. >> they got several inches out there in western virginia and northern and western maryland.you guys have been sharing with us. we want to start off with a snowy scene. in western virginia here this is over between round hill and hillsboro. really beautiful farm. you can see the snow coming down. i got several inches out there. the most i found so far is out in frostburg, maryland 4 inches and west of there garret county even more. now this is earlier today. this dog had a good time and i would imagine he probably brought in a few muddy paw prints. what do you think? >> wet. >> you're a dog owner. you know about these things. >> they love it. >> all right. here's what we are in storm 4. the big chill is on the way. snow is gone. gusty winds up neck. this means chills in the teens tonight and it'll feel like the 20s throughout the day tomorrow. so what about new year's day also? we have a little system that will be skirting just to the south bringing us a little rain or snow maybe. lows tonight though you got to say a lot colder than where we've been. down into the 20s actual

that right now starting to move in as snow in through portions of northern virginia and the western virginia panhandle. i'll let you know how much you should expect in your area and when the storm moves out coming up in my forecast. >> thanks, doug. >>> as we noted, one person was killed, two seriously injured in a town house fire in greenbelt, maryland. we're on the scene now with the latest on this. >> reporter: good evening, jim. right now we're here at 2 court laurel hill road and before we show you video i want to set the scene here. these firefighters have been working vigorously putting out this blaze. you look right here and they roped off the air to keep people away. if you move a little to the left over here, you can see them coming down the street and up to the left over there, there's an extended ladder. and they're making sure that there aren't any hotspots inside this town home sparking up right now as we speak. let's roll some video from chopper 4 from up above. as you said at the top of the show, jim, two other people that were injured in this fire, we have one in serious con

the moisture is making its way in to western virginia, portions of western maryland, moving into somethe northern counties as well like frederick and carroll county. on the back end we're seeing a lot of moisture that's moving out of the west virginia area. frostburg they already have 3 inches of snow. as far as other places, where kim basey was, they had a trace of snow. they should get some more in the next couple of hours. temperatures around the area. some places it's reached 40 or more. college park, annapolis at 41. eastern shore, some of the warmer spots. ocean city 42. greater baltimore area parkton right on freezing at 32, westminster, frostburg they are at 27 degrees and probably stay there for much of the day. as far as the winter weather advisory remains in effect as it has all morning until 6:00 this evening except for baltimore city and baltimore county and the entire eastern shore except for cecil county as well. watch it there on 95 through hartford and cecil counties. current weather shows that pretty well defined rain/snow line passing south of the greater baltimore

time across area but most of the stuff hitting the ground is up at the year into marylandand western virginia. a little toward winchester, martinsburg, in little into frederick toward westminster. watching no. montgomery county. again, not much more than time.les at this temperatures are warming, so at least we are not worried about the freezing on contact. winds are out of the south, the temperatures out. 38 at dulles, 39 at manassas. 36 at frederick. bridges and overpasses, you to keep an eye on. at the difference in temperatures this morning morning.to yesterday nine degrees warmer in winchester, 16 degrees warmer in manassas and five degrees warmer in annapolis. of sandwiched between two r systems and neither totally control the weather. right in between the two. moisture later tonight. front is stalled out really would not be passing y next week.l earl means we will be in and out and kind of up and with the temperatures. temperatures -- 48-52, tonight showers, 42-48 and is the seven-day forecast. 60's tomorrow and monday but 50's and 40's in between. new information about the otheruake i

, eastern west virginia and, of course, western maryland out there and they good for the ski resortsthere and this is what -- let's go back to that. -- and get time to explain this. and baltimore and d.c., one to two inches of snow, okay. wet snow accumulation. you start getting up here into the darker blue and that really represents probably two to three, two to four inches of snow there and then the darker blue way out there representing anywhere between three and six. and that is the snowfall right now. we have some breaking news. i will toss it back to tom and will. >>> and thanks. we do have breaking news from the white house where president obama is talking about the fiscal cliff after a meeting with congressional leaders. let's listen in. >> also ask lobbyist americans to pay a little more. above all, protect our middle class and everyone who is striving to get into the middle class. i want to still get this down. the right thing to do for our families, our businesses, and for our entire economy. but, the hour for immediate action is here. it's now. we're now at the point wher

to see about 2 inches of snow in the opinion handle of maryland -- panhandle of maryland and western virginiaould even see 3 inches. clear out quickly on saturday afternoon and by sunday morning not too bad. the temperatures will go back into thes. right now a high today in the 40s. green weather alert for today. yellow tomorrow because of the snow showers switching over the rain in the afternoon and back the green on sunday. overall it's breezy start to the weekend. very brisk on sunday. struggling to lit that 40- degree mark i think we'll hold in the upper 30s which moans after sunset for the 8:30 kickoff stadium it will be in the hoe 30s and feeling like the 20s. beverly. >>> now there's still delays leaving the prince william parkway but the crash that stayed with us for a good part of the hour better part of the hour northbound 95 north of the occoquan completely gone. now all that traffic can kind receive shift upstream heading into springfield. the left side of the screen a headlights to you northbound. get on to the beltway 395 that volume is still pretty light going up to the 14th st

faintest of returns back out to the west just about to cross over into at least parts of extreme western virginia. most of west virginia is covered up with some sort of precipitation now. distinct rain/snow line, too and the snow is falling around towards indiana up towards ohio, but cold air is in place, so we will get a pretty rapid changeover to some light snow it looks like overnight tonight. listen, this is not a big storm. it does look like it's going to become a big storm after it passes us by. it looks like most of the areas will have snow before sunrise. i think some areas may have it as soon as 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. been watching this closely all night checking the new information coming in. the trend would have to be now less snow for d.c., maybe a little more rain getting mixed into that. at least that's what the models trend to tonight, definitely most of the accumulation to the north and west, probably talking 2 to 3 inches up towards frederick county, northern montgomery county and out towards loudoun county and by tomorrow afternoon late day all this precipitation will be o

we have a front moving into western west virginia triggering a few sprinkles that.ll be arriving here later this morning. as it moves in, it will bring in blustery winds. temperatures are in the 40s. most of the region from the shenandoah valley into the mountains, but around the metro area, the areas in green hovering around 50 degrees as well as northern neck, eastern shore and around the bay. for the morning commute, a lot of cloudiness. sunrise at 7:22. winds out of the southwest at five to 15. by the lunch-hour, breaks in the clouds, but a slight chance of a few sprinkles coming through. temperatures climbing into the mid 50s and we'll have it gusting to around 30 miles an hour too out of the north and west. we'll have that blustery wind through the rest of the afternoon. storm team 4 four-day forecast. we'll have maybe a few sprinkles midday. otherwise, partly sunny and gusty winds and highs upper 50s by mid-afternoon. then later tonight, it's going to get cold, near 40 by midnight. mid-30s by dawn on wednesday. a lighter wind tomorrow. lots of sun. highs into

western maryland and out into eastern west virginia. east of there we could get a little bit of a wet snow and perhaps a little bit of sleet around noontime early afternoon changing to rain by late afternoon into the evening hours. all areas should be getting some rain, some chilly rain. hovering near 40 degrees through the afternoon. by dawn on christmas day, might have sun in the mid 30s and partly sunny during the afternoon tomorrow into the upper 40s. and then tomorrow night clouds return and another weak system coming our way giving us again maybe a little bit of sleet and snow in the morning into the afternoon hours changing to all rain. highs reaching near 40 degrees. does not look like a big storm. and then on thursday. partly sunny. 30s in the morning. afternoon highs upper 40s. a look at friday into the weekend, partly cloudy friday. upper 20s in the morning. afternoon highs 40s. another wintry mix storm on saturday. stay tuned. a look at traffic now with mike. >> things are looking good out there for your christmas eve commut

of maryland, most of virginia, the eastern shore, except right near the waters and around the bay it's above freezing. in the mountains it's cold. near 20 degrees. much of westernyland and much of west virginia. let's take a look at what may be happening here. this area in lavender is a zone of potential sleet and wet snow. this is as of noon. that would be coming up the shenandoah valley along the blueridge but not into washington yet. during the afternoon this is by 3:00 p.m., our western northern suburbs may get that wet snow and sleet mixing in. pavement temperatures will be above freezing. whatever is wintry precipitation will melt quickly on roadways. that will quickly move to the north and east and exit by midnight tonight. by christmas day, a partly sunny sky. here comes another storm system coming in on wednesday. leading edge of that may again be some sleet and snow out in the shenandoah valley as of 7:00 wednesday morning. during the day on wednesday most of that precipitation north of washington and moderate rain coming in by wednesday afternoon into wednesday evening. could get another one on saturday. right now out in the mountains we do have a fr

the precipitation at about 1:00, 2:00 today will be around ohio, areas of western west virginia. time we get to 10:00, 10:00 p.m. this evening at midnight, more cloud cover, possibility of a sprinkle, maybe even a flurry western maryland. may be flurries around the maryland, pennsylvania border as we get closer to midnight. same deal for tomorrow. that system still easing its way eastward. once it moves through, it's going to get plenty cold around here for wednesday, thursday and friday. look at the temperatures right now. 17 degrees currently in minneapolis, minnesota. 14 denver. 18 boise, idaho. all that cold air will start funneling to the south and east. forecast for the morning, 28 to 34 degrees. sun is up today at 7:27. increasing clouds, we'll hit a high today between 41 and 46 degrees. if you are going to be going out for any festivities, tonight this evening, your new year's eve forecast, 34 to 39 degrees. i'll say cheers early for you. here's a look at that cold air that moves in for wednesday, thursday, friday. high again only 36 to about 39 degrees. the weekend, thoug

much of west virginia into southeastern ohio, western pennsylvania. this disturbance going to pass right over our region here by later this morning and early afternoon. ahead of that, we've got some chilly temperatures. these areas in blue in the 40s. our northern, western suburbs as well as in the shenandoah valley and mountains. closer to washington, northern neck, eastern shore, tidewater region, generally in the low and mid 50s. in the metro area, it's in the upper 40s. near 50 prince yorj's, as well as in arlington. 40s in fairfax county and in the district, it's hovering around 50 degrees. later today, by 7:00 a.m., still around 50 around the metro area. winds increase, though, by later this morning. chance of sprinkles, perhaps at 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. after that wind gusting to 30 miles per hour under a partly cloudy sky as highs reach upper 50s. sunrise 7:22. sunset 4:48. i'm back with a hometown forecast. danella has more. >> i'm following breaking news on the roadways. the beltway, you're facing a four-mile backup in montgomery county bec

look at the rain moving into virginia, eastern tennessee, western north carolina. it is continuing to push our way. disturbance. time, a very light mix beginning with temperatures in the upper 30's. then changing over to a light rainfall as we go into the afternoon. snow accumulations, just a mix. of an sinc o expected. degrees in fort washington and effective freezing mark in reagan national reagan national. beautiful to be temperatures high in the 40's. be in the midl 40's on christmas. but after, a strong storm system should pass through our area. that will give us areas of rain. on wednesday morning you could into a few wet snowflakes. otherwise you're looking at every event on wednesday. a pretty good soaking of rain. let's go to steve hershorn for traffic. >> american legion bridge, on the beltway between maryland and virginia, looking good, light .olume pretty typical of what the s like all around. silver spring on the beltway near colesville road, looks very with hardly anybody on the road. 270 near 118 in germantown, moving smoothly. all the hov restrictio

way out west, western maryland into west virginia, there could be some icing and maybe an inch or so of snow later today into tonight. if you are driving that way, watch out for that. we'll have sun maybe this morning but then cloudy later in the morning and maybe wet snowflake activity with maybe a little sleet mixing with rain noontime and then changing to all rain by mid to late afternoon around most of the region and into this christmas eve. a look at that in ten minutes. a look at traffic now with mike. >> good morning. things are looking good right now on all major interstates for christmas eve commute. let's take a look at 270 right now worry free as you head toward the beltway looking at father hurley boulevard. a closer look near the beltway. things are looking fantastic right now and also if you are taking the metro today, trains are running on a normal schedule. aaron? >> thank you, mike. with the clock ticking down to christmas now, it's expected to be another busy day at the airports in our area. news4's seth lemon joins us now from reagan national. how are things lookin

western maryland and west virginia. 42 by noon. could be a shower then south and west of d.c. then this afternoon looks wet. 5:00 temperature 40 with the rain. and if anybody sees any buildup on the grassy surfaces, martinsburg, winchester, the shenandoah valley, maybe north of frederick and howard county, all the moisture still well to our south and west approaching roanoke this hour. those advisories i'm talking about, they're in the mountains till noon. we have a winter weather advisory, freezing rain. enough cold air trapped that the freezing rain advisory goes till 6:00 p.m. temperatures starting out in the mid-20s in the cold spots like manassas and call pep other. 40 at the -- culpeper. 40 at the naval academy. in frederick a cold morning, 25. it is 6:01. liz is watching not too much going on on the roads with your timesaver traffic. >> thank you, howard. i'm not watching a whole lot. it's absolutely true. when i drove into work this morning, there wasn't a lot to watch then either. a good morning. nice, light spms eve -- christmas eve holiday pace. if you are making th

includes prince george's county, montgomery, arlington, fairfax into the mountains of west virginia and western maryland. many locations there down onto the mid 20s and it's right around freezing as well in the shenandoah valley. here's the view from space. we've got a clear sky here. a few whispy, high clouds coming across the upper midwest. those may be drifting in here later today. but lots of sunshine. a clear morning commute. we'll have dry conditions. we'll be in the upper 20s and low 30s as you head off to work and school on this thursday morning. >>> and then for your lunch hour, some of those high clouds drifting in. chilly in the low and mid 40s by noontime and it will be hovering perhaps in the mid 40s early afternoon. and after we get into the evening hours, we'll cloud up and near freezing by dawn tomorrow. a lot of clouds on friday. slight chance of sprinkles and cloudy over the weekend, too. saturday up around 60. a slight chance of sprinkles on saturday. maybe a greater chance on sunday with highs in 50s. every time this time of year is near 50. average low 35. the seven-day out

areas of rain tracking into southwestern virginia, western north carolina tennessee valley. that will slowly push our way. by lunchtime is when we will see the first areas of a light wintry mix across the washington area. late morning is when it starts southwest of town, parts of central virginia. it's part of a weak low pressure system. a stronger and more potent system will be moving in on wednesday, the day after christmas. it will be rain event for us with a healthy soaking of rain on wednesday. 27 in winchester and frederick. at the present point in the district. 30 in lexington park, quantico, fredericksburg. a cold start today. the majority of us of freezing. 8:00, increasing clouds. by noon, 39 degrees and a light wintry mix. no accumulation of snow, just what roads. not looking at much moisture. by the time it's over, after sunset, maybe 1/15 of an inch. tomorrow, partly cloudy, a beautiful christmas, mid 40's for the high temperature. then there is heavy rainfall on wednesday. let's go to steve. >> looking good on the roads. on the beltway -- springfield, actually

as far as the winds they're starting to kick in far western maryland and west virginia. a gust in petersburg right now at 43. i'm going to step out of the way. this is a cool looking sky in tysons corner this morning. we're about a half-hour before the sunrise. a couple of clouds in there. that's just neat. 49 degrees on our michael & son weather camera with partly cloudy conditions. dew point is 47. so not too much of a spread. the humidity high but that dew point number, watch that thing drop big time as the drier air moves in for the next day and a half before we see more rain chances come thursday. but today the winds will kick up. maybe mountain snow showers but other than a passing sprinkle here, i think it will be a relatively quiet day. looking at your forecast, 57 this afternoon, breezy, mix of sun and clouds, sprinkles mostly in the mountains. tonight lows in the 30s. it will be a cold night but a beautiful wednesday for this time of year, 54. thursday we're going to go with a yellow alert because the showers in the afternoon could slow you down for the ride ho

we have a spotty showers across west virginia and in north western maryland. this will be very sporadic throughout the day. our temperatures, feeling better, 39 degrees at reagan national. 38 at dulles. we will make up to seasonable averages this afternoon. a few showers, especially this morning. we will see some later tonight. our high temperature between 48 degrees and 52 degrees. >> good friday morning. i am finding nothing but good news. good morning to our nation's capitol. here we are. no problems on of the southwest freeway getting on to new york ave. we do have some construction set up in the georgetown area. it is not causing any delays. anytime you see any construction zones, keep your speed limits down. watch the crews. not funny too much to tell you about throughout the beltway. -- and not finding too much to tell you about dropped the beltway. no remains of any construction there. back to you. >> thank you. 4:43. the latest on the divided negotiations over the fiscal cliff. >> the latest on >> checking our top stories, the see will break ground on

. >> reporter: where virginia senator mark western, a resent -- >> simply saying existing gun laws areis acceptable just didn't pass my gut check as a father. >> reporter: while nra executive director continued to insist that the answer to school shootings is not gun control but armed police officers in every public school. >> it's the one thing that would keep people safe, and the nra is going to try to do that. >> reporter: but the nra's proposal continues to be met with fierce opposition, including charles schumer who says try doing to prevent shootings in schools without talking about guns is like trying to prevent cancer without talking about cigarettes. >>> the world's largest arms supplier reports it sold 3 1/2 years worth of ar-15 ammunition magazine in just 3 days. they are the nation's most popular semiautomatic rifle, similar to the one used in the newtown shootings. senator michael krepo has been charged with drunk driving. he was arrested by alexandria police before 1:00 this morning. an officer witnessed him running a red light at m hume and mt. vernon avenues. his office

sleet, especially likely out across parts of the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, northern and western maryland, on up into southern pennsylvania, and a time line on this is late morning through about midafternoon tomorrow. eventually the warm air wins out, changes it all to rain and it comes quickly to an end before midnight tomorrow night and we'll be back in the sunshine just in time for christmas day. so it's not going to last long. here is our microcast model. starting at 11:00 in the morning tomorrow, clouds thickening up. by 2:00, 3:00 in the afternoon, the possibility of some sleet pellets really from the western and northern suburbs all the way towards skyline drive and the shenandoah valley. that continues through 6:00 and eventually changes over to all rain and pulls on out. overnight tonight clouds will be on the increase for sure. temperatures generally in the 20s and 30s and your seven-day forecast here, cloudy and cold and kind of a damp day tomorrow. if you added all the moung up tomorrow, it probably won't even be a tenth of an inch. not going to be a big problem. just

by tomorrow morning showers in southwestern pennsylvania, west virginia, western maryland.t some of these by afternoon here and there. isolated stuff. but it should be a little milder tomorrow with temperatures back in the low 50s. here's a look at your forecast where we've got our weather alerts. all green the next few days with 46 and chilly this afternoon. tonight we're down to about 34, 35 in d.c. but upper 20s north and west. cool on friday. could be a shower in the afternoon, 54. milder saturday with a morning shower, 64. even tomorrow night there could be a couple of showers and then for sunday with the redskins ravens game 62, chance of a shower. by the way, you can watch that game here on wusa at 1:00. let's go to monika at 5:49 with timesaver traffic. >>> you like pineapples? >> i love pine ams -- pineapples. >> this truck was carrying pineapples. what a waste. it happened around 1:00, 2:30 this morning on the outer loop where this truck carrying pineapples overturned right after the exit for 270. this is a live picture from our sky 9. the activity still there alo

advisories are all across western maryland and in virginia where two to f a more interest than expectedmore details on the timing of the winter storm coming up in a few minutes. first let's check on traffic with steve. >> 355 southbound, south of the beltway, this is the back up and tries to get through the water main work that is on southbound wisconsin avenue at cedar lane. 355 southbound at cedar lane, only one right lane is getting by. right now here's the back up, just south of the beltway. texting 355 to go south from the inner loop, it's difficult right now. you may want to accuse another route into downtown bethesda. the accident that was on northbound 95 at the occoquan has been moved to the shoulder. it's been there for quite awhile. pretty slow at the prince william parkway. but it's good up to 395 and to the 14th street bridge. back to you. >> thank you. just four days from going over the fiscal cliff. within the past 24 hours there have been no signs of a deal. lawmakers continue to blame each other for the stalemate. edthat has prompted president obama to call a meeting at

in fact, you can see three to five inches for pennsylvania, upstate new york, parts of virginia, western as we zoom in, the winter weather advisory calls for 1 to 3 inches in new york city, upstate heavier amounts but boston, providence, areas of southeast connecticut, you could see 4 to 8 inches. and in some locations, don't be surprised if you get higher than 8 inches with this coastal storm. and this is new. we have a brand-new advisory for coastal new hampshire and maine where we could see a foot of snow from this storm system. so this low is really going to energize later on tonight and ramp up. as that occurs you can see once it's off and south of the coast of boston, you saw that blast of rain change over to snow, the cold air comes in and if the storm gets strong enough we're not only going to see some fierce amounts of snow but also a whipping wind. so now we have areas of wind advisories posted for the cape and the islands. so watch out for really blustery conditions with the potential for coastal beach erosion for tonight and tomorrow across new england. travel will be treache

right now, it is just across the northern tier of maryland pushing out into western maryland and west virginia but the weather service is making some indications that it will likely get a little closer to washington. it might even include the district. they will reassess later today. we have a winter weather advisory off to the north and west where they're most confident that we'll get self inches of snow. across northern maryland, you might see 3 or 4 inches of snow early tomorrow morning. let's do futurecast. here we are at 7:00 a.m. we are starting to see snow break out across the area. it is a little further south than it was during the earlier times. by 11:00, it is set up across the 95 corridor. by 2:00, maybe a few showers before the whole thing winds down here by 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon tomorrow. better opportunity if you haven't had a chance to use a sled yet to the east of washington. you might get a little bit of snow tomorrow. 42 today. winds north and west five to 10. it will be cold enough for snow. snow arrives late, probably closer to day break tomorrow. there is your acc

people went south through pennsylvania and virginia into the western part of north carolina. -- the population centers were the biggest in pennsylvania, virginia, massachusetts, north carolina. what i call the vanguard colonies or massachusetts, connecticut, virginia, and south carolina. not new york and pennsylvania, important as they were, because they were too divided. there were not out in front in the patriot cause. they were divided. the vanguards of out in front. >> to 0.6 million. million. what about the ones who were not quite? >> 50,000 blacks. 450,000 black slaves. >> who was responsible for bringing black slaves to america? >> a lot people. a lot of people who regretted they had. a lot of the merchants brought slaves and later made pledges against it. the british and the french had the largest organized slave trade. a number of the people in the colonies were slave traders and anomaly british at the time. >> how many other countries had people's forces, military, in and around the colony's? >> the spanish were present in the caribbean and west of the mississippi, all the way down i

if your travels take you out toward western maryland or west virginia, you may run into some problems there where we have some advisories in effect in the form of winter weather and freezing rain advisories. the pink is the freezing rain advisory. that goes till 6:00. the purple, the winter weather advisories till about noon. we'll be cold enough for any of the sleet or freezing rain to mix in to cause a few slick spots. other than that, a fairly quiet event here as temperatures will start in the 20s and 30s now. 42 by lunch time. even by then i don't expect too much in the way of shower activity but as the afternoon wears on, it is going to turn wet. there will be some wet sleet mixing in. i think here in d.c. we're not going to see anything but rain with winds at 5 to 10 miles an hour. even by 8:00 still rain or mix north and west. by then most of it should be winding down. we're watching the moisture into kentucky, down in tennessee, north carolina, southwestern virginia. but you'll notice it is just moving off toward the east barely not even to roanoke yet. that means it's going t

this is north and west as you get up into western portions of maryland, eastern portions of west virginia including hagerstown, cumberland, martinsburg, charlestown under a dense fog advisory until 9:00 this morning. society rest of us, you may encount are a little fog but that won't be the big story today. i think the big story will be the breezes which will pick up out of the west here. it will be a gusty afternoon with wind gusting to about 30 miles per hour. there is your forecast. a little bit of everything. 58 with partial sunshine. that is the bottom line on the forecast. >> not bad. >> actually really nice temperature-wise. >> time now to check in with julie wright. >> good morning. very busy on the roads right now. foggy commute and this is what we're looking at through that fog. northbound along i-95 in the love lanes, the accident activity has been pulled over to the shoulder. of a got two lanes maintained in the hovs up through the franconia springfield parkway. overall, traffic on the northbound i-95 in the main line is slowing out of stafford leaving 60 courthouse road. this

west virginia was growing by leaps and bounds as people went south through pennsylvania and virginia to the western part of north carolina. a lot of the colonies were very small. so they had no real impact in bringing a revolution about. new hampshire and rhode island to a certain extent. new jersey and georgia was very small in population. what i call vanguard colonies were massachusetts, connecticut, virginia and south carolina. not new york and pennsylvania, important as their word, because they were too divided. the vanguards were out in front. >> what were the 500,000 that were not white? >> blacks, free blacks, 50,000 may be. black slaves, 450,000. >> who were responsible for bringing the black slaves to america? >> a lot of people. a lot of people who regretted that they had. a lot of the merchants were quakers bringing slaves in. and then there would not do that after a certain point. in the beginning they were. the british and the french had the largest organized slave trade. a lot of people in the colonies were slave traders, too, but there were nominally british of the time. >> how many

the moisture runs over that cold air, this pink and the blue out here across eastern and western parts of virginia, that may be a possibility of sleet at the on set of the next system. most of that will be up towards the blue ridge, shenandoah valley and upper parts of maryland. and tomorrow late morning to late afternoon be on the lookout for the possibility of slippery going north and west of town. today, nothing to worry about. sunny and nice, and temperatures up in the 40s today, and tomorrow the complete opposite, cloudy and cold and rain likely for most, but pelets possible. doesn't look like we will measure it as far as inches are concerned, but nonetheless, any kind of slipperiness is a possibility. christmas day is a nice one. and then the snows from california will have a chance to travel all the way to us. and then on wednesday night, windy and cold around here. this next system will have moisture and cold air to work with so we will watch that closer and then another one on the heels of that for next week. >> sounds great. >> both of you got hair cuts? >> yes. >> looking good. >> mine

good skiing from holiday valley to western new york down to snowshoe in west virginia. the wettest weather, san francisco, really, randi, that's going to have the toughest travel, biggest airports being impacted today and tomorrow all the way up to seattle. >> thank you very much, alexandra for the update. >>> and now to another story that many are following closely with polls showing that more americans now support stricter gun laws, the question of gun control may not be if, but when. and that's prompting many americans to go gun shopping right now. here's cnn's david mattingly. >> reporter: almost 1,000 miles away from newtown, connecticut, gun owners rush to buy more guns. >> why are you in here today? >> i was looking for a gun that i've wanted for a long time and just wanted to get it before possible changes. >> at this gun shop and firing range north of atlanta, already brisk holiday sales have suddenly bumped up even more. customers fearing future gun restrictions from congress are looking to buy now. >> me and my brother collect weapons and we have plenty of ha

southern areas of west virginia, down through western north carolina, around kentucky, and more rain, too, back in aas of michigan, around illinois, chicago's wet. st. louis, missouri, too. there's the cold front. there's the area of low pressure coming up from the south, all helping to deliver a little bit of wet weather by tomorrow morning. 36, 37 degrees, a few light showers that i think will start around 4:00 a.m., 5:00 a.m. and continue tomorrow until only about 11:00 a.m. for the afternoon, it's going to be dry. look, there we'll have clouds still around. it will be mostly cloudy. then our chance for those saturday morning showers, those i think will stay right up north of the maryland border. just skirting the area. we will, however, have some morning fog on saturday. and a little bit of late-day sunshine. it is going to be plenty warm, so don't worry about those clouds on saturday. sunday, a little cooler. it will be a northeasterly wind with showers coming in i think late in the day on sunday. so this will be a weekend now that we can salvage and get out there and enjoy. incr

up across areas of frederick, maryland, western maryland, certainly through west virginia. then as that front comes in, it will stall around our area for the weekend. our best chance of rain right now, i think saturday morning. so saturday is not looking wet for the entire day. and then more showers possible on sunday. 36 to 44 degrees for tomorrow morning. again, cold. sunrise at 7:13. once the sun comes up, a little bit of warming. but not very much. here it is on your four-day forecast. the high temp for tomorrow, 47 degrees. clouds on friday. but i think very little rain. for your weekend, 65 on saturday. our wind on saturday will be southwest. we have showers in the morning. so it's the afternoon on saturday. right now it looks like we could salvage. 60% chance of rain for sunday. i think the rain on sunday could come anytime during the day. the high 55, with a northeasterly wind. so this weekend will be not terribly cold, but still a little wet around the area. >> okay. thanks, veronica. >> you bet. >>> a difficult rescue from the top of a water tower. this was near p

winter storm warnings are in effect from parts of west virginia and also western portions of the state of west virginia, in pennsylvania, upstate new york and also portions of maine. so easily over a foot of snow forecast, especially on some of the higher elevations across the northeast. and here's one of our computer models as far as snow. as far as additional snow in parts of ohio, easily over 6 inches out here, and some of that purple shading is actually over two feet of snow, and that's basically to the east of the city of buffalo. so, again, incredible amounts of snowfall forecast out here. coastal cities, new york city, you're not really expecting to see too much snow from this system, but as we head into the afternoon hours, you could see a little bit of sleet mixing in with that rainfall. but, again, the worst of it staying into interior sections of the northeast. heather: thank you, mark ya. gregg: looking nasty, isn't it? heather: lots of snow out there. gregg: and there's a lot of nastiness going on in the washington too. a growing debate on a major sticking point in the eff

look at storm team 4 radar behind me, the leading edge coming through west virginia, just a few hours away from hitting western maryland. so by 4:00 a.m. it's here. the air temp now at 30 and 32 degrees already north the pavement temperature at 30 to 35. we could be looking at slick spots with black ice, rain freezing on contact just around 70, 270. more on that in a few. >> thanks, veronica. >>> the world is watching developments out of syria right now to see whether president bashar al assad might use chemical weapons against his own people in a desperate bid to stay in power. nbc news first reported on the u.s. intelligence suggesting that syria's military is loading the components for deadly sairn gas into bombs. hillary clinton met with the foreign minister from russia, sir area's most powerful ally, to ramp up diplomatic efforts. nato is moving to put missiles along syria's border with tushgy. >>> news4 has learned that d.c. officials are proposing an unusual trade, offering to support the fbi moving to prince george's county if the redskins would move back to washington. the fbi wants a larger facility

wind advisories in effect still across western parts of the state of north carolina and virginia, withso even though it's not raining here, not snowing really anymore, we're still dealing with the wind. guys? >> kelly: all right. thank you. it's really tough out there. >> juliet: yes, it is. hopefully maybe people will get better weather after the second one comes through. >> kelly: it is winter. >> juliet: that's true. we should expect it. we have other headlines for you. it was senator inouye's last wish to be succeeded by colleen henabosha. but the governor appointed his lieutenant governor instead. >> i made this decision with the full confidence that brian's appointment is in the best interest of the party, the state of hawaii, and the nation. >> juliet: he's flying to washington with president obama at the moment who was vacationing in hawaii. he's expected to be sworn in later. >>> the nation's highest court saying no to hobby lobby over obamacare's contraception mandate. the supreme court refuse to go grant an injunction as the company's legal battle plays out. the supreme cour

ahead of a front and disturbance triggering -- in west virginia, up into southeastern ohio, western pennsylvania. that disturbance passing over our region here later this morning and early afternoon. it may give us a few sprinkles. ahead of that, temperatures in the 40s. all these areas in bluement shenandoah valley west into the mountains. near 50 in the suburbs and in washington. southern maryland near the bay, northern neck. it's generally in the low to mid 50s. we'll stay this way temperaturewise through 7:00 a.m. and cloudiness around. some breaks in the clouds. may have sun -- partly sunny by the noon hour. we'll be in the low to mid 50s still. a small chance of scattered sprinkles around the metro area. maybe around 10:00 this morning through 1:00 or 2:00 this afternoon. the winds gusting out of the northwest too, around 30 miles an hour later this afternoon. winds diminish tonight after we reach the upper 50s this afternoon. we'll plunge all the way down to the low 30s by dawn on wednesday. then tomorrow, lots of sunshine. lighter wind. highs low 50s. then increasing clouds. strong storm

virginia. under a winter storm warning. for, for areas of heightland. western slope.g up thursday, friday. don't think we will see any here in the d.c. metro area. however a caveat. breezy, mild. what we saw out there. plenty of sunshine. moved on through. did see the storm cyst temperature move on tomorrow. think we will see plenty of sunshine once again. still mild. less of a breeze. tomorrow, a great day. on thursday, that is our day of transition. we will see the cloud move in. showers to the west. day thursday will be dry. overnight thursday. here comes the rain. maybe some thunderstorm activity. could be fairly heavy rain with the storm. it is a very strong frontal boundary that will usher in much colder air. on friday. friday we'll see wind chills in the 30s. yes, couple snow showers. don't get excited. not going to see much. maybe the first flights for some of us out there. over the next couple days. partly cloudy, cool. not cold tomorrow morning. 32, 40 degrees. as you move on through the next couple dates. you will see the numbers up and down. up tomorrow. 5

we have lingering wind advisories across virginia and western parts of the state of north carolina butre not really dealing with any rainfall or snowfall right now but those wind are still howling, 30 to 40 miles an hour or even greater at types. temperatures west of the storm, very cold, teens in rapid city and minneapolis at this hour. jon: so that second storm you were talking about is that headed to the same general area? >> same general area but not as bad as this last one. you will get just a couple inches of snow from this one. jon: i like a little snow. >> me too. jon: but i'm weird. harris: you like a lot of snow. >> thanks, maria. harris: this storm system is forcing cancellations of flights coast to coast and could delay the return of senators and representatives to the nation's capitol to tighten the window of opportunity for the fiscal cliff. peter barnes is live at reagan national airport. how does it look where you are? pretty empty. >> reporter: well it is pretty normal right now, harris. it seems to be running normal now for members of congress who are trying to get he

we will have snow down from the lakes into the mountains of west virginia, western maryland. of you back in new york, philadelphia and boston, a little bit of rain, maybe some thunder tonight and tomorrow morning but then the realism. pangt on air travel will be tomorrow and saturday. it will be very, very windy and as you well know, melissa, you have a lot of wind around new york stained those airports, there are sometimes long delays. back to you. >> mike seidel, thank you. >>> will research in motion's earnings take the wind out of their runnups in what you need to know add hehead of the quart reports. >>> a better time to take a look at the worst trades of 2012. we are naming names right after the break. [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understand. at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. us

western new york state. rain through the carolinas and virginia. most of washington, d.c. area. you can see the winter storm warnings and advisories all throughout the northeast, throughout the day. this whole storm system is going to track just to the southeast of martha's vineyard and nantucket in massachusetts. the coldest side of the storm will move through boston, back through northern rhode island and into northern connecticut as well. that's why that's an area that will see most of the snowfall. picking up in intensity across pennsylvania and also back up to syracuse as well. wider view of our snouf estimates shows a widespread swath of 3 to 6 inches. in the boston area, we should pick up a few inches before it tries to mix with rain. the outer areas of cape cod should mix with rain. you go inland a bit. 3 to 6 inches could end up with seven or eight inches as well this is a southern new england snowstorm. we'll basically pick up two to four inches out of this storm. t.j. >> dylan, thank you so much. i want to turn to the legal fallout from the sandy hook elementary schoo

western pennsylvania and upstate new york today. >>> plus, there's a blizzard warning for parts of west virginia and north central maryland. >>> and heavy rains on the west coast may also cause travel delays especially in the san francisco area. >>> just ten days left for congress and the white house to make a deal and avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. the first family arriving in hawaii for the christmas holiday there, you see president getting off the plane, but before he left, president obama urged republicans and democrats alike to get it done. >> in the next few days, i've asked leaders of congress to work toward a package that prevents a tax hike on middle class americans, protects unemployment insurance for 2 million americans, and lays the groundwork for further work on both growth and deficit reduction. that's an achievable goal. that can get done in ten days. >> congress is also in recess until after christmas. in his weekly address, house speaker john boehner accused the president and senate democrats of failing to offer a responsible solution. boehner's own proposal had to be pulled this week after he failed to get eno

western counties. a rain/snow mix down to southern virginia and south of the virginia line though. it remains all rain. by the time we get into the afternoon on saturday, this moves through fairly quickly. and again it's going to be a very light snow. so accumulations of only about an inch or two. then saturday night into sunday morning things look pretty good. so the forecast for today is going to feature temperatures in the lower range 40s with the exception of the city center which should get to about 44 degrees. overall though, we're sticking with a green weather alert for today. tomorrow, a different story. the rain and snow will begin after midnight. start to mix out to all rain late in the day but still it's going to be slushy and messy into much of tomorrow afternoon. then by sunday, if you're headed to the big game, partly cloudy and breezy. especial hi after sunset. and those temperatures drop back toward the freezing mark. it will be a fairly good start to the workweek, i know a will the of folks are headed back to -- a lot of folks are headed back to work on monday morn

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virginia. in the 30s for much of pennsylvania and western maryland.hter blue is beginning to climb in the upper 30s and 40s. reagan national, there's the view from space. high clouds drifting in with the west. we'll have increasing clouds sweep in from the area. it's going to move in as we get into this evening coming from disturbances producing rain from the midwest. over the next 24 to 36 hours, we'll have the cloud cover coming in. these areas in green are potential sprinkles that may move in tomorrow morning and midday friday. as we get into the weekend, cloudiness around for the weekend. a slight chance for sprinkles for the weekend. for the afternoon, partly cloudy and chilly. temperatures reaching mid-40s by mid afternoon and low 40s late afternoon for the lighting ceremony. santa and the reindeer will be happy. those at the mall and the white house for the tree lighting ceremony, around 40 degrees for the tree lighting time by late afternoon when it gets dark. this evening, it will hold steady in the upper 30s by midnight with increasing cloud

the one area where the snow will hang on a lot longer is here, out in western maryland in the high spots of west virginiaey could seize more than 5, even 6 inches of snowfall. we clear out here. there you can see the snow hanging on as we get into the overnight hours. temperatures drop tonight down to the 20s and low 30s inside the beltway. it could be a little slippery up here sundays morning. then by day tomorrow, it's sunshine. very windy, gusts to 35, 40 miles per hour. just a raw day. crazy day coming up tomorrow. then increasing clouds for new year's eve. as far as precipitation goes, i think that we should stay dry by the stroke of midnight as we bring in the new year, 2013. for today, as we talk numbers, again, not a lot. snow to rain in the purple. a light coating in the blue. howard county, montgomery county, over into frederick county in virginia. your forecast, temperatures rising not much today. 36 to 41 degrees. we clear out by around 4:00, or at least the precipitation will end. we clear out late want tonight. when we do, winds get gusty around here. plenty gusty tomorrow too. 42 for monda

a few sprinkles in western pennsylvania and some showers now moving into southern and southwestern virginia moving in but probably not until after sunset today. it is generally around 50 in the metro area. the areas in light blue still in the 40s off to our west and north. richmond now at 59. going forward over the next 36 hours these areas in green are zones of potential showers. this is as of 3:00 p.m. looks like that will begin to move into the mountains and pass north of us. then the greater chance of rain around the metro area is not going to be perhaps until 9:00 this evening until around midnight. after that a lot of that rain moves off to the north and east as of 7:00 tuesday morning. still mostly cloudy, maybe some fog around. might have a lingering quick sprinkle tomorrow morning but then after that we'll dry out during the rest of the day tomorrow and we'll get a blustery wind, too. that's going to settle down on wednesday. for the rest of the afternoon, a lot of clouds around but probably no rain. we'll just have it in the low to mid 50s for highs by mid afternoon and we'll have

virginia. as i menned before, the temperatures are dipping. >> thank you, erika. >>> much of the region is under a winter weather advisory because of the snow. central and western maryland got the worst of it. scott broom has been keeping an eye on how highway crews and travelers have been handling things. >> reporter: suffering through heavy bursts of snow today. enough to coat interstate 70 with wheel-grabbing slush. maryland highway crews were put on the clock as early as 2:00 a.m. to meet this storm and fight back with tons of salt. >> going to pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> reporter: get going reviews from holiday travelers. how do you think maryland's done? >> fantastic. >> yeah, a great job. >> reporter: they are advising advising motorists to avoid travel. some are headed to white tail, which opened friday. >> it looks good. >> reporter: today's snow excited skiers, but it is the forecast for colder nights that excites don mccaskill because that means the man made snow can go with what nature brought today. >> the weather look goods for snowmaking as well as natural snow from time to time. >> i think it's really nice. >> reporter: so the message from toda

virginia. this is all moving to the east. this is the first batch. we are a target all day long. elkton, 34. in far western maryland.ezing rain fall in the mountains of pennsylvania. a cold front is moving in. it will be a slow mover through the weekend. we will not be able to get rid of the rain threat. look atd theair -- fairbanks this morning. we will be chilly today. close to the average for the season. cloudy skies. look at the insta-weather futurecast. the rain chance comes and goes. the concentration will be north of us. we could see some breaks before other rain comes in to hit us. temperatures will warm up as we go into the weekend. on-again off-again rain chances. maybe a rumble of thunder and in the 60's by monday. >> concern over the accuracy of the speed cameras is causing those responsible to take another look at them. jennifer franciotti has more. >> there were erroneous readings in at least three of locations. this is between the j.f.x. exit and falls road. the company conducted an investigation over the weekend. the police department was in fall. three vehicles were sent on repeated test runs and a