a solid line of rain stretches from the eastern great lakes into western pennsylvania, almost into oakland and garrett county. it will be there in the next hour or so. we expect rain to keep moving east tonight, especially -- reaching the baltimore area close to midnight. right over toward baltimore and the western shore of the bay by about midnight or so. the rain starts to change over to some snow overnight and there could be a light accumulation. probably some rain year for the tuesday morning rush-hour in and showers will continue pressing east and looks like the skies will clear up as we head toward lunch time and into the afternoon hours. 35-bit before the love tonight, but the clouds will shift to the northwest and that dusty northwest breeze will bring in cooler air. even though we will see sunshine tomorrow afternoon and wednesday, it will not warm up a lot. the air mass behind that front is quite chilly. the front hangs up off the carolina coast and it may bring more clouds into the region thursday afternoon and may be a shower on the eastern shore friday morning. the-55 degrees

that's much of western pennsylvania into western maryland. the light blue generally in the low to mid 40s. we're going to hold steady here for the next several hours and not warm up much today. hour by hour, by 6:00 a.m., it actually may dip down to the upper 30s and maybe a few sprinkles around, and then by noontime, maybe a few breaks in the clouds and only the low 50s and a northwesterly wind, and a little sunshine breaking out by mid afternoon. highs mid 50s, mid afternoon. low 50s late afternoon. sunsets at 6:07. those will be an hour earlier beginning sunday morning, as we fall back over the weekend. i'm back in ten minutes. danella is here now with a look at traffic. good morning. >> good morning. first let's start 395 in virginia, southbound. washington boulevard had a crash blocking the right and the left lane. let's head back up to damascus now. if you're traveling along ridge road, it's closed between woodville road because of an accident that now has downed wires. on the roadway, not safe at all. please avoid the road if possible.

you can see the clouds break up in western pennsylvania and into west virginia. we should get some sunshine later today. 40's to start today. rain likely this morning. partly cloudy this afternoon. clearing and colder tonight, " 30 low 30's. temperatures will stay below average. 50's on wednesday. it will be dry going into the beginning of the weekend. next chance for rain on sunday and monday. >> two retailers not waiting for black friday. target and toys "r" us will open their doors on thanksgiving night. target is promising deep discounts on electronics. toys "r" us is offering free good begs for the first 200 customers in line -- free goody bags. how can you make the most of your gift cards? >> the gift card game has changed over the last few years. a new survey shows consumers still need to be aware of what they are buying. 63 gift cards were not look tat. 55 from retailers and restaurants. purchase fees range from $2.95 to $6.95. the trade-off is more freedom. >> the flexibility it gives the person you give the gift card to. it limits it but there are fewer

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almost better than you would expect in western pennsylvania in mid november. light wind and clear skies. if you are not heading up there, watch it right here on sunday evening. it gets a little cloudier going into tuesday. maybe some showers along the coast. thanksgiving day looks great. a big travel day on wednesday, partly cloudy, with a high of 65. >> in the playoffs, it came down to one second, one final play. inspiration. great power. iconic design. exhilarating performance. [ race announcer ] audi once again has created le mans history! [ male announcer ] and once in a great while... all of the above. take your seat in the incomparable audi a8. take advantage of exceptional values on the audi a8 during the season of audi event. ♪ quick fix is 11 sports. >> we start with an incredible game in baltimore county. a big crowd watching. third quarter, tied at 14-14. his third touchdown. 24 yards. 21-14 indians. reggie ellis walks, 13 yards. back the millers come. an option to get it in. the extra point? no good. two minutes, 40 seconds remaining. he is chuggin

look out toward western maryland and western pennsylvania. see the light cloud cover and light shower possibilities? partly cloudy today and still a little cool. as i mentioned our highs only make it back in the mid-50s and that will set us up for a decent weekend but cooler on saturday and sunday. highs today, 55 in washington. 51 in annapolis. upper 40s north and west. >> nice and cool. >> yeah. >>> time now to talk to julie. happy frid. you lee. >> happy friday indeed. it seems like this has just been taking so long to get here. finally we made it. well, on the roads you'll find roads are open. no problems reported. right now nice easy trip around town. you'll also find your lanes are open. kennel worth avenue, easy trip with no issues reported for those continuing down toward the d.c. line and down toward pennsylvania avenue. continuing northbound you'll find life traffic volume in the hov line and the main line. that's a check of fox 5's on-time traffic. >>> manhattan is slowly getting back on its feet following supersandy. the subway sy

this late in the game, you know, during the game that mitt romney is taking time out to go to western pennsylvania? >> well, the fact of the matter is, just saw david plough, the top political organizer for obama said, look, i don't know why they're going to pennsylvania. they have to win 2/3 of the independent -- independence. democrats outnumber republicans in pennsylvania by over a million. they think it's just a faint and decoy. the republicans will probably say to you no, wait a second. there is a republican governor, both houses are republican. >> but talk about that for a minute. >> yeah. >> a faint -- creating a bluff was two weeks ago. this is election day. virginia is razor thin as it gets. >> why didn't he go tova have? >> i think you should have been the campaign manager, tom. it would have been better to go to virginia, strategically, and the makiavillian sense than to pennsylvania. the odds in pennsylvania are much greater. virginia is the tightest swing state. if you think your presence means something, go to the state. it's the closest. they might come back and say well, virginia i

tomorrow night and friday morning in the low and midst 50's and if you're making the track to western pennsylvania not too bad in pennsylvania pen temperatures in the 40's. good good football weth weather. >> 49 to recall, 53 friday >>> clouds on friday, showers late sunday into monday and move out of the area on tuesday. >>> baltimore schools gather. there are many destinations coming up next in sports. >>> in baltimore and pittsburgh and from anywhere anyone knows football. it will be strange to watch sunday night and not see ray lewis or ben. he was hurt in a sack that sprained his shoulder and dislocated a rib. he may not make it back for their meeting december 2 in baltimore. >> from what he said he's trying to talk to experts because there is no case study that had this exact same thing. it was like a 1998 rug by player or something and we're trying to talk to people because we don't know. >> the thing about birne is he is competitive. highly successful at one time in jacksonville he was one of the premier quarterbacks in football. he's got a lot of skills and got a lot of wear left. he's no

known as sandsy, drifting north through eastern canada, still producing a few sprinkles in western pennsylvania and maybe up in the highland out in garrett county, a few snowflakes falling. a mostly clear sky over washington. the moon and jupiter together now, all of the areas in dark blue in the 30s. you see that covers a lot of virginia, a lot of maryland and into the mountains, right now, reagan national, a chilly 42. thankfully, a light breeze now. winds picking up as the day progresses hour by hours, winds increasing to around 20 to 25 miles an hour, later into the afternoon. partly cloudy, high of 55 to mid afternoon. overnight tonight, going into this friday, mostly clear, breeze will settle down it will be chilly. cold by midnight. down to around 40. seven-day outlook in ten minutes. a look at your friday morning commute with daniela. >> good morning. thank you, tom. traveling on the road, seeing road work, but should be in final stages. this particular work zone here. you will see the right lane blocked by construction, but should be over about 5:00 a.m. we're just minutes away. good n

in the northeast expect lots of clouds as well as rain in western pennsylvania.of the south will see scattered showers while the gulf coast states remain sunny. rain today in washington state. the rest of the west stays dry. in sports this morning an all day feast of thanksgiving football ends with a turkey courtesy of the new york jets. new england leading the jets 14-0 when mark sanchez gets rocked. loses the ball. gregory pounces on it. and then the ball is returned 33 yards for a touchdown on the ensuing kick-off. ball is popped out of his hands. goes to new england. julian walks it to the end zone. then it goes into the end zone. redskins quarterback robert griffith iii, fires a 68 yard bomb to robinson. washington goes up 7-3. rg3 throws three more touchdowns to give the skins a lead. skins survive a late cowboy rally to win 38-31. in detroit the lions coaching staff needed tums. the running back appears to be down but no whistle. he race's untouched to the end zone. lions coach jim schwartz should challenge that play. he does it wrong. schwartz tosses the

up over the mountains into western pennsylvania we fine pittsburgh at 39, column -- find pittsburgh at 39, columbus 29 and chicago 39. there will be gusty winds out of the northwest as well. annapolis, gusts to 21 this hour, frederick and hagerstown gusts up and over 30 miles per hour. while have a rather gusty night and most of the day tomorrow. here's what we've got at the surface. frontal boundary will swing through with showers overnight clearing west to east tomorrow for a brighter afternoon for most places as high pressure builds in. between the departing cold front and incoming high pressure we'll keep the breezes going foam and we'll certainly keep temperatures -- tomorrow and we'll certainly keep temperatures much chillier than today. in rain we're thinking between 1/2-inch and inch of rain and 1/4-inch to 1/2-inch for everybody else in the light green colors. 49 and showers, gusty winds with a temperature of 53 degrees for a drier afternoon and cooler day overall. in fact, our fox 5 accuweather seven-day forecast, mostly a cool weather, but a lot brighter especially by tomorr

in western pennsylvania the congressman is markers.a member verses member primary against jason all wire. -- jason altmeir. this is a republican district. democratic strategists say the only thing keeping him in the race is johnstown base that could turn out has been so strong for the congressman before he passed away, and that is the only thing keeping the race competitiveness otherwise they would already have this in their column. to go what else are you keeping a close eye on? >> looking at nevada, we talked about the third district and the fourth district, which was drawn and assumed democrats would win it. the republican is in the game. he lost in the senate primary in 2010. that is that type of district democrat should be winning in need to win in order to do well. overall on election night i will be watching the seats that republicans better republicans favored or even been republican. that is how far down our competitive races. democrats have to start winning and defeating republican members in order to get close to the majorit

a little bit of snow on the very back side of this before it ends in a few spots but in western pennsylvania and west virginia, clearing already taking place. that's what i anticipate us for as we head toward later this morning into the afternoon. we are going to see the rain showers scoot off to the east. in fact, by noon if anyone has seen any leftover showers, down toward maybe the northern neck, the lower eastern shore, north and west of town, maybe into d.c., we're going to start to see the sunshine late this morning into the noon hour. by the afternoon we may see a few clouds lingering southern maryland, lower eastern shore. the rest of us should be partly to mostly sunny, chilly, breezy, upper 40s to low 50s. tonight down in the 20s and 30s. very chilly wednesday morning. wednesday looks to be a sunny but brisk day. again high temperatures upper 40s to low 50s. by thursday perhaps just a few more clouds coming into thursday morning. so thursday partly sunny but not much change in this air mass. look for your highs upper 40s to lower 50s. checking out the forecast, the next three days,

look at the clearing mines and parts of western pennsylvania into west virginia.will see sunshine late this morning and early this afternoon as high pressure builds back in. we will have cooler drier air moving in as mr. delay part of the week into the weekend. partly sunny skies. it will be cooler than average. for tonight partly cloudy and chilly. 28-37. looking at the seven-day forecast, partly sunny tomorrow with 54 degrees. a little sneak peak, one week away from thanksgiving, how about that? 57 and partly cloudy. let's look at traffic this morning. >> here we are at 270 with a little more volume. it picks up and you are up to speed of the way down to the beltway. the inner loop and outer loop moving smoothly right now. no accidents. springfield still pretty good all the way up through dale city and across the beltway. the 14th street bridge, everything is moving well. a good start for thursday morning. >> thank you. there is a new social acedia -- social media tool for job- seekers. >> the job a board was created in conjunction with the jobs partnership that

he's going to northern ohio, cleveland, and then he's going to western pennsylvania, which is covered so the pennsylvania visit is not so much about pennsylvania. it is a little bit about it, but it's about getting both media markets at the top and bottom of ohio. >> how common is it to campaign on election day and how effective is it? >> remember al gore in 2000. al gore went all around this country campaigning at the very last minute. george w. bush took that day off and the day before largely off. al gore's late surge made that a very close election, as we all remember. >> it's more a sign that i'm coming that's important than i'm here, which is to say you don't want to get in the way of people trying to vote, but you want to say look at me, i'm pulling out every stop to make sure i'm out here campaigning. so you go through the same kind of effort to get out the door and vote. >> voting is about emotion, right? and how you feel about the candidates. but it's also a science, as we know. so it's both of these things and turning out the vote. i'm particularly obsessed with the early v

going to the pennsylvania turnpike toward pittsburgh for the game, it looks pretty good for western pennsylvania. mostly clear. kickoff temperatures in the low 40's. cold november weather for the weekend. lows in the 30's and that is the theme that last into next week. temperatures below normal bud dry and quiet weather. >> thank you. we are any of our first look at how the grand prix compared to last year when it comes to the local economy. >> and report reveals how much money they pulled in and what it meant for area businesses. >> they are starting up at the middle school. >> a select group of education students can major in middle school. >> they can graduate with a specific degree in middle school education. it is a one-of-a-kind program in maryland. tim tutan has more. we all have middle school roads and we can agree that is a tough bunch. >> at kassam university they have found a unique way to match middle school teachers with middle school students. these educators are getting some special training for their teaching assignments. >> but over how we will do this. >> this is an eighth grad

i think that if you look at western pennsylvania and eastern ohio there are similarities because that is coal country and natural gas country and we are overperforming in eastern ohio and they are overperforming in western person a reason that pennsylvania is on the map so i am feeling good about things. fur are independent and undecided you are most likely not going with the uncouple bent. folks are liking the way that mitt romney is closing. it is positive, optimistic, and looking to the future, and he is talking about solving the big problems we face. that is what folks are looking to hear. it will help us. >>neil: on the independent voters, and i have nothing against them but it is not as if they are carbon cut outs, they are very different. what does it say? even though it could be a small slice of the old electorate that many undecide on election day. a does that say? >>guest: a lot of folks do not pay attention until the end. they see the ads but try to block them out and you and not blame them. we have been inundated in ohio. i will wait until the end and vote on election day

snow in the mountains from western pennsylvania and western maryland and some areas especially in maryland and even more so west virginia. i think a report out of gatlinburg with like 34 inches, we have some light sprinkles up north of town not all of this reaching the ground from the shenandoah valley back up to myersville and frederick and mount airy and thurmont. this morning your temperatures on the chilly side. 44 in ashburn. 41 in centerville this morning and 42 at andrews and as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera. good visibility and cloudy skies. windchill only 43 because thankfully our winds are relatively light at 6 miles an hour. sandy will slowly unwind and see slowly improving sky conditions. in the going to warm ill all that much. -- not going to warm up all that much with nighttime temperatures generally in the upper 30s to low 40s. to the weekend, terms are home saturday. football weather 54. clocks back saturday night so we get an extra hour of sleep. that's always a good thing. and then sunday for the skins, we have temperatures in the mid 50s. it's 6:16.

why the governor is going to ohio today, going to northern ohio cleveland and then going to western pennsylvaniaylvania visit is not so much about pennsylvania. it's a little bit about getting both media markets at the top and bottom of ohio. >> how common is it guys to campaign on election day and how effective is it. >> al gore in 2000. he went all around this country campaigning until the last minute. george bush took that day off and the day before largely off. >> it's more a sign i'm coming more important than i'm here. you want to say, here look at me. i'm pulling out every stop to make sure i'm out here campaigning. you go through the same kind of effort to get out the door and vote. >> voting is about emotion, right, and how you feel about candidates. it's also a science. i'm particularly obsessed with the early vote. it says a lot about how america is changing. we complain we have to wait in lines to vote. by tonight, we could have -- cbs estimates almost four in ten people in america will have already voted. if you look state by state, north carolina almost 63% already voted. colorado

the appalachian basin, the red circle here, eastern ohio and western pennsylvania.sere row for the battle and a lot of votes. ♪ >> we want to wake up that morning and know that the coal jobs are coming back to eastern ohio. romney campaign is betting that coal country is fed up with the current administration. take a look at the latest romney ad, airing in pennsylvania. >> if someone wants to build a copowered plant, they can. but it will bankrupt them. >> obama kept that promise and pennsylvania coal paid the price. romney's energy plan is different. >> by the way, i like coal. >> people in the coal industry feel like it's getting crushed by the bollsies. i want to get america and north america energy independent to create jobs. >> the pushback questions romney's credibility on this issue. the president on the stump. >> the governor, stood in front of a coal fired plant. and said this plant kills people. now he is running around, talking like he is mr. coal. >> at the second debate, the president said this. there we made the largest investment in clean coal technol

if you are making the plans ahead, western pennsylvania, right now, for the kickoff of the ravens-steelers game, temperatures in the low 40's. york insta-weather plus around baltimore, a club for a few more days, into the upcoming weekend. showers chances start to increase, and our best chance for light rain will be monday next week. >> all right, tom, thank you. two teenagers face charges, accused of killing a washington- area cab driver. >> and a late october slaying of a young mother. >> the ravens catch a break. not fao >> well, the ravens are just days away from taking on the steelers. >> and it looks like they will not have to face ben roethlisberger. he suffered an injury and will not be on the field. what does that mean for this week? >> three weeks ago, it was the ravens dealing with key losses, and now, baltimore enters the game with the healthy effect -- being the healthier team. ben roethlisberger has tormented the ravens ever since baxter knocked out tommy maddox in a game in 2004. >> going deep. he is looking for his man. he has got him. >> a 9-5 record against the ravens. bu

western pennsylvania, where barak obama did not run well but had low turn out in 2008, voters were crossnd traditional democrats didn't want to vote for obama. you will see more 18-obama and it is coal company. and alsolet pennsylvania polls tightened up after the first debate and that is only have happened in the philadelphia suburbs. and afluent areas in the north which are trending democratic were moving back some distance to romney and i understand it romney has a speaking date tomorrow night in buck's county outside of philadelphia. and stow romny has put real money in pennsylvania it is it not cheap to campaign obama responded with some. those factors could put it over the line that would be a real shock and it is it out on the limb. i will not be utterly surprised to be brong. >> and you have been right more awn than wrong when i read the article i said this is it stunning. you also looked at ohio and where i am tonight. and this is ground zero for the election, how important is it ohio and who wins that tuesday? >> i think ohio is it hugely important and it has 18 electoral vote.

western pennsylvania, where barak obama did not run well but had low turn out in 2008, voters were crossressured and traditional democrats didn't want to vote for obama. you will see more 18-obama and it is coal company. and alsolet pennsylvania polls tightened up after the first debate and that is only have happened in the philadelphia suburbs. and afluent areas in the north which are trending democratic were moving back some distance to romney and i understand it romney has a speaking date tomorrow night in buck's county outside of philadelphia. and stow romny has put real money in pennsylvania it is it not cheap to campaign obama responded with some. those factors could put it over the line that would be a real shock and it is it out on the limb. i will not be utterly surprised to be brong. >> and you have been right more awn than wrong when i read the article i said this is it stunning. you also looked at ohio and where i am tonight. and this is ground zero for the election, how important is it ohio and who wins that tuesday? >> i think ohio is it hugely important and it has 18 elect

president, if you want to see angry birds come to western pennsylvania, where the median average income families since you came to office nationally has gone from $55,000 a year down to $51,000 a year. >>neil: maybe he is rolling the angry bird dice and thinking you will have more angry birds and voters in your district if everything falls apart and there is no dole and all the taxes go. >>guest: no one wants taxes on go up and the president believes that. i am disappointed after the election he goes right back to divisiveness. why is a man who is supposed to bring us together continue to divide us in if he is dress about fixing the problem, why not it is at the table with an adult conversation and get things fixed rather than going to a toy factory in pennsylvania and telling people we need to divide the country more? we need to split you up more. i don't have what i want. very spoiled activity. >>neil: well, his supporters are saying look, you agree on almost everything, in fact, the renewing of the rates for everyone but the rich, and if you can give up the argument for the rich, you

>> romney's going to be back in pennsylvania tomorrow on election day in western pennsylvania at a rally outside of pittsburgh. why is he going there? because he knows pennsylvania's really in play. how does he win it? he's going to win in the western part of the state, coal country. he'll do well in the philadelphia suburbs, moderate area. northeast pennsylvania, a lot of conservative voters. he thinks he can put together a winning coalition. >> what does it mean when you talk about 30,000 supporters? to me that's a big number. not even a good advance man can get that kind of enthusiasm. but is it really significant? >> it's astounding. i'll tell you why. yeardley, pennsylvania. philadelphia suburbs, arlen specter's political base, pro-choice republicans, moderate reagan democrats. they came out in leaps and bounds yesterday. 30,000 for romney in the moderate philly suburbs. george h.w. bush, when he won the state in 1988, he swept the philadelphia suburbs. romney has suburb ban appeal. >> why, robert, did team romney wait so long to go into pennsylvania? >> key strategic question. pres

it applies to 183 high school squads in central and western pennsylvania.oner says it has to do with money not patriotism. >> the national anthem should not be played only because of the time constraints, okay. it's not that we're not patriotic, that is the tpurtis not the truth. ice is very, very hard to get. we are talking $300 an hour sometimes. >> i go back to the 1960s with high school hockey and we've always played the national anthem. i think that it's something that should be done, it's part of our history, and our country, and absolutely should be part of the game. >> reporter: well many parents and fans are outraged. some suggest a prerecorded minute and a half version for all games. the league is holding another meeting to discuss revoking the ban. until that happens the game in central and western pa will not include the spar spangled banner. rick: maybe they can give them a little bit of a time c for however long it takes to sing the national anthem that does not get counted toward your rink time. jenna: i think that is a good idea. how fast ca