you comfortable running with president obama at the top of the ticket in western pennsylvania?n in 2008 in a district president obama lost by 11 points so i don't view that as something that is going to impact the way people perceive me and the people i'm going to run. i don't know what president obama will do in the state of pennsylvania. >> how nervous should his campaign people be? >> i think in western pennsylvania he is not as popular ased' like to be and statewide polls are showing he is not doing very well right now. >> one other reason you're here. >> yeah. >> we made a little football bet. probably would have made a bigger deal of it but frankly the whole world of ncaa sports is, you know, you're a florida state alum. you played on the football team. i'm just a university of miami super fan. we bet on the game but before we get to the -- to how we are solving, resolving this bet, the penn state scandal is obviously having an impact. have we allowed these institutions and football to become too big? >> i'm from pennsylvania. so we hear about this story every day and it

we have some of snow showing up moving across portions of ohio and western pennsylvania and west virginia. western maryland may see some of snow develop an allegheny county. none of that will make it over to baltimore. the ski resorts might get a little snow. returning partly cloudy over night. during the day tomorrow mostly sunny and breezy and chile. the high temperature only 42 degrees. we will stay below average. let's take a look at the futurecast. you can see snow showers continuing out in the mountains. things will be quite as we go into thursday. friday evening there will be a littleclipper storm coming out of the northwest. that will come through late friday and into saturday. i still think new year's eve will be dry. we could get a little something coming through friday night and during the day on saturday. 45 degrees on thursday and quiet. maybe some light rain on friday. it may end a brief period -- a mix of rain on saturday. i think it will clear up. new year's eve the weather should be fine. new use dry -- new year's eve is dry. perhaps next week a bigger storm comes in. it

here is that narrow band of rain stretching from western pennsylvania all the way down into memphis, tennessee. way to theake its washington area. a warm start today. 45 degrees in the district. cumberland a cool spot at 36 degrees. in the 40's.are tamara temperatures drop back upper-40's. a little breezy at times. confidence is low. >>> they have overnight construction. pulling ready to the site.to speaking of the beltway. likenner loop side looks all of themmost talked away. not too many worries right now traffic heading on to beltway over here near the pike. pretty picture for right now on the beltway. this is live on the beltway. very serene at the wilson bridge. more. >> thank you. >>> six people were taken to the when a crash involving a metro bus and a taxicab. this happened after 1030 last night at 12th street on washington. what led to saying the crash. the injuries are not life- threatening >>> authorities atnched a campaign aimed mostng one of the reasons - one of the most criminals. he is suspected of killing a scientist back in 1998. this is modeled on the publicity that

clouds begin to build across ohio into western pennsylvania.s rain will continue to move the north and east. an area of low pressure south will arrive on tuesday and wednesday. thursday, another area of low pressure develops, bringing more unsettled weather. the next 48 hours, skies will partly to mostly cloudy or afternoon hours tomorrow and tomorrow night. showers will develop. 38 to 46 for an overnight low. tomorrow, here partly to mostly cloudy skies. temperatures moderate -- upper lower 60's. 64 degrees in fredericksburg. all good things come to an end. keep in mind it is december. have temperatures below change byr a thursday. thursday does not appear to be a day.y be cold andto with showers. we may see a few flakes of snow the west, in the mountains, shenandoah valley. a few flakes, but do not get hopes up. >> that is fine. sure they are happy with it. >> one thing we are not happy about is the end of the -- >> driving out of town. >> good riddance. >> every week, you get better. no other game in the classic. big day for tiger woods. red

western maryland, not out of the question that a little of this will sneak toward you. here we are tomorrow morning during the morning hours tomorrow. so, that's an outside chance, better chance in pennsylvania and far western maryland than -- we'll actually have a much better chance for this moisture to make it here during the day on thursday and behind it, we'll cool down for the weekend. looking ahead, today, about 50, maybe even the lower 50s. we'll peak out in the next couple of hours. northwest winds at 10 or so. lighter winds in the 30s. partly to mostly cloudy skies. 52 tomorrow. thursday, mid to upper 50s with some showers developing. midday for the afternoon. friday, may see a raindrop or even a snowflake, late friday night. chance of that is pretty low. cool and dry for the weekend. stick around! brian is in the studio cooking next when 9news now at noon returns. ♪ [ female announcer ] during the holidays, there's a lot to get done. and safeway select appetizers help you rise to every occasion. ♪ from delectable to amazing. there are over 20 affordable safeway select appetizers ♪ to make all of your gatherings just as merry as can be. ♪ only at safeway. ingredients for life. >>> i

we have some showers on radar showing up that area of color in western pennsylvania through ohio, downky. that's advancing to the east. that's a cool front that will be drifting through the region by later this afternoon. sunrise this morning, 7:19 and we'll have a little sunshine in and out through the morning hours. near 50 by 9:00. into the 50s by noon time. during the afternoon, actually make it up to around 60 degrees briefly for an hour or so. and then from mid to late afternoon into the evening hours, we'll have some rain showers coming through. it will be cooler, around 50 degrees once that rain starts. by midnight, should be all done temporarily, anyway. friday into the weekend, turning colder. and a look into next week at 5:21. danella, how is traffic sfp. >> good morning. seeing downed power lines on route 2 causing closures in both directions. police are on the scene directing traffic. follow their direction and take caution as you're driving in that area. traveling around the beltway, seeing a lot of green in the area. no major delays. let's check some live cameras now sta

matter of fact, you go to the clearing kind -- clearing line coming back across western pennsylvania. tomorrow is the first day of winter. we hit 61 today. tomorrow is the first day of winter. the average high temperature is 44. even now in the upper 50s and low 60's. still 62 downtown. 55 in parkton. the forecast, rain ending. if you're keeping score at home, the winter solstice takes place at 12:00 birdie on thursday morning. tomorrow is the first full day of winter. we just had sunset an hour ago. during the day tomorrow, sunshine to start the day. clouds will come back in the afternoon. mild with a high temperature between 55 and 60. there is going to be another storm coming in right behind this one. pretty quickly. another chance for rain thursday night into friday. still the thing going on at that time, but clouds will be the beginning of. clouds will come in from the same direction as this one. this is 6:00 in the morning. i think the sun might come out and afternoon friday. colder air will finally start to work its way in. in the '50s tomorrow. friday it will be cooler. by the

there is a line of storms coming out of western pennsylvania coming in to garrett county right now. i think most of us will miss this. the tail end may sweep across the northern suburbs later on this evening. we will keep the chance for rain in the forecast for three or four hours. after 10:00 the skies will begin to clear. you can see that happening beyond the clouds. by the time you wake up tomorrow morning, i think we will see sunshine and will be a nice start to the first day of winter tomorrow. still 61 at the airport. this time of year the average high temperature is 44. 62 downtown. even in the northern and western suburbs the temperatures are way above average for this time of the year. the rain will be coming to an end by 10:00. the skies will clear, and for those of you keeping score at home, the winter solstice takes place overnight. that is why tomorrow is the first day of winter. temperatures will drop back into the 40's. i think we will start off with sunshine in the morning. another storm will travel right behind this one and give us a good chance for rain thursday ni

parts of west virginia on western pennsylvania and ohio.hat's no will work its way across the ridge tops. it will not make it. the ski resorts have been begging for snow. this is good news out there. i do not think it will make it over toward baltimore. temperatures will start to drop off for sure. you can see how the temperatures drop off once to get into western maryland and back into west virginia. it is 36 degrees. you can see a little closer to home as well. 53 degrees at the airport and 55 in annapolis. you get on the other side of the front and it dropped into the 40's. it is down to 37 in hagerstown. rain ending over the next couple of hours and partly cloudy skies. temperatures will drop back into the 30's in most areas by late tonight. during the day, the storm will depart off to the northeast. the pressure great will kick up some winds gusting up to 25 miles per hour. temperatures will make it into the low 40's. it will feel colder than that because of the wind. high-temperature right around 42 degrees. quiet whether on thursday

another line of showers positioning themselves out around west virginia up through western pennsylvania. that line if it holds together will bring another round of light showers through the late evening. across the east coast we find basically a front pushing in. that cold irshot will arrive by midday tomorrow. temperatures dropping after a while. pretty quickly down to the 30s. you can see the 30s on the map. in the meantime we are in the 60s. we will stay mild through the rest of the evening. 43 or so by daybreak but most of the night in the 50s. tomorrow the two degree guarantee, 48, that's it. we will struggle to get to 50. after midday temperatures will start to drop. colder temperatures through the afternoon into tomorrow night. 32, down to the freezing mark tomorrow night. that's more like december with a frost over night. the seven day forecast looking to saturday, sunday, finding mid40s, but there will be sun around. colder trend for the weekend. not bad for mid-december and -- good shopping weather for all you last minute shoppers. have you that, the weather on your side to ge

we have rain way out farther to the west and the ohio valley, western pennsylvania down to kentucky, that's advancing east along a front. we may get a few breaks in and out this morning. overall, quite cloudy, but a bit milder. rain arice arriving mid to late afternoon and off and on through mid evening. as soon as that rain commences, we'll be right back down near 50 degrees fort rest of the evening. cold weather moves in tomorrow through the weekend. we'll look at that. how is traffic? >> keep in mind in you're traveling route 2, your closures are between harwood road and route 255. choppers in the area now not seeing many delays in that area. if you want to avoid it, police are blocking this intersection here. you might want to jump on 468 to continue north or south if that's your commute this morning. and if you're traveling in mcclain, virginia, still seeing westbound georgetown pike at 1234 south. your right lane is blocked there due to the crash in that area and the heavy areas on i-95. you're slow as you make your way on to the interchange. joe and eun, back to you. >>> 6:13

western new york, western pennsylvania, maybe even ohio, too, could have some snow tomorrow and tomorrow. >>> if you're watching us on whdh 7 news in boston, mass, the three stooges film festival at the orkin theater. that's your "early today" event of the day. >> are you a fan of the stooges? >> i used to love the stooges. >> me, too. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. mission impossible goes protocol easily sailed into the number one spot in the box office with an estimated $25 million in its first weekend in full release. still swb that is about half of what cruise's other mission impossible films opened with mainly due to the timing of its release. >>> last week's sherlock holmes dropped to second. alvin and the chipmunks chipwrecked dropped to third. this weekend's three newcomers failed to light any fires at the box office. "the girl with the dragon tattoo" debuted in fourth place with only $13 million. "the adventures of tin tin" came in fifth with $9d million. finally, we bought a zoo placed sixth with a dismaldz 7.8 million. you're laughing. is t

we're watching a line of thunderstorms out in western pennsylvania. most of this will stay north of us, but it is a pretty intense line of storms. we'll keep an eye on that, but most of it will stay north of us. a chance of rain in the forecast through this evening, and later on tonight clear. you can see this happening west of pittsburgh. that will continue to moved to the east. temperature-wise we are still in the upper 50s and low 60's. colder air in the far western suburbs. 46 in hagerstown. the colder air will work its way east as well. 61 at the airport. 62 downtown. 55 degrees in parked ton. the forecast, rain coming to an end over the next couple of hours. if you're keeping score at home, the winter solstice and takes place overnight tonight. winter starts at 12:30 in the morning on thursday. tomorrow is the first full day of winter. temperatures dropping back into the 40's. during the day tomorrow the next form behind this one will start to move in pretty quickly. we will begin the day with sunshine come up with this form will come out of the

western new york, western pennsylvania, maybe even ohio, too, could have some snow tomorrow and tomorrow. >>> if you're watching us on whdh 7 news in boston, mass, the three stooges film festival at the orkin theater. that's your "early today" event of the day. >> are you a fan of the stooges? >> i used to love the stooges. >> me, too. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. mission impossible goes protocol easily sailed into the number one spot in the box office with an estimated $25 million in its first weekend in full release. still swb that is about half of what cruise's other mission impossible films opened with mainly due to the timing of its release. >>> last week's sherlock holmes dropped to second. alvin and the chipmunks chipwrecked dropped to third. this weekend's three newcomers failed to light any fires at the box office. "the girl with the dragon tattoo" debuted in fourth place with only $13 million. "the adventures of tin tin" came in fifth with $9d million. finally, we bought a zoo placed sixth with a dismaldz 7.8 million. you're laughing. is t

i want to show you how this is the perfect setup for lake effect snow in north and western pennsylvania. essentially we have cold air moving over the relatively mild late. it is helping to smarsparks snow showers all the way down into pennsylvania ted those are coming directly along the winds. here in baltimore, we're not seeing much in the way of even clouds. it is dry right now. the winds are definitely affecting the temperatures. let's take a wider view and see what is happening across the weather pattern. as we step out, we can see the storm system that affected us what it is up into new england. the cold air behind us. strong winds, because we have a very large high and a very large low, closer to each other they are almost competing. we can get the strong winds racing in between the two areas of pressure. cold front is situated over us as well. as we look off towards the west, a few ripples of clouds of there, with all the moisture coming down when of the great lakes. we will have clout in place through the afternoon. temperatures are not so much the big story. it is how the winds

they've also got some snow showers just on the border on into western pennsylvania. we'll get more of those clouds, partly to mostly cloudy skies fo

temperatures will drop off into the 40's once you get into western maryland and back into western pennsylvaniahere is a front sweeping across of the mid-atlantic region right now. temperatures will dip into the 40's early tomorrow morning. if it is 60 degrees at the airport and 64 degrees downtown. so 60's across the eastern seaboard. you notice how the tempters dropped a little bit north and west. eventually, that cool temperatures -- that cool air will work its way south and east. the weather service in philadelphia has been issuing some severe thunderstorm warnings. but nothing is showing up on the radar around baltimore. we should be fine the rest of the night. we are counting it down to the beginning of winter. just a little over an hour. the winter solstice takes place at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow tomorrow will be the first full day of winter. things will start to change quickly during the day tomorrow. we will probably start with some sunshine. by afternoon, the clouds will pick again. the next storm will come in right behind the one that went today. thursday night and into friday. the condit

look towards the west, you will have to get the snow, north western pennsylvania in to ohio, to do that. now, the cold front i'm talking about, here it is here. this is going to traverse the area as we go through the rest of the evening. the only type of moisture is cloud cover and then by tomorrow, high pressure is going to be building in behind that and the cold air filtering in as well. we will feel it. those temperatures are coming up. future trend, not picking up on a lot as we put this in to motion. we will see plenty of sunshine as we go in to saturday. clear skies, lingering in to sunday. clear skies for the nighttime. that's when the temperatures can drop like a rock. we will be not in the 20s this evening due to the fact we will have clouds around 33. cold, nonetheless. bundle up. by tomorrow, this is during the day, chilly and breezy, so that 43 is going to feel like we are in the 30s. tomorrow night, that's when the bottom falls out. clear skies, colder, that cold front is going to do it, clear skies, 7 day forecast, looks good for the ravens game. temperature around 42 degr

temps, 68. 68 in norfolk on the first day of winter. 40s though in ohio and much of western pennsylvania. loaningly, we're up to 59 in vienna. 58 in lovettsville. baden at 60. 509 already in washington -- 59 already at reagan national airport. high, thin clouds. still a decent amount of sunshine. winds have been calm. we expect light winds all day. the dew point is holding in the low 40s. the moisture, there is a lot of it down in the carolinas and southeastern virginia. that's going to be surging northward thanks to this storm. a lot of snow in the central and southern rockies but the severe weather going on this afternoon across areas of the deep south. you see the heavy rains, louisiana, mississippi, alabama, that's tonight's rain for us but this afternoon, this red box is a tornado watch box until 5:00 local time. severe weather coming through new orleans headed toward mississippi, gulf coast and then mobile, alabama and west florida over the next few hours. this will climb into alabama and even the west side of the atlanta metro and with all of this energy coming our way, that's why

snow in western pennsylvania will not make its way our way. but what will make its way our way is cooler temperatures. we saw a high of 51 degrees. was beautiful out there. right now we are at 41 degrees. 45 in richmond and 45 in philadelphia. that is not going to be where the numbers will be tomorrow night. a very cold weekend setting up. i'll show you how cool things will get coming up in my forecast. >>> some business leaders in the washington area are pushing to have the occupy d.c. camps in mcphearson square shut down. board of trade president says that the protesters are hurting business and tourism. but he says the biggest concerns are health and safety. >> there's not a city in the country accept for the washington, d.c. area that has accommodated these protesters to this extent. we are a flash point away from trouble. mcphearson square will be a toxic waste dump for a couple of years to clean it up. >> he was talking on a radio show this afternoon at wamu. about 60 protesters were arrested on wednesday after blocking rush hour traffic

that will produce the flurries, maybe a light accumulation across western pennsylvania and in our mountainsit will definitely feel colder tomorrow. in combination with temperatures in the 40s that felons noticeable. saturday 1:00 we begin -- feels unnoticeable. saturday at 1:00 we begin to see the snow developing in the mountains. cloud deck will be in and by 7:00 perhaps we've got catches of flurries or light snow showers, but this is where the accommodation would be in the higher elevations where it stays colder and snows longer. by midnight our futurecast suggests a few flurries around. they are long gone by sunday morning. we'll have a good amount of sunshine sunday likely with a bit of a breeze as well. so the weekend feeling definitely a little cooler. temperature-wise our average is 46. we talk about a cooler weekend, but it's not that far from average, but it's a big drop from yesterday's 63 degrees. monday we recover by some 5 degrees up to 50 degrees, tuesday also 50. next chance of showers comes tuesday night intoiness. so we are still looking -- night into wednesday. so we are s

as we look back towards the west some showers moving into ohio now and also into western pennsylvania but as we go through the rest of today while we'll be starting to see the showers in the forecast, in the meantime temperatures this morning are on the mild side. check it out, 46 degrees now into baltimore. this is where our high temperatures should be now for this time of year. we see 58, 57 to charleston. and these temperatures are just going to get higher from there. as we check out what we have for the rest of today. the showers are definitely going to be moving in throughout the day with the temperature coming in around 57 degrees. as you head out and about this morning take the rain gear, if you can't get back home to grab the rain gear. >>> angela has traffic. good morning. >> good morning. this thursday morning, we've been talking all morning about the serious accident on route 2 solomons island road at polling house road. we're now getting reports that pole and wires are down across the roadway. a couple of alternates you may want to try. harwood road orroute 255 to get you

snow showers right now showing up in western pennsylvania. our friends up there have that. back here just partly cloudy skies and again, a quick moving weather pattern but one that's not bringing in any real new storm features. we do still continue to deal with the blustery conditions. here's the source of that. why so windy today? well, our rainmaker offshore in new england, area of low pressure. high pressure settled down over the southeast basically trying to blow itself into that low pressure. so that pressure gradient and those high winds funneling between the two areas because you've got clockwise winds around the high. counter clockwise around the low end up with double barreled northwesterly winds flow. that's why things are so chilly out there today. future trend showing basically some enhance had clouds cover through the day tomorrow. there will be a few more lake affect snow showers well to our north. into friday another disturbance passing to our north. could it clip us with a previous shower? it's possible but rights now just look for some extra clouds on frida

so maybe some snow showers into western pennsylvania, around the great lakes, here at home we won't be dealing with any snow. 57 degrees for today. it's going to be a mild one. with those afternoon showers, maybe even lingering into the evening. by tonight that temperature will be around 42 degrees, not as cold outside. and tomorrow temperature around 49 degrees, mostly cloudy, the big story for tomorrow, it will be windy. a check of the 7-day forecast, i think you're going to like the weekend. it gets a little colder with -- but more sunshine is in the forecast. that will continue as we go into the first part of the week. as we see showers possible on tuesday. then wednesday the sunshine returns with that temperature close to 50 degrees. angela? >>> tell us about the traffic. >> we're following a pretty serious accident in harwood, route 2 blocked with a downed pole and wires at polling house road. anne arundel county police say route 468 is going to be your best bet to get around the entire accident scene. in the meantime, i-95 at maryland 175 northbound gets a little heavy approachi

the last 12 hours we've had an area of rain along the front from western pennsylvania into the ohio valleyat rain will be arriving here probably by this time tomorrow morning. for today sunrise at 7:11. we'll have a little sun in and out. that fog should be gone by midmorning. then a cloudy afternoon. highs reaching upper 50s to around 60. here's your evening planner. sunset at 4:46. we'll be in the 50s through the evening under a cloudy sky. by this time tomorrow morning, could have drizzle and fog around and occasional showers likely tomorrow. highs around 60. chilly weather with rain likely on tuesday night. maybe morning fog again on wednesday. wednesday afternoon still chilly with some occasional showers. might have lingering showers on thursday morning, then sun back and turning chillier after that. as we get into the weekend, sunny friday, saturday, and sunday. highs only in the 40s. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> still seeing the accident in arlington at the intersection of north glebe road and 34th street north. use caution in the area. if you're traveling along i-66

those should be moving up to western pennsylvania throughout the day.quite a bit of cloudiness, and temperatures with a southerly flow should warm into the 40s by noontime and the low to mid-50s briefly during the afternoon with quite a bit of cloudiness around. sunrise at 7:18. sunset 4:47. back down into the 40s tonight. by midnight the low 40s under a mostly cloudy sky. might have a few breaks in the clouds. tomorrow morning, upper 30s and cloudy. cloudy day tomorrow. looks like afternoon and evening showers are possible with highs reaching the upper 50s. mid-50s friday and partly sunny. saturday partly cloudy by the late morning hours after a cloudy start. and then some sun in the afternoon with highs in the mid-40s. cooler weather moving in. subfreezing saturday and sunday morning. quite a bit of sun, into the mid-40s. mild on monday. could get rain and chilly next week. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> checking i-66. volume is still pretty light. seeing a lot of green in both directions, if you're traveling east or west o

georgia all the way to main, and on the western edge of the rain, it's a changeover to snow, on western pennsylvania and western west virginia and down into kentucky and tennessee, and all the way down to mississippi and alabama, they are getting snow. heavy rains in the yellow and orange in virginia. and closer to washington, and across virginia, and much of maryland, we have scattered light showers and also standing water from the morning rain, so watch out for high water. if you come up on high water, don't attempt to drive through it, because you could get into serious trouble, getting your car flooded if you do so. right now, we're in the 50s. flood watches are out throughout most of virginia now, and that's including the district of columbia for the rest of the afternoon and this evening and a winter advisory far to the west, howard, montgomery, loudoun, points west and north, and there could be accumulating snow tonight, and we will look at big changes on the way for the end of the week and into the weekend in just a few minutes. barbara? >> thank you, tom. >>> new hot lanes may ease the comm

meanwhile, back across the high spots, this is all snow now in western pennsylvania, western new york and heavy rain new york city toward boston late night flights tonight could see serious delays. be ready for that if you are waiting on anybody. the snows follow the cold air all of the way down into far southwestern virginia snowing into great smoky mountains national forest. dry slot for now. cold air coming in. i can't rule out a few more l n lonesome raindrops. dry and breezy start coming your way tomorrow. a mix of clouds and sunshine but wind whipped sunshine for sure. tomorrow winds out of the west at 20 to 30 miles an hour. gusts over 40 miles per hour at times. much colder weather coming our way. windchills tomorrow holding near freezing and then on thursday, mostly sunny. temperatures back down into the 40s once again. at least by thursday that wind will be gone. overnight tonight, once the rains are gone, the skies will clear out late tonight. wind will start to increase. west winds 12 to 24 miles an hour. wake-up temperatures 30s to near 40. tomorrow, cloudy skies for the

snow showers in west virginia and western pennsylvania and pittsburgh. that will come to an end as the wind begins to a shift westerly. there's a low pressure system that moved through yesterday. vrs in between back and -- we are wedged between that and another system. 45 is a high temperature expected but it will feel like the 30's. downright cold later on tonight. it's chilly start tomorrow in the '20s. widespread 20s at this time tomorrow. luckily, not as windy. not a wind chill factor to deal with. a pleasant afternoon, highs in the upper 40's. continuing to warm up all the way through the weekend, mid 50's by sunday. that will be the warmest. some of the coldest air of the season will make its way into washington by tuesday and wednesday of next week. something to keep an eye on. that's the forecast. what about the traffic? >>> a couple problems. the beltway, things look pretty good. you may want to exit onto river road into town because there's an accident on the clara barton parkway in glen echo that may be blocking the entire roadway. you may wan

there could be some light snow showers in the mountains in garrett county and western pennsylvania. the strong wind is coming from the strong high pressure cells. a strong pressure gradient means a drop in pressure as you head to the north which is increasing the wind. grip the steering wheel today. 43 for the high today. 30's in the mountains. snow showers in the mountains and they should taper off into the afternoon. the wind will diminish tonight. a much colder start to tomorrow morning. 45 into the afternoon with increasing sunshine. increasing clouds by friday air to go. if we see anything, maybe a wintry mix. we are expecting dry weather for new year's eve night. >> a somber day as a mark the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of phylicia barnes. kim dacey has more details. >> maryland state police recently said they are making progress in the phylicia barnes murder investigation but aren't saying if there will soon be any arrests. barnes was last seen on december 28 of last year in the area of reisterstown plaza in baltimore. she disappeared while visiting her sister i

go out to western pennsylvania and go west on i76 and get to the suburbs outside' pittsburgh, those areis. megyn: last time around president obama won pennsylvania even though he made those remarks about the clinging. it many not like they didn't know about those remarks. that was a big deal in that campaign. why are we to believe it' not going to wind up the same way. he could still win pennsylvania? >> he could win pennsylvania. the sportsmen, the blue collar people and older people. pennsylvania is the most rapidly aging state in the country. my money is on barack obama in that state. you go out i76 and you see the billboards from the coal industry and look at those areas. those are voters, too. they have turned and again that libertarian streak is stronger. >> the same question as southern ohio. it's like the sold johnny carson show, whom do you hate more. whom do you trust more. the facts are -- >> i disagree on both levels it's a democrat-leaning state. and frankly ... in terms of registration. the larger point is let's go back to the sentiment it's not the clinging part of it, it

you can see clouds close into west virginia and western pennsylvania, and we will have a few high cloudsm that later today. and highs reaching low 50s and then overnight tonight we will be down in the 20s by dawn on wednesday. tomorrow, a little sun in the morning and then cloudy in the afternoon, and highs low 50s. milder on thursday, and a lout of clouds around. it may trigger a few passing showers mainly during the afternoon. on friday, partly sunny. we will have a weak area of low pressure passing to the south that may come close enough to us to give us a few rain showers on friday evening, and then quickly exiting for the weekends for dry and cold weather for saturday, sunday and monday. that's the way it looks right now. barbara? >> thank you. >>> now to decision 2012. conservative radio host, michael savage is offering newt gingrich to drop out of the presidential race. he says mitt romney is the only candidate with a chance of defeating president obama. and he says gingrich should drop out for the shake of the nation. and meanwhile, gingrich promised fidelity to his wife but did

we are from western pennsylvania.atives for four years and in the united states senate for 12. and now i'm running for president of the united states. my dad came to this country when he was 7 years of age from italy. my grandfather brought him over to johnstown, pennsylvania, right outside of johnstown pennsylvania. it was actually a little coal mining town owned by the company. my gand father used to say they lived in a company town, got paid with company stamps to shop in the country store. i remember visiting that house. they lived a quarter-mile walk for any fresh water, outhouse, the whole nine yards. really grew up obviously very humble roots in the coal mines of western pennsylvania. karen and i have been married 1 years. we have had eight children, seven of whom still survive. we lost a little boy who was our fourth child. he was born early in the morning, 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning, lived a couple of hours and when the morning came we brought him home to bury him. he was buried that next day. our kids were

i would have you look back to western pennsylvania. the front is still way back there through ohio and maybe, just maybe, a couple of showers hole together later tonight coming on across and this is about the extraordinary temperatures. last year on this date, it was 34 degrees. today, 62. we're having some kind of crazien wither and -- winter and it's not winter yet. meanwhile, you can find the colder air and you can look into western ohio to find temperatures into the 30s. this is your planner. a few showers left at 7:00 and 57. by 9:00, a spotty shower at 55 and 11:00, shawn, 51 degrees and that is not going to be cold tonight. would you believe that i have a florine the forecast and that is some breaking news for you. i will let you know when we're expecting that. >> hopefully not too many. >> thank you, sue. >> i will keep that a secret for now. >> thank you. >> still ahead, a fraterp etunder fire. wait until you see the survey that has a college community outraged. >>> also ahead tonight, stunning video. find out what happened mo

western p.a., western pennsylvania. that's where the rain comes to -- continues to come up from the south. maybe another inch to an inch and a half. we've already seen. couple of spots have already seen 1.34 inches. one and three quarters of an inch of rain. the rain and snow will end quickly in the morning. as that low passes. it will get cooler tomorrow and breezy. a few clouds. but a chilly and dry weekend. west winds, 15 to 20 knots. and small craft advisory tomorrow. and gale warning on the bay. tonight, then, rain mixing with and changing to snow for a while. 32 by morning. there can be icy spots. basically sunny, breezy and cooler. but dry and sunny day tomorrow. okay? >> okay. >>> stay with wjz because of the threat of snow. wjz is going on a half hour early. don and tim will have the latest on the first warning forecast. >>> still to come on wjz eyewitness news. a reality causes real life damage in california. we'll tell you what came crashing through one family's door. >>> he was once the most powerful man in

it's spreading clouds into western pennsylvania and the ohio valley. we will clear out and temperatures will get cold again, down to near 30 by dawn on saturday. tomorrow, we should be mostly sunny with afternoon highs chillier in the 40s to near 50. on sunday morning, another cold start in the mid-and low 30s after climbing into the low 50s. and then on monday, cloudy and a bit milder. we should be climbing in the upper 50s. another front is coming in through tuesday and wednesday and may trigger passing showers, turning chilly and dry again after that. that's the way it looks now, barbara. >> thank you, tom. >>> let's listen in now. the president is speaking from the white house, i believe. let's go there right now to hear what he has to say. >> and this has been a passion for him for quite sometime. i thank everybody at transwestern and everybody here for giving us this remarkable tour. they are the equivalent of 250 full time workers as a consequence of the project taking place here. it's a win for the business owners and a win for the tenants of t

that's moving into western pennsylvania. that may be arriving here tomorrow morning. then, a lot of clouds around. highs reaching near 60 this afternoon. sunset at 5:46. near 50 by dauwn tomorrow with drizzle and fog tomorrow morning as well as occasional showers through tuesday with highs near 60. could get more rain, drizzle, and fog late tuesday night and into wednesday morning. wednesday a chilly day with highs only around 50. clearing out thursday afternoon and cold after that and dry into the weekend. danella, how's traffic? >>> slow trip traveling on i-95 in virginia. the accident at route 1. making your way northbound, only the left lane gets you by the accident there. the fire department is on the scene. here's a look right now. maybe a good idea to jump in the hov lanes and continue on towards 395. crossing over the 14th street bridge, still seeing an issue here. it looks as though the accident is affecting the center lanes as well as the left lane just a bit. very slow as you make your way into the city. traveling on i-270, here's a view right now at father

snow continues western pennsylvania down through west virginia and windy conditions too coming our way for tomorrow. comes back for your afternoon. rain heavy at times. could drop visibility if you're out at the area roadways. 41 to 46 for the evening as the rain ends and skies will gradually start to clear. a little breezy too. we're at 49 degrees today for a high 45. fo for tomorrow with the return of sunshine. thursday 48 degrees. want to show whyou what that ne year's eve and new year's day is looking like. 50 degrees for saturday. sunday low 50s. into the mid-30s overnight. carol? >> thanks so much, veronica. >>> we've had a lot of early morning activity. southbound 270 at 121 clarksburg, you'll see an accident on the right shoulder. all lanes are getting by, but the fire department is still there on the scene. northbound in virginia at the truck scales, a disabled vehi e vehicle, tractor trailer on the right shoulder. shouldn't be anything in the way. probably a lot of rubber necking. south of dumfries picking up, but all lanes open. eun, angie? >> carol, thank you. >>> some virg

. >>> a man is under arrest in western pennsylvania for a bizarre robbery attempt of a drive-throughshop. take a look, as a masked man lunges out of his car and through a window. you then see him hitting his wife with a coffee pot. you also see she threw scalding coffee at him. >> you think you have seen it all then you see something you haven't seen. >>> firefighters rescue a teenager from a pretty embarrassing situation. take a look as he was pulled out from a chimney at his home. firefighters say the teen became stuck as she tried to sneak into his bedroom after his curfew. the teen was not hurt, except maybe a bruised ego. >> ouch. >> yeah. >> really? >> you can get hurt doing that. >> yeah. don't do that. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, a chase draws in four police departments. and police guns. that story as eyewitness news continues. if they want "big" savings on car insurance, it's a bit like asking if they want a big hat... ...'scuse me... ...or a big steak... ...or big hair... i think we have our answer. geico. fifteen minutes could sav

that's rain that's falling now western pennsylvania and into ohio. ntucky, far western west virginia. and that's slowly advancing to the east and will probably be in here after midnight tonight. between now and then a lot of clouds and temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s this afternoon. and then after midnight may get drizzle and some fog developing and starting off damp on tuesday morning with drizzle and fog and occasional showers after that into tuesday evening. and then some chillier rain moving in on wednesday. could end as a period of wet snow to our west wednesday late in the evening or perhaps on thursday morning and then we will get sunshine back thursday afternoon and much colder after that. friday, saturday, sunday. highs only in the 40s but should be sunny. and that's the way it looks. barbara? >> good. thanks, tom. >>> let's see if it is looking good on the roads out there. here is danella sealock it is looking really nice on our roadways. not seeing a lot of problems as you are getting ready to head out on the beltway. new hampshire

western pennsylvania. west virginia and western maryland. as we look at the next three days, today, upper 50s, a few showers this afternoon. tonight, 40s. low to mid-40s. tomorrow only around 50. friday night, a second wave of low pressure may bring some rain or snow showers south of d.c. but this looks very light and then saturday and sunday, mid-40s and some rain returns late tuesday into wednesday. monika? happy thursday. >> hey, happy thursday. there are a couple of incidents to report right now including some late-clearing construction on the inner loop of the beltway. it is basically between i-66 and tysons corner and they should be clearing that up from the right side shortly. be aware it may still be there if you're just heading out the door. if you're planning to head over to the gw parkway, on the southbound side of the parkway, there is a disabled vehicle now between route 123 and the spout run parkway. that's in the right lane. be aware of that southbound side of the gw parkway. stay to the left to get around that. let's get a li

rain and snow showers from western pennsylvania to northern new england. >> 42 in beantown. 45 in the big apple. 77 in miami. 23 in fargo. 30 in the twin cities. and 45 in detroit. a mild 58 out in phoenix. salt lake city at 39. seattle, 44. >>> well, here's an idea for making your holidays especially green. you don't buy a christmas tree and throw it away. you rent one instead. >> i kind of like this. more and more groups are loaning out living trees, potted in soil. this conservation group in seattle, washington, has 200 trees for rent this year. in fact, a 3-foot tree is about 25 bucks. a four-foot tree goes for about $30. >> and when they are returned, the group will keep them in spring and then plant them along the banks of a stream that shelters salmon. >> i like that idea. >> i like it, too. >> giving back to nature. a little recycling, if you will. >> i feel terrible. i get these big christmas trees every year. i like the smell of the fresh tree. then, you bag them up and put them out. >> and the pine needles that fall down. when people have a big tree. that doesn't bother you

there are a few sprinkles up in eastern ohio, western pennsylvania. increasing chouds lalouds later afternoon. chilly with highs reaching upper 40s and low 50s early to mid afternoon. this evening the clouds close in. a mild trend here throughout much of the week ahead. we will look at that and the holiday weekend in just a few minutes. >> all right. thank you, tom. >>> and danella is getting hungry. she smells the food cooking in here. what's going on with the roads out there? >> how could you ask me about the roads? have you the roads smelling so delicious. i can't concentrate. but i'm going to try just for you. if you are traveling on the inner loop and outer loop of the beltway in virginia, inner loop, we had a big problems all morning. still see something congestion there. i will give you a travel speed. 35 miles per hour. making your way from the interchange heading towards dulles toll road. that trip takes you 22 minutes. and if you are traveling belt by that maryland looking much better. not seeing any issues here. on the outer loop or inner l

. >> john vick runs a school in western pennsylvania where andy often skydives. >> he wasn't just someoneho came to my drop zone to experience something that the crazy skydivers did. he's one of us and a good friend. >> it's labor day weekend 2002. andy decides to go skydiving with his dad, tim, and a few friends. >> it was a hot day. i remember joking around about jumping out and landing in somebody's swimming pool. >> the day couldn't be going any better. andy, his dad and his friends have made two successful jumps and for their third run, they'll decide to try something a little different. they will do a four-way jump, locking arms and leaving the plane together. >> i was the one giving the count to leave together. to do that, i had one foot on the step. my right foot was hanging free. >> the plane races up to 11,000 feet and levels off above the jump zone. >> i gave the count. we all pushed off. my left foot remained in place on the step and my head went backwards toward the ground. everything was upsidedown. >> a piece of andy's jumpsuit gets snagged on the step, on a piece of metal.

western mountains. southern pennsylvania gets the rain late in the afternoon. as for baltimore, that holds off until tonight. the ground is very wet. some fog could form. highs into the 60's this afternoon. the storm system pushes in. sprinkles this evening. a better chance for rain tonight. some areas could see from 1 inch to 2 inches of accumulation. rain tonight into tomorrow morning. a high of 53 tomorrow. back in the 40's. by sunday, a storm system moving into the southeast. i think it stays to our south. mostly cloudy skies and dry weather. >> a great grandmother likes to celebrate christmas in a big way. we go on a tour of her pennsylvania home. >> it was like that song, noplace like home for the holidays. i started out with one tree and it seemed to grow. >> and grow and grow. she has 30 christmas trees that adorn her home. >> christmas to me is the most special time. we have a large family and everybody manages to come home. >> $6.16 grandchildren. she goes to great lengths to make sure it is a christmas to remember -- six daughters and six grandchildr

beaver is in western pennsylvania, sued a few times or sledding incidents. of liability concerns the city has banned sledding all together in the town's most popular park. now you can only sled in the marked area of another park, but you cannot go to the top of the hill. don't you go to the top of the hill. i'm not done yet. there is no sledding after sunset. children under 12 must wear a helmet, metal and plastic discs banned, you can't sled on them. to sled in beaver you must live in beaver, no outsiders, no friends, no family no fun. one councilwoman says, and i'm quoting here, we are keeping taxpayer dollars in the community by asking that only taxpayers sled ride in the community. can you imagine the cop walking up to the kid, you ain't from around here, are you, kid? i mean there is some consolation here because there is no snow right now in beaver, right, there is no snow anywhere in the northeast, so that helps. megyn: are they going to impound the sleds, if they find somebody on the little metal discs, i'm sorry we have to impound them. >> big time