 50. traveling on the outer beltway, i want to show you this because your volume is increasing. now you're s

hagerstown west all snow. already some spots half an inch to an inch. the immediate baltimore area probably talking an inch, maybe an inch and a half. two on the high end. mostly rain for the eastern shore. that's how it'll play out. i will tell you n the winds will come up. we have winter weather advisory for the north, all northern county, not including the city and as we look to the west it's a stronger system than the last few winter mixes and this one coming in overnight meaning it'll have a better chance to accumulate. we will go with a one to three inch total north and west. baltimore may be a slushy inch. this will continue in to the day tomorrow. windy with snow. >> we know more about what george hughley told police. the jury saw the bloody sheet and comforter from her bedroom. we have more details in today's testimony. in. >> reporter: in the first week the trial jury heard about his relationship with love. they saw a number of pieces of graphic evidence and they saw and heard what prosecutors called

as the west recovered and united, growing in prosperity and confidence, so it also breathed new lifento some of the first set of post war institutions like the gat and the imf. without the russians to obstruct them, these bodies helped to usher in what the marxist historian eddie hobsborn ruefully christened the golden age of capitalism. the standard of living of ordinary people rose to levels that would have astonished our grandparents. there were regional wars, but no direct clash between the superpowers and the economic technological and military superiority of the west eventually reached such a peak that the communist system was forced into first reform, then surrender, and finally liquidation. none of this, however, was preordained. it happened in large part because of what churchill said here 50 years ago. he spoke at a watershed. once set international institutions shown themselves to be wanting, another had yet to be born. and it was his speech, not the force celebrated by marx, which turned out to be the midwife of history. today we are at what could be a similar watershed.

today a cold front from the north and west. so some moving in from the north and west.hen some off to the south and west, some coming in from the south this afternoon. and it's fascinating to watch if you go out in a grassy field, you can see the clouds moving in different directions. sometimes, depending on the air mass, clouds will all move in the same direction. not all the tile. but particularly when you start to get disturbances and see stormy weather, you can see them moving in different directions. >> we could see that today maybe or tomorrow? >> certainly tomorrow. and i think late they are afternoon, probably get a taste of it. want to mention to you, tim, that this often occurs in the spring months and talking about severe weather. and one of the markers we looked for in the weather world for the possibility of tornadic activity is wind sheer. and that's when the wins are changing directions at different hughes. winds coming out of the west at 80 miles per hour and then wins out of the south at 60 miles per hour. and it's those wins coming together that start

out to the west. where temperatures this morning are running in the 20s in the shenandoah valley and in fact mid 20s in places leek martinsburg to frederick. lots of cold temperatures this morning. closer to the bay. 37 in annapolis and also southern maryland while easton at 32. mid- to upper 40s north to low 50s down to fredericksburg and cull pepper. but rain and snow in the forecast. that's coming up in about 15 minutes. monika? >>> remember i talked about this accident on the inbound side of 66 and nutley street? that was cleared but look what happened. there was a second accident about a mile after route 123. if you see the flashing lights at the bottom of your screen. it's all on the shoulder. and you've got that big long backup coming from at least route 50 slow past route 123 again with lanes open. the flashing lights causing is distraction. on the inbound side of i-66 again that earlier accident at nutley street cleared and there's another one just past route 123 causing that long big backup

to the north and west of the beltway, it is wet snow. the darker the blue-collar, the heavier the snow. -- the darker the blue-collar, the heavier the snow. west of hagerstown, it has ended. 45 was the high at the airport. we only have a little liquid and a trace of snow today. the record was over 7 inches. we will not beat that by any stretch. annapolis is 39. it is in the mid-40s to the south. it has not started precipitating yet. it is all in the 30's to the west where the snow has been falling. here is the satellite image. it is ending to our west. a lot of the precipitation overnight will be to the south. in iowa and nebraska, they are still having generous snow. the mississippi valley has a warm front to the south. we have the mix of precipitation in our area. the storm will track along the ohio river valley. it will go out to sea overnight taking the moisture with it. tomorrow we will see improving weather. there will be a rain-snow mixed tonight. the accumulations will take place around freezing. by lite accumulation, we mean an

this is way out in west virginia. these other areas are under winter weather advisories, lavender, through west virginia. but here we are closer to washington. don't have any watches or warnings out. but the sent tralg part of the appalachians in west virginia could get hammered with heavy snow beginning late tonight and into the weekend. right now ahead of the system it is in the 30s. shenandoah valley, points west and east, near 40 degrees. 42 at reagan national. near 40 in prince george's, fairfax, arlington, montgomery counties. much of southern maryland near the bay, low and mid 40s now. and through central virginia, it is in the low 40s as well. now as we go forward over the next 24 to 48 hours, we will see these clouds continue fog move on in from the west and leading edge of precipitation, few flurries now out here in northern and west virginia. snow showers in ohio and kentucky and that's beginning to come closer to our region. here is the close-up view of our sky, the satellite image. showing there may be a

the balance of power has shifted from west to east. politically, we live in a very different world. >> when people say that american power is of the blame, is that real or imagined? -- on the wane, is that real or imagined? >> america is still developing. so, we are still growing. resources, tnt, military capability can increase. what has changed is that others are closing in on us at a faster rate of growth and are beginning to surpass us in some dimensions. and if current relative rates of growth continue, in the next 20 years they could pass us in an overall more decisive way. >> it is not so much that we are declining as much as other countries are kind of coming up? >> yes. think of it as two people. one is 20 years older than the other. the older person is walking forward, very fast. the younger person is walking slowly because they are a baby. then the young person becomes a grown up and walks much faster, and the one getting older slows down. he is still ahead and moving forward, but it is a question of time before he is passed

see the counties highlighted part of west virginia in this, this is for areas well west of baltimore and dc, we think that's where the highest totals will ends up from the storm. not to say we won't get accumulating storms. we will by tend of it all sunday. trend clear tonight. our storm now over east and central texas beginning to gain strength, becoming well defined. we can see the storm beginning to spin up now and tapping a lot of gulf moisture as it trucks across the south. the good news is this, for tonight and your saturday, great weather, mid-50s tomorrow, increasing clouds as we go past sunset. we will talk about when the snow starts around here and a detailed look at sunday coming up. >>> to help you keep track of what is coming, download the abc 2 weather app for your iphone and pad and other devices. this is a little bit about how the ipad app works. check out the seven-day forecast and everything that is happening and follow this storm. see the different alerts that are there. track around and see what is happening where you live. very important. to download the apps, he

back to the west at i-81 corridor perhaps 3, maybe a little bit more than that and then the farther west you go, the higher elevations and over into west virginia and kentucky, they could see 6 to 8 inches of snow in places, but again the track is the key here, a little farther south, less, a little farther to the north, perhaps a little more. a few clouds arrive overnight tonight, but upper 20s easily in the suburbs, a mild day tomorrow, a.m. sunshine, some p.m. clouds, temperatures up into the middle 50s. again on sunday we'll get up to about 40 degrees or so and then the rain quickly changes to snow and we'll end up with a little bit, maybe 1 to 3 in the metro. sunshine on presidents day, 43 degrees, plenty of sunshine tuesday and 52 and notice even with showers wednesday we're right back up into the mid- to upper 50s. a very volatile forecast. so keep up to date. join gwen tomorrow night at 6:00 and 10:00 and she'll have all the latest. we'll track it sunday as well. time for sports with lindsay. >>> this is the verizon 4g lte sports desk with lindsay murphy. >> thanks, gary. good ev

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out west midday to the afternoon here in the metro. and south and east a rain-snow mix as temperatures fall in the mid-30s. winter weather advisories go in effect in just a few hours. not a big storm. i'm detail the timing and how much we'll get in about five minutes. monika is in with time saver traffic. >>> thank you so much. we're going to take a live look at a serious accident right now on new york avenue here at florida avenue. it's been here for almost four hours and the detour is set up in place. i think it's going to be a long, long time before they can open this up. in the meantime you need to choose alternate routes inbound new york avenue. use bladensburg road or rhode island avenue as your thte situation all morning long. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> 4:40, time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> i'm looking forward to this update because i didn't see money news yesterday. >> let's make some money. it's all about greece. upbeat news about greece gave wall street a little tiny shot in the arm yester

wants it what you have here is one hysterical response in the west to desperately want to interfere and meddle in a country where they really have no business it's very difficult to know what's happening on the ground in syria at the moment so the reaction from a lot of western leaders you had hillary clinton talking about the travesty of the veto you had this hysterical statement from william hague from from the u.k. the u.k. foreign steps are you saying that the countries that have blood on their hands and this you know when you hear these countries make these historical statements where you hear sarkozy the french president saying you know we're not going to abandon the syrian people you think so who are you to say we're not going to abandon the syrian people who are you to intervene in this conflict which is taking place inside the suffering country i think the response in the west just shows how much they like the metal and interference of a country's business and you just think how can they learn from libya gets haven't they learned from the other countries where they've tried

this is west townsend elementary here off north charles street. the reason officials want to move kids out of there and over to ridge, the reason they feel it's the best solution, they are so close to each other, maybe 20, 30 feet that's why officials say despite the fact that west townsend is so new some of the kids nude to nude- - need to be here reporter: les already crowded. the solution has been proposed move next year's 4th grade class into what is now the ridge school right next door. for the parents of west townsend students it could make the best aof a bad solution. many parents who have children with disabilities have a dish value. >> yes, the children will still receive their services but there is fear as to the quality. >> reporter: they also parent sure they will get the classrooms back or more won't be taken later. >> i wish i could have the faith this is where it'll stop but i don't believe it because they said they wouldn't touch the school to start with. >> reporter: officials say they are planning a new elementary school that wou

>> guest: i think they are about the same age and they came to the west from the muslim world at around the same time, the end of the cold war. and they both were strongly influenced by islamism and even though they turned out one becoming a harsh critic of islam and one becoming a harsh critic of the west, it's impossible to imagine they might have gone in opposite directions because ayaan hirsi ali when she was a teenager she actually belong to the muslim brotherhood and aafia siddiqui when she was a student at m.i.t. in cambridge, she studied feminism so it's impossible to imagine that they would have gone in opposite directions. one of the things that i find fascinating about their stories is because they are close in age, a lot of times the same historical events affected them in different parts of the world and so there is that symmetry of seeing how the same events affected their lives. >> host: it's fascinating. all kinds of possibilities could have done in either direction. you have a striking phrase. and the need to understand one against the other without which you cannot und