>>west virginia is the second largest coal producer in the us. it mines around 160m tonnes each year, roughly a third of it by mountaintop mining, a practice that pulls coal from shallow seams on ridges and peaks. environmentalists say it is destroying the appalachian mountains, and the health of all those who live in them...the coal industry, however, says it's completely safe, and here to stay, in an argument that's becoming increasingly bitter. >>reporter: it isn't easy to get to a mountaintop mining site in west virginia...in our case, it requires the help of a four wheel drive and a keen conservationist... >>webb: lets get out and venture off. what we're going to do, we're going to walk down this road andgo round the corner here and you're going to be blown away. really. yes. >>reporter: ben webb is right...it is an awesome sight....and not one he likes... >>jong: how do you feel when you see something like this? >>webb: i feel horrible. it's horrible what they're doing here. i think this site's roughly 21 miles. it's pretty bad. >>reporter:

and where you see the green, lighter rain right now across scattered into west virginia, virginia andaryland. it's only near 50 degrees in washington. 40s west and north now. and we'll have highs today nearly 60 as we dry out this afternoon. blustery northwest wind. a look at tonight in 10 minutes. >>> tom, beltway crash in virginia near route 50. arlington along the right side of the roadway. you can see police are on the scene there. fortunately it looks like they may be in the process of getting it out of the roadway. in the meantime, traveling outer loop, heads-up for that. inner loop slowing due to the weather. let's take a look at the trip on prince george's. route 4. travel lanes open there. we did have an accident outer loop, college park. should be to the shoulder. metro and vre, no delays. one delay marc penn 401. >>> thanks very much. 5:32. damaged but not defeated. that's what the head of the cia is saying about the fight against al qaeda this morning. while its leader may be dead the mission certainly is not over. tracie potts joins us from capitol hill with more on this

winchester, stevens city, right up through west virginia. these are drifting east. those ngs charlestown and up through the panhandle, you'll probably get a few drisly drops. most of the organizing rain is long back out to the west. don't need to worry about that. temperatures 40s along the coastline. temperatures really dropped along the eastern shore. we had enough cloud cover here to keep temperatures in the high 40s to near 50. here's that first little bit of rain showers sneaking into the panhandle of west virginia. for us today, hit and miss chance of showers. i wouldn't cancel any outdoor activities but be ready to move inside for a quick five or ten minutes as rain comes by. futurecast model, by 8:00 this evening, a better chance for showers coming in by later on this evening. just sort of keep that in the back of your mind. back to work and school tomorrow. more clouds and sunshine. i think not really a whole lot in the way of rain chances tomorrow. i left the rain chance out of the seven day forecast for monday. rain chances in earnest come back tuesday and

west virginia, it's $4.11. >>> the recalls, the 2011 cruz sedans.gm wants to check new models to make sure that the intermediate steering shift and the linkage were properly installed. >> repairs are taking longer than expected. the shuttle could be delayed again. nasa says it found a blown circuit in the shuttle's fuse box. endeavour was supposed to blast off last friday. but fuel line heaters did not turn on during the final countdown. the earliest the shuttle can launch is next tuesday. >> well, president obama has declared a state of emergency for three states suffering from major flooding. tennessee, mississippi, and kentucky are now all eligible for help from fema and other sources of disaster relief support. officials in memphis are working frantically to help protect the city from rising flood waters. thousands have been evacuated as the ohio and mississippi rivers may continue to rise and the worth might not be over yet. the mississippi might crest sometime next week. >> they're having problems in the midwest. >> yes, things have dried out.

on monday, west virginia said enough is enough. on a sunny morning in the town of gilbert, west virginia, i helped to break ground on a promising new project that could help bring down the crushing gas prices that our families are confronting. there, entrepreneurs and the state and local governments are participating to create hundreds of jobs at a coal to gasoline plant that is at the forefront of any technology in the world. the anticipated production of this plant is very impressive. it is projected to convert 7,500 tons of coal, west virginia coal, into 756 gallons of premium gasoline each and every day, which can be used to run our cars and our trucks and even some of our military equipment. over a four-year construction period, it's estimated that 3,000 skilled trade workers, trade workers in america will be employed, and when the plant is finished, it is expected to create 300 direct jobs and hundreds more ancillary jobs in the community. in west virginia and mingo county, the government is acting as our partner and as a goo

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waves of rain coming through virginia, west virginia, into the district, maryland, eastern shore.l continue the next several hours. and lightning detector picked up thunder and lightning across the northern neck and eastern shore, southern maryland just about an hour ago. that is now dissipating. and we do have still another wave of rain coming in where you see this dark green from culpepper, fredericksburg, southern maryland. this is heading to the north. right into the metro area in 10 minutes. farther to the west, yellow zone, heavy rains falling shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia. that's heading east. the other story how much colder it is. we have had a quarter to half an inch of rainfall around the region. and the temperatures are down into the 40s in many locations. only 48 at reagan national. 40s in montgomery, prince george's, arlington, fairfax, points west and north. only in the 40s. lower eastern shore, though, they are still in the six. the front is yet to arrive there. behind the front temperatures near 40, much of west virginia. gray and drippy sky over wa

toward the west virginia/virginia border. they'll make their way to the east. ew shows more rain toward the south and west. if you are thinking of going out to dinner tonight, i think you are safe for the next two hours through the 9:00 hour. i expect to see some of those showers and thunderstorms move on in. a few of those could be strong with lightning and damaging winds. i'm not expecting a widespread outbreak of any severe weather around our location. wednesday, 60 degrees. the high temperature. a lot cooler than it was today. rain most likely nearly the day. then i think clearing out. thursday, high of 68, rather windy. 70 degrees on friday. good chance for showers. we're not looking at too much in the way of rain. saturday, a high temperature around 71 degrees. that day comes with a lot of sunshine before our next little system makes its way in here on sunday. that will give us a chance of rain late saturday into all day sunday and mostly into the day on monday as well. those showers coming in late in the day. so kind of an up and down roller coaster. one

a few lowly raindrops in the panhandle of west virginia.here are steadier showers in eastern kentucky, far western parts of west virginia. but the trend has been for these to dry up as they come over the mountains. i think the majority of that will dry up. nonetheless, i do think that a few remnant showers may live long enough to get over the mountains and dampen, especially spots close to the blue ridge. might see a few raindrops in washington. here come the clouds. they're going to be with us the next couple of days. we'll have clouds today with the risk of a few showers. more clouds than sunshine tomorrow. a few breaks of sun during the course of the day tomorrow. as a result, we'll be a few degrees warmer than today. high pressure is in charge for now. that brought the dry air in place as it pulls away by late this afternoon and evening. 7:00, 8:00 may be a chance for rain. that should dry up overnight tonight. we'll be left with a mostly cloudy day with breaks of sunshine. mid to late afternoon, so a relatively nice day. just a slight

by 9:00, you can see the showers still out to west virginia and pennsylvania.

but the next surge, highlands of west virginia and the shenandoah valley, that will continue to advance north and northeast. what a change in temperatures. it has dropped about 30 degrees since yesterday afternoon, 53 at reagan national. mid and upper 40s west and north. the baker's cyst it's in the 60s right now. a front sweeping through, cooling them down. right now rain in washington. by 9:00, still in the 50s with light showers, occasional showers. only until noon time, early afternoon, cloudy, breezy, cool with highs near 60. a look at your night planner. changes on the way. details coming up at 4:41. >> could be a challenging commute with wet roads and the rain coming down. please be very careful out there. northern virginia, i-95 corridor, just a little bit of volume. a few folks getting an early start this morning. any overnight road work has been washed out. north from dunfries, all your travel lanes should be reopened. head over coming in along i-270 southbound from 118 passing middlebrook, travel lanes are open. south of town to the woodrow wilson bridge, no issues. intown so

showers up into pennsylvania also a couple of sprinkles in baltimore county then out to the west in west virginia, a litwale 42t out in crr western maryland. not all that impressive right now. a litwale more actficoity will probably pick up. let's see ce.at happened today. turned out to be a very nice day similar to yesterday. 73 right now at the airport. or i should say downtown. 67 at the airport. are inkl c13 more cloalsthen cambridge, 64. parkton 64, out in western marspotand a litwale cooley c oaion and is only 46 and frostburg only 58. here you see the cloalss. l omething going out here to t west and the clouds stretch into ohio ce.ere there is more rain right now. and a little close tore this l torm system ce.ich wcusl be of sliding across the area and pushing to the south is what's gd sng to save us.

mid and upper 50s panhandle of west virginia, washington county and the shenandoah valley. farther south, prince william come county in the 50s. there's the sunrise over the potomac. partly cloudy sky. by 9:00, near 70. a little sunshine this morning in the afternoon. near 80 by noon time. midafternoon should be into the mid-80s. so quite a warmup on the way. dress accordingly. by late afternoon when you hear thunder, get inside. turn on nbc 4. we'll let you know if a storm may be threatening your neighborhood. in fact, there is a likelihood of storms from 5:00 this afternoon all the way until mid evening. unfortunately there is a risk that an isolated storm could produce damaging winds, hail, maybe even an isolated tornado. then much cooler and a wet start tomorrow morning. a look at the rest of the week, the weekend at 6:21. how's traffic, jerry? >> tom, chopper 4 checking for the report of an accident. reported to be westbound route

last week a year long investigation of the cause of the upper big branch mine explosion in west virginia they killed twenty nine miners was released written by an independent panel of safety experts the report finds that manmade errors led to the disaster areas that could have easily been provided the report says that the explosion of the mine own by massey was a completely predictable result for a company and quoting the report for a company that ignored basic safety standards and put too much faith in its own mythology end of quote. blame was also pinned on the coal mine watchdog the mine safety and health administration dropped the ball on forcing regulations so at a time when republican lawmakers are trying to peel back even more regulations on mining companies what can we learn from this report to prevent another tragic accident the future jeff biggers is an independent journalist and author of several books including reckoning at eagle creek secret legacy of coal in the heartland and joins me now to offer his take on the issue jeff welcome. thanks for having me a bottom line who's

west virginia they have say her and two other suspects. stood -- students filled the to firesnd responded campuses and trash bins in a.e area adam caskey has a look at the first forecast. an important one. is mother's day and you have planned a lot for your wife. >> have it all planned out. mother's pampered on power tools on father's day. areas ofl be some it will be light in nature. 65 in martinsburg. at 68.o, you are with a disturbance moving few at storms and isolated thundershowers closer the sunset today. more about the weekend coming up. >> students at local high got really tragic news after a maryland teenager was wheel.behind the a car truck plowed into morning at the intersection of middlebrook and germantown road. candia-old ivar ramiro died. >> daylight revealed just how car crash was. mangled piece of metal is all audi thatft of the was carrying 3 montgomery county meant that collided with a dump .ruck by 18-year-oldn collided with a truck. died of his injuries, and , andin, rodolfo nogales injured but are expected to survive.

the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. rockefeller: madam president, to me, this argument is in fact all about fairness. it has nothing to do with class warfare. it has nothing to do with got' cha but has to do with abgrow tkpwaeugs of social responsibility -- abrogation of social responsibility on the basis of levels. every once in a while we have a debate here in the senate or senate committee that is revealing and stunning all at once. recently i had one of those moments when i had the opportunity to ask some questions to guess what? five executives from the largest oil and gas companies in the country. not linking price of gas, but in the people's minds it is, with the gas prices head up $4 a gallon, many people spending close to $100 a week to gas up their car, i was cautiously optimistic that we would have in this senate finance committee hearing a real dialogue on the idea that everybody had a shared responsibility and that you share your responsibility, in this case for the need of balancing the budget, coming clos

west virginia, $4.16.ore on how drivers are changing the driving habits. they have to to save money. >>> a lot of folks say they're not driving as much. they leave the car at home. we encountered two guys who are car pooling to save money on gasoline. really, really expensive to fill up. one gentleman we talked to said it takes about $100 to fill up the tank. they can't afford it anymore. they're continuing to see the prices rise up another cent overnight. the national average is $3.99. if you look behind me, the sign here at the exxon station in route 1 in crystal city, $4.17 a gallon. in our area, plenty of people already paying over $4.00 a gallon. we're expecting that national average to hit $4.00 a gallon this week. but in our area, a lot of people suffering. the record high was set back in 2008, that was $4.11 for a gallon of regular gasoline now. very, very close to the list of people who may see $5 a gallon for the summertime. we're seeing gasoline going down for the sixth straight week as a lot of

however, later this afternoon likely out here in the mountains of west virginia, the shenandoah valley first and perhaps to our south and west around charlottesville, that is the zone that will likely see perhaps some thunderstorms developing first and then they'll begin to move our way later in the afternoon, but nothing showing up on radar now. these are the current temperatures. we're in the 70s on the atlantic beaches, around the bay, and most of maryland and into the panhandle of west virginia. it's in the low to mid-70s now, but it's going to continue to climb. in fact, going to feel a lot like summertime in the next few areas, but to our west, it is much colder. in fact, there is a 30-degree difference between elkins, west virginia and cincinnati, ohio. just unbelievable out there. it's only in the 40s and some of that chilly air is coming our way here later tonight and into tomorrow morning. the conveyor belt already getting heavy showers down here in kentucky. this is gradually tracking off to the east and will eventually wake its way here later tonight. here's the extent of t

a few light sprinkles drifting west to east, panhandle of west virginia. county, prince william and farther down interstate 95, stafford, parts of culpepper getting a a few sprinkles, moving into southern maryland, southern prince george's, charles, st. mary's, calvert, arundel counties. low and mid-50s. light jacket and umbrella as you head off to school. 50s around the bay and eastern shore. 50s as well out of western maryland and west virginia, most locations there. west to east flow a loft bringing in a few sprinkles. we have heavier showers in the midwest. meanwhile, at the surface, a southerly flow will keep in the cloudiness. there's the cloud cover over the white house this morning. that's a live picture. and we'll have our sunrise at 6:10. and by 9:00, upper 50s and cloudy. by noon time, a little sun breaking out, mid-60s. slight chance of a passing shower this afternoon. highs reaching near # 0. here's a look at your night planner. overnight tonight, cloudy and mild. we'll be in the 60s through the evening. by dawn near 60. four-day forecast, tom

the primary target is going to be virginia and west virginia. nonetheless we'll be on the edge when that comes through, and that should be sometime later today. late is the operative word there. by and large, we will be ok. i'll bring you the details coming up. >> after a 22-year run coaching basketball in college park, gary williams bid fair we will -- bid farewell before thousands of terps fans. >> he said it is time for something new. pete gilbert has more on the emotional good-bye. >> gary williams creapted a legacy when he took a job nobody wanted in 1989. through hardwork and an almost debilitating desire to win, he built a championship program, and an incredible connection with the student fans. >> gary! gary! >> every time he walks out that tunnel, he gives us confidence, and that gets us going. >> we will never get anyone as good as gary. he brings so much to the school, i don't know how we can replace everything he's done for us. >> not concerned with making friends garnered him some of the best friends. the voice of the terps, johnny

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west virginia first. by far the heaviest stuff we are looking at.e could get a rumble of thunder this. looks like it will pass to the south of strausburg. winchester. you've got a couple sprinkles up there coming out of romney. route 50. 220. a lot of the action is actually east of that. want to get back to that here. just jumping the gun there. one more stop i want to take you down south. as you go south on 81 to woodstock, mt. jackson, new market, more showers. again, headed towards this area. we will see if it holds together and gets to washington. temperatures very nice this evening. low 60s in cumberland. mid-70s south. lots of 60s. 65 in fairfax. 72 in college park. 69 at andrews. officially 68. mostly cloudy. a west wind at 9. the air very dry. humidity 39%. what we are watching nationally is the jet stream coming like so. pushing any of these weak systems towards us. we will have another one tomorrow. so tomorrow we also have got the threat. we are seeing isolated showers in the afternoon. best chance will be west and south of washington. fo

along the west virginia/virginia line. that's a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 10:00 well to the north and west of washington. but does include winchester, martinsburg and hagerstown. 80 degrees the current temperature. winds out of the south at 20 miles per hour. a little on the breezy side. that's going to remain. 53 the overnight low. this is what you wake up it tomorrow morning. showers. maybe a few thunderstorms. but tomorrow, early, expect the rain for rush hour. not thunderstorms. just rain. tomorrow is going to be a little bit of a nasty day. highs only around 60 degrees. a little on the breezy side. cool and most of that rain will come early in the day. i'll have the complete forecast, including the extended outlook at 6:00. >> thank you, doug. time to dig out tonight. >>> now the quest for the stanley cup. the caps face the tampa bay lightning in game three of the playoffs. >> going to be a must win game. lindsay is here with details. >> hey, there, guys. the bottom line if the capitals do not win toni

about three-quarters of an inch in the panhandled of west virginia. three-quarters in washington county. closer to washington anywhere from half an inch to around 0.8 as did southern maryland and much of virginia. the higher amounts were down towards charlottesville. they have about an inch of rain from the system and it has stopped there now. and the temperatures are certainly chilly here for the 4 4th day of may. it's only 46 at reagan national. where the sun has been breaking out the last hour, it's rebounding nicely now. shenandoah valley is at the mid-50s there but still raining on the eastern shore, only near 50 degrees there. out in the mountains of western maryland, west virginia, many locations in the low to mid-40s on this wednesday morning. over the last 12 hours the last of the rain exiting. we've had a front come on through. a few sprinkles with an upper level disturbance. now the wider view showing that we have a large area of high pressure that will be moving in from the tennessee valley will be tracking right over the top of us, drying

across parts of the northeast and up toward pennsylvania and west virginia. this morning, we're looking at lightning and thunder, mainly south of richmond. the rain becoming moderate across many, many areas. live doppler 9000 hd, we see some moderate rainfall, shenandoah valley, hagerstown, winchester toward martinsburg also to our east on the eastern shore. south from fredericksburg down toward richmond. here in washington, we're looking at some light to moderate rains across the region this morning. well, doppler -- there we go. doppler is slow to cooperate. we've got them up toward bwi, southern maryland and a batch of rain coming toward culpepper. this will track up toward loud and fairfax county. you see the modern rain back toward winchester and areas across northern virginia well to our north and west. that's tracking up i-81. off to the east between easton and oxford, some heavy rain there. you may see a little bit of lightning coming out of that. the majority of the lightning so far has been south of richmond. right now, southern maryland, not too ba

the particular blue, those are frost advisories into west virginia. the light blue freeze warnings overnight tonight and coldest temperatures to the west and that is going to be chill oat burbs. the spotty shower at sudden:00, most out of here by 9:00 and chilly, the temperatures dropping into the lower 50s and winds remaining gusty the next few hours, between 10 and 20 miles an hour and some changes for the weekend. the full forecast is coming up, laura. >> i had to turn my heat on. >> did you really? yes. >>> we're following a developing story off of the coast of california. >> disturbing new details in the search for a missing cruise ship passenger. the latest on the search up next. >> i received a phone call and sounded suspicious. there were noises in the background. >> and that phone call saved a life. meet the customer service rep who stayed on the line during one woman's brutal attack. a story you have to hear coming up next.  the kincaids live here.  across the street, the padillas. ben and his fa

panhandle of west virginia. and reagan national, it's 47, mid 40s in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties. the clear skies in jefferson memorial. the sunrise is less than an hour away. lots of sun this morning. but dress for a cold morning. northwest wind will be gusting 20 to 25 miles per hour here in the next few hours and it will diminish this afternoon. lots of sun highs reaching near 70. then overnight, here's the night planner. after a clear sunset, a clear evening down to the 50s after sunset. then the 40s again tomorrow morning. not quite as cold as this morning. a look at friday to the weekend. a look at next week. >>> we have the issues on the bw parkway. listen carefully. if you take the parkway inside the beltway, northbound, travel lanes are close because of the police investigation. northbound bw parkway traffic you'll be diverted to route 410 riverdale road. take that to the capital beltway. important to note, southbound unaffected from the beltway on in. but everything north o

it's been spinning into west virginia. get a few more light showers and clearing out by late tonight early part of the day tomorrow when the area of high pressure moves in. so, cool tonight again. there will be some locations well to the west our area around i-81 in the valleys that can be dropping down into the 30s. for friday, the return of some showers and maybe even a thunderstorm, but that will be during the afternoon and during the evening. there's friday at 8:00 p.m. your forecast for the evening continued cool, breezy, dropping from 56 to 52 degrees. a look at your morning, breezy. start again and it will be pretty chilly, 38 to 43. so at the beginning of the day tomorrow you're likely to need a jacket again, but much nicer by the afternoon. it will be warmer and more like may, 67 to 70 degrees. dry for tomorrow. the rain returns on friday during the afternoon around 3:00, 4:00 or so. saturday and sunday right now, yes, mother's day is looking dry. we'll talk about some of the activities going on this weekend comin

ideology with florida state university the coax gave for four hundred eighty thousand dollars to west virginia university and get all four hundred twenty thousand dollars to brown university they joined up with other right wingers to hand over three and a half million three point six million detroit university and the coast a seven hundred thousand dollars in state university there are dozens of other universities around the country that receive similar donations from these billion our brothers and just like with florida state university all of these charitable donations come with strings attached. here to talk more about these strains and what they mean for america's higher education system is leaf reporter and blogger extraordinary progress lee welcome back ajami strategy at florida state charles koch can pick and choose professors with his donation what other perks to these guys have with other universities or decision making powers. well it's different for almost every university i've seen you know and brown university i don't think they have the same power to pick and choose professors bu

and morgan county, hello, west virginia, we're looking at showers there. e area though, we are all clear and let's move in for these showers and entering frederick county, virginia, and right along 81. you will see some of those showers come through and it will not be a whole lot and they won't last long at all and just enough to get the windshield wipers going. temperaturewise, nice and warm. 76 degrees outside and we've been warming up over the last couple of hours and winds out of the south at 8 mice per hour, and 80 in la plata, leonardtown coming in at 70 degrees and we'll be even warmer during the day tomorrow ahead of our next frontal boundary. you can see a few clouds making their way in during the day today. most of the rain staying back to the west and that's where it will stay throughout much of the night tonight and into the early portion of the day tomorrow, but as our frontal boundary starts to make its way further to the east we'll increase our chances for rain. tomorrow, rather barm, temperatures into the 80s some looks and down toward frede

heavier clouds in kentucky and west virginia. there may be 80 lightning strikes in west virginia. this warm front is coming in which will attempt to bring more moisture and more clouds. the really strong storms today will be out ahead of this storm friends. a slight to moderate risk for some severe weather today. the ranch hands is not very high today, but we do have a risk for an afternoon or evening sure. now thunder are lightening and there could be some then that spots in the cloud, but more cloud began yesterday. 65-69 for the highest temperature today. some short activity, a lot of clouds come and the main chance for rain really hold off until monday night and into tuesday which will be ahead of this front that comes in. 68 today and tomorrow with the chance for rain, that will scatter today in the more intense tomorrow. in light shower activity. monday night into tuesday, tapering off wednesday morning we could see some storms. temperatures will be mostly in the 60's this week than drier weather thursday and friday. >> in this morning's educational large, and officials are

marshall people or west virginia people. >> a little bit of a west virginia people.. approaching west virginia as one of the places that's going be rainy as we go through the day today. strong thunderstorms there in the carolinas. middle of the country, drying out. don't need rain from memphis to mississippi. new england, cloudy day today along the coast. rain for sunday to be prepared for our friends in the >>> we're already watching the clouds spilling on in. probably we'll see a little bit of wildly scatters light rain by the afternoon. but the main event comes tonight into your sunday forecast. mainly in the 50s around the bay area. highs at best around 4:00 and 5:00. low 60s inland. cooling again tonight. that's when the rain is going to drop in. tomorrow, plan on scattered showers with some thunder, maybe even small hail by the end of the weekend. love some rain. we've got to get this in here. jr's g jr's, don't forget to feed the kids. your husband's got to feed the kids. >>> bill, thanks. now to florida where jury selection will continue today in the casey an

these high clouds are moving across western maryland into the panhandle of west virginia. re is a cold front to the us that will slowly make east.y to the for a few ripples of energy in the atmosphere d.c.row west of there could be a few sprinkles tuesday could be rain andr chance of thunderstorms. 47 to 53 for the overnight low scattered clouds. be cool and comfortable. tomorrow will be bright and sunny to start. we move through the the clouds will increase. showers will develop. the wind will be out of the south at 5 to 10 miles an hour. it will be 71 on monday. by tuesday, the chances of rain increase. the cold front moves through. cooler air will move in from the north and west. wednesday will only be in the lower 60's for the highs. back to the upper 60's on thursday. you can look at the forecast at wjla.com >>> the area may be producing a more local authors. there is a local book riding boot camp. but can.riting >> it is a long road to become published. memoir about growing up american and being between two cultures. >> it is about my growing up as translator, my stru

in allegheny county, parts of the west virginia panhandle and in virginia, a hint at how cool the air is coming in tonight. northwest winds at 5 to 15 miles per hour. baltimore sun set at 80 2:00 p.m. 39 in the cooler northwest ballet's and 36 in -- valleys and 36 in downtown baltimore. high pressure down to the gulf coast will build in tonight and tomorrow and that is why tomorrow will be a gorgeous spring day. some fresh breezes at times but a lot of sunshine should feel good. there you see it on insta- weatherplus futurecast. a clear sky under that pressure dome from new york state for baltimore and into the carolinas. keep an eye on that next fast- moving system. it will bring some cloud cover and scattered showers into the area by friday afternoon and it is a mixed bag of weather for the weekend. no big storms aimed at us but some had and miss showers popping up in the mid atlantic going into saturday and sunday. only a 20% stretch -- chance. 64 to 69 degrees and northwest winds at 10 to 20 miles an hour. sundown that 8:03 p.m. thursday. but be out on the bay and breezy. a water

he kicked off his anti-communist crusade in 1950 with a speech in wheeling west virginia west virginia in which you claim to have had in his hand a list of 205 known communists currently employed in the state department. julia and paul were en route to their new pasta in bonn germany when the book reading and -- works by everyone from daschle hammond to their close friend the journalist teddy white who uncovered china for "time" magazine were banned from the shells of the uss -- you si is library in europe. paul had to take the boots off himself and see they were destroyed. rumors about where mccarthy fear tactics might lead to spread like wildfire. julian paul watch in dismay as one after another of the career foreign service officers they have served within china, among them some of their very closest friends, were accused of disloyalty and while still others quit in disgust. somehow, mel's between china was now being seen as part of a master criminal plot enabled by a bunch of secret communist within the state department known collectively as the china hem. at the same time, j. edga

it is really hard for average people in west virginia to even come close to understanding. they don't think that that can come by in the regular order of the way the world treats them. they are always in the process of losing. everything is an uphill battle. so my view of my work in the west virginia that is mostly mountainous, it's that i am holding on to the huge boulder with both hands and trying to push it up hill. is every day that i feel that. and i love the feeling. but i know if i take one hand off, high and the boulder disappear into the ether or the opposite of the ether. the gulch. that leads me to say, this is opinion. but i really believe its. i've never seen any industry so cosmicly successful. i think you all have a great sense of assurances as you're sitting there more so than usual. you have a great sense of assunce spearheaded of think you feel threatened by anything that is going on here. and i guess you don't have a reason to feel threatened because of the way that votes lined up in this present congress. but i yearned for one of you to see what average

it's really hard for average people in west virginia to even come close to understanding. they don't think that that can be come by in the regular order of the way the world treats them. they are always in the process of losing. everything is an uphill battle, so my view of work in west virginia is that i'm -- which is mostly mount mountains, is that i'm holding on to a huge boulder, not too huge boulder, with both hands and trying to push it uphill. that's every day i feel that, and i love that feeling, but i know if i take one hand off, i and the boulder disappear into the opposite of the ether, the gulch, and so that, then leads me to say this is my opinion, but i really believe it. i just really believe it and i've never seen any industry consistently successful. i think you all have a great sense of assurance as you sit there, more so than usual and we have steel people, mill people, other people there, you have a great sense of assurance. you don't feel threatened by what's going on here, and e don't know that you have any reason to feel threatened because of the way

frost advisories in the far western mountains of maryland and west virginia. 44 for fredericksburg with wind chill upper 30s, low 40s. a very cool start. at national the wind chill is down to 41 degrees. the next system showing up on our satellite and radar, as you look at this spinning across minnesota with showers through iowa, missouri and kansas. this will track eastward across the great lakes into new york state. but that trough of low pressure with us, that will pull through us later tomorrow, tomorrow night with showers. in the short term, high pressure, a sunny day today, although with the low in new england and the high in southern west virginia that pressure gradient will drive the northwest winds. tonight, the winds calm down. tomorrow the clouds build and in the afternoon and evening hours we have showers that develop. this will be scooting east and should be gone by the time you wake up saturday morning. that will be half of the weekend looks okay, mother's day may have a shower or two. >> tomorrow breezy a late shower, maybe a rumble of thunder, 68. saturday nice, 72 degre

democrat senator out of west virginia has introduced legislation that would require on line businesses to give consumers the opportunity to opt out of information tracking including mobile network tracking. consumer action said the do not track offers strong protection that if passed will give consumers meaningful privacy rights. the bill was working its way in the california legislature and now the idea is going nationwide. nothing is final yet. but it looks like there will be a recall of three million ford pick up tanks. there is a fuel tank problem that affect ford 150 from the 1997 to the 2001 model years. the national highway transportation safety said steel straps up the gas tanks can rust and then break. there are 243 reports of the tanks falling, however, no one has been injured. >> here is a twitter idea that will be coming to a stadium to you. tweets for beers. beer vender on in the philly game said he had a home run to get sales. instead of waiting in long lines, they can send the beer man a tweet and have the drinks delivered. >> fan tweets the seat location, section, and r

we'll continue to watch as a new more storms are popping up towards captain bridge in west virginia.me of those could track in our direction. take a lack at old glory, winds gusting to 30. temperature 81 degrees. pollen count is high. and take a look at middle town out there. you find a good mix of sunshine and clouds and quiet weather so far today. as we look further west there have been showers and storms close to deep croak lake and temperatures cooler as the cold front punches in. that's where the re action is now. 81 at the airport. 81 in dulles. high temps were well into the mid-80s around downtown. 86 at the maryland science center. a tremendous cool off on the way. canton we're lucky to get to 60 and the chance for showers on and off early, a slow moving line of rain, slow moving line of storms, but the whole thing set to come in later this evening and slowly track through the area overnight. if we get gusty storms, it will be overnight, eventually tracking through the mid-atlantic. throughout the overnight period rain off and on. 6:00 tomorrow morning i think it could be a w