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sunny skies will be abundant and our humidity will be lower so our air will warm up quickly and we have- store. temperatures t starting out at 32 degrees at reagan national and your seven- day forecast shows us 50's for next week. >> we are quiet in maryland and we have a minor incident on pennsylvania avenue in the district. virginia is busy. for about the past 1.5 hours, there is a closer investigation at gideon drive near potomac mills on the smoke town road. you might see a little extra congestion in that area. northbound 95 slows down before the belt way. >> we want to go live to brianne carter for a sad story about a police office are from prince william county. >> is sure will be held today. >> we already have a number of people here in a woodbridge where the funeral will take place at 10:00 this morning. family, friends, and colleagues will get a final chance to say goodbye to a crisp young who was out responding to a call on his motorcycle on new year's eve when he collided with a minivan. that claimed the life of the 35- year-old. he was with the department about seven years.

once we get through the cold start it will be a pretty nice day. >> we will be right back. >> will come u.s. stock market futures are moving sharply higher this morning, as the first trading day of the year kicks off with news of a last-minute deal by lawmakers to avert the fiscal cliff. wall street is expected to rally on the heels of similar activities overseas, which york and asia stocks sharply higher after last month's agreement. the market reaction is expected to be of be, at least initially. away from the fiscal cliff, a handful of data will keep traders occupied. we will be getting new data from institut 4 suppled management, and november construction spending data. >> new this morning, rental car companies avis is bind zip car for more than $490 million. this will expand its business to include cars sharing services. avis will play 12-25 per share which is a 49% premium to the company's closing price from friday. the companies put the total value of the deal at approximately $500 million. if is a car shareholders approve the deal, it is expected to close in the spring. >> we'll

we will e -- we will explain.rning, it will be partly sunny skies, partly cloudy up every 50s and 60s. >>> ocean waters are looking like bubble path in australia. this is crazy, sea foam is washing up and they are churned up by a cyclone but it didn't stop people going into the water. >>> all the nomes attached to the sue tiltty poles and they are saying they can stay. originally they said it compromised the equipment but it upset people because they had embraced the little guys and they are known to be a gift to the community. my twitter account is filled with people who have embraced the nomes. >>> i am aware of the fact that pam has been very active on twitter. >> it is fun. >> we are on twitter by the way, a lot of us are, anyway. >>> let's look at the commute on 280 getting to 880 and that looks good and coming up on the next hour of the news, we will be looking at the sunole grade and that area is getting more crowded headed to the fremont area. let's go back

will pay the. >>that's what you pay for a concert. >> you can buy a ticket online this morning, not to get into the stadium but to tailgate -- would you pay 75-$125 to literally part your vehicle out here and eat and drink? >> the ambiance will be pretty good. if you have an suv you can pile 10 people in their. >> i know you would, john. >> i bet those tickets will go >>. quick. >> if you are still celebrating the redskins spot in the playoffs you can e-mails a short video and we will place some clips tomorrow. 6:08 and 34 degrees and still ahead --espn anchor and that storm is talking about her returning to work but suffered serious burns. >> find out why energy drinks may not we spend a lot of time on the feed because a chicken is what it eats. [ jim ] this seal verifies we feed my fresh all-natural chickens an all-vegetarian diet including corn, ybeans, and marigolds. no animal byroroducts. no meat and bone meal. when you put my chicken on the table you know where it came from. well i always wor

will they get the votes? after all of this work, you can imagine the vice president will be telling fellow democrats there, are things that can be worked out later, but to sell this to democrats to deliver a victory for the president. >> stand by. we would definitely like to speak to you again as this moves forward. we got a statement from chuck schumer. there will be a strong democratic vote for this proposal and hopefully we will vote before midnight. we spoken to other who's say that's probably not likely. senator harry reid says they are waiting for the coo as well. let's go to nbc's kristen welker at the white house. tell us what you are hearing from your sources there? >> good evening, milissa. according to chuck todd, breaking details from that meeting that vice president biden just had. no one in the meeting said they were planning to vote against this bull once it does move through the senate, it doesn't mean they won't. they didn't voice opposition during that meeting, so that is significant this id

we will see more cloud cover. temperatures will not change by much.ork weeks starts off fine unsettled weather sneaks in as we push into the middle of next week. >> full details coming up in your 7 day around the bay forecast. >> in the meantime 37 in fairfield. vallejo 43 in oakland. >> as we head into 12:00 p.m. on the green is shaping up for santa rosa, napa, the livermore valley in the south bay. >> we will move to upper 50s for the coast line, the peninsula, and san francisco. >> afternoon highs indicating 60s. >> by 8:00 p.m. at mild evening with most of us into the fifties. >> your afternoon highs will be pleasant temperatures above average. oakland 67. the same for napa. 64 in hayward. satellite and radar shows clear division of the bay area no rain. >> we will have unseasonably warm conditions. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast highs for temperatures in the upper 60s approaching superbowl sunday. >> more cloud as we head into monday. a chance of showers tuesday evening. widespread rain and possibility into the middle of next week.

we will have sunshine to start the day but the clouds will start to re-develop into the afternoon. the highs will be in the lower 50's today. >> we are off to a pretty decent start. no major problems with the volume. it is quiet across the american legion bridge and no troubles to report through kensington and connecticut avenue. 95 and the baltimore-washington parkway has lanes open after an accident on the john hanson highway. it is out of the road. nothing currently blocked. volume on 95/virginia you can see live an hour of camera. >> investigators are searching for what caused an overnight two-alarm fire in oakton, virginia. it gutted a town house on bushman drive. >> investigators in bowie are trying to figure out what sparked a fire that heavily damaged a home. the fire started around 2:00. no injuries to report. vice president joe biden has another day of meetings as he leaves the administration's push to reduce gun violence. >> he will meet with the nra today and other groups. let's go to john gonzalez. >> the nra will meet not only with the vice president later today but t

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the will cost $1 and it will cut down on waste. this isn't a picture of what the new coups will look like. starbucks will also offer the same 10 cent refund for reusable cups. wheat prices could boost prices of your favorite carbs. american airlines is looking to eliminate some fees for travelers. jane king has the bloomberg business report. good morning to you. >> how often do we hear about a fee being eliminated? american airlines may be eliminated the penalty for those to change flights. change is mostly aimed at business travelers. a big day for google. they are expected to resolve an estate trust probe. it will change some business practices and settle allegations misused patents. futures this morning are quiet and a little bit lower. there was a monster rally yesterday. the dow surging more than 300 points. about 62% of the u.s. is under a dry spell. analysts expect wheat prices to rise. that could mean more expensive groceries on the horizon. one store will remain open for a little while longer. still show off the new surfac

they will have a drawing and they will let you know who gets to go first.se as many as 10 tickets per day of 80 games. it is pretty quiet right no gams. i am sure that the fans will start to turn out. >> who the time now is 6:35 a.m.. the opening bell is peking man. the adult is off to a down start. they are off at 54 points. >> other new is that we are following, the live strong charity founded by lance armstrong says it expects armstrong to be " completely truthful and forthcoming " in his interview with oprah winfrey. the cherry released this statement this morning. armstrong admitted to using performance enhancing drugs during his interview with winfrey. the interview is scheduled to be broadcast and into parts, hearing tomorrow and friday. armstrong denied using performance enhancing drugs during his career for years. and he has since been banned from cycling for life. >> next on kron4 morning news, called on camera a laundromat catches on fire with two suspects to blame. plus, will have a first lawsuit is filed against a psychiatrist of james homes. b

the chairs will break the fall. if you stop, someone behind you will hit you. so, slow down, pull to the side of the road. stay with the car until the shaking stops. you need protection for your head. if there are wires near your car, don't get out. don't park under or over an over pass under a bridge, under trees, power lines and next to freeway side walls. you know what freeway side walls are. >> these are the spots you don't want to park. in the city there are a lot of spots like that. that's pretty common response -- my experience with driving. i was driving going hope. home i had to go 2 miles. it took 3 hours to drive 2 miles. it was my unwillingness to give up my car. i could have gotten out of my car and walked home. i'm driving i thought it would be easier if i had walked. on the freeway? this person out of his truck survived. he got out and waited for help. there are a lot of people who have certain skills will get to them. how about the bay bridge? if you have to drive after, drive slow. 5-10 miles per hour. look ahead to see if the roads are difficu

. >> we will soldier forth. we have a cloudy pattern and the lows have come up, now 40s and 50s and if rainfalls, we will have -- if rain falls, we will have 50s and 60s, here is sal. >>> travel times are looking good across the span and also on the san mateo it looks good all the way out to foster city. coming up on 6:00, let's go back to the desk. >> a newly approved policing plan in oakland. shortly after 2:00 this morning, city council took a vote to help reduce crime. alex savage has more on why there is so much opposition to this plan, alex? >> reporter: they approved the consulting deal with bill bratton and many are upset about the chief's hiring and they believe his policies may lead to racial profiling and the vote that happened this morning did not sit well with many. >> 7 yeses and 1 no. >> boo, boo, boo... >> reporter: we had the only camera in council chambers once the vote came down and there were about 275 people who spoke and it was an overflow crowd. they eventually approved a contract for brat

feds, we will tell you why and how much it will cost you. at 6:00. >> thank you. >> final check of the forecast. >> it s-- it will be sunny and clear over the next few days. tomorrow, patchy frost, next chance of rain sunday, 50% chance, we will keep an eye on that one, it could go higher as we head to the weekend. >> we have jackets. >> yeah, we do. >> "fightly news" is next.

will show to the radar -- we will show you the radar. a clipper storm will come through this evening and overnight. it will give us the possibility of some snow showers and flurries. that is happening in western pennsylvania and back into western maryland. this area will grow and had over towards baltimore. we have a chance for some light snow showers and flurries. in the mountains and may be southern pennsylvania, there could be a coating on the ground. this computer model does forecast that. around baltimore, just some snow showers and flurries. good news for the skiers out in the mountains. they will get another 4-5 i nches. look at these temperatures. these are the actual temperatures. 25 below zero. almost 30 below. that arctic air mass is going to dive towards us. we will be on the southern fringe of it. we will see it overnight temperatures in the teens. 29 in columbia. 27 in rising sun. a mixture of sun and clouds. it will be chilly but not as a cold as it is going to be. high temperatures between 37 and 42 degrees. a chance for

this morning he will meet with victims of gun violence and tomorrow he will sit down with the national rifle association. coming up at 6:15 another association will also have members at the white house meeting. >>> and we have new information about the disaster on the san francisco bay. the crew was warned just before it ran into a bay bridge tower. in our newsroom, what do you know? >> reporter: we are learning more about the tanker which has been warranted to be held indefinitely. the tanker was warned of the danger ahead before the 750- foot tanker struck the tower of the bay bridge. they are looking into whether the pilot had time to react. the report also released says that the vessel surfaced was in constant communication with the pilot and they spent yesterday evaluating damage and equipment on board and they say that investigation will continue today. >> the captains of the vessels themselves are responsible, really for the safe navigation of their own vessel. >> we have also learned visibility at that time was at a quarter of a mile. we also learned after the disaster back in

they will not say where they will sit during the february 3 game. >> that will be interesting. i love story lines like that. john gonzalez will be at the game for the big game. but for his reports next week. i think we all know who he is rooting for, right? >> coming up new at 6:00, why the washington nationals is getting a little bit crowded. >> it is working out without the work and getting results. >> the justice department is investigating possible contract readings by the general counsel. that is documents obtained by the associated press reveals right now. the general counsel's name is lisa gomer. >>he was told the justice deaprtment decided not to have a criminal investigation by the inspector general told them the justice department is investigating. the investigation is ongoing. and to check on traffic and weather. >> chilly, chilly, chilly. >> the code is in the air. we even have faced a situation to talk about. i will not call it a storm, because it is nothing close to a storm. >> tuesday, wednesday, well into the 50's. i love sharing your photos from the snow yester

it will get even colder. i will check the seven forecast in just a few minutes. >> the stakes could not be any higher as the ravens face the patriots with a trip to the super bowl on the line. >> we have live team coverage. kim dacey is live in white marsh this morning. these crowds are showing their love for the ravens. >> we have some super fans out here, to be here at six in at the house of rock in white marsh. they are revved up for the game. they have their ravens purple. we're excited for a win against the patriots. >> i'm so excited. i think we're going to take it. i think they need to focus and hang on to the ball. >> that would be a good start. look at this guy. i don't know if you can move your neck. why'd you come out and show your purple pride? >> i have been a ravens fan from day one. last year was a fluke. the ravens are going all the way to the super bowl. go, ravens! let's have some fun! >> if you are right, we will come to for lottery or something. this will be going on all morning. we're liv

we will be dry and clear. we will see an easterly breeze.tures will remain on warmer side. >> we may see 60 degrees by saturday. he is shaping of to be a very nice forecast. before i get to the extended forecast which will go to highway 50 at ski one. if you are heading up to tahoe there are no chains required. the story for the next several days is the sunshine will be in the afternoon. the temperatures will climb into the low 50s. we will see plenty of 50s as we head into the weekend. here is the kron 47 day or around the bay. >> most of us will sit in the low 60's. some of our south bay is boss may see a upper 60s. the heckling tram will start to kick sand and the temperatures will have showers as well once we get into next wednesday. >> we're seeing some improving drive times for the bay bridge hot spots. the backup is still reaching into the macarthur mayes perry e. it is now up to 20 mins for the east shore freeway and the interstate 880 at the mimic freeway. here you can see that the red is showing up through the macarthur mayes. this

we will be dry as we head into the middle of next week. >> high pressure will start to build and we willave more on that very important extended forecast coming up. >> in the meantime the bridges check the perfect time to leave home if you are heading to the bay bridge. the toll plaza shot looks good you will see a handful of cars. no wait at the pay gates. the time eight to nine minutes at the foot of the maize to fremont street. >> the san mateo bridge is problem pre towards foster city. >> last the golden gate bridge no problems to contend with a wet deck as you make your way closer to san francisco. >> thank you erica. let us continue with a developing story out of the north bay that is where we saw the water may break. >> we want to talk to jackie sissel he is our reporter of the scene. >> if jackie if you glance at that you think there was a storm. >> that was my first thought when i drove up. i did not realize there was so much rain. you can see crews remain here. this is the culprit. the fire hydrant over on its side. most times you think a car hit it. according to the police and

high clouds will see later today will thicken up. high pressure will start to break down.ed easterly winds some of the off shore flow keeping temperatures warmer however, it will turn to a southerly wind coming off the ocean at temperatures will start to cool. will introduce rain to the forecast. out of the north bay expect light rain. >> most of the rain sticks north of san francisco in the early hours. as we put the clock into motion by lunchtime light rain for the east bay shoreline, livermore valley, and the communities along the delta. >> for a lot of cloud cover associated with the system it grows widespread into the 4:00 hour. we could contend with light rain for your evening ride home. >> a couple of hundred of an inch to a quarter of an inch for some of our north bay hills. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows we return to dry weather by thursday. partly cloudy skies and maybe the return of rain as we head into your friday. >> you will need your umbrella for saturday and sunday. temperatures will start to gradually cool as we start the next work week

the question will be, how they will push back. >>neil: we will take that up with the majority head of the house of representatives shortly and ahead of that larry sabato. larry, you are an expert on all things presidential history and were with me four years ago when it was a lot cold it and there were almost two million, and we are told 500,000 or 700,000 this go round. what do you make just of this crowd versus last crowd, historic last time, business as usual this time? >> inaugurals for a second temperature are flat. that's because we already know the president. we know the president's staff. we know the president's cabinet. we certainly know the issues. i don't think there is nearly as much as excitement but there will build more fireworks. >>neil: do you think the speech, and much has been made that he took it to republicans and stood by entitlements and tried to say, look, we have the spending issues to deal with but we are not going to do it on the backs of the poor, et cetera, et cetera, not very different from the campai

we will be. and i will tell you how successful we will be, extremely. >> police will be able to lift sam pulse of residue off a suspect or stolen goods and match it with the smart water owner. right now, the product is being used in one neighborhood as part of a pilot program. >>> five things to know. the vice president goes to virginia today to talk about curbing gun violence. joe biden is going to speak at virginia commonwealth university about the white how's gun policy agenda. biden is the head of antigun violence task force. >>> it's the last day for the treasury secretary timothy geithner who is stepping down after holding the job for more than three years. he is replaced by president obama's current chief of staff. >>> [audio not understandable] the decision to legalize abortion. former presidential candidate rick santorum is one of the guest speakers and will join marches as they make their way to the steps of the people are court. >>> maryland two most western counties wants state suppor

into the afternoon when will see sunshine it will be clear. it will look like a nice day.you step outside it will be cool. we are only getting into the low 50s in the south bay. fremont at 50 degrees. 51 for mountain view and milpitas. to the east bay a cool day ahead of us. yesterday was the warmest day of the next seven. fairfield climbing to 49. 52 for castro valley and 49 in pleasanton. we did see overnight light ride for the north bay. in will not be the case this afternoon. upper '40's from petaluma and navato . fifties for downtown san francisco. the winter weather visor is will go into effect tomorrow beginning at 2:00 a.m. we have a freeze warning indicated by the color of your screen. some of our east bay valley is again a frost advisory for the san francisco bay. i c wind chills--icy wind chills. >> there could be black eyes and it it could be a hazardous commute so be careful. --black ice. >> mid to upper twenties it will bit cold. bring your pets and plants inside. afternoon highs in the low 50s. the numbers i used all your maximum temperatures. several spots

we will have >> good morning. the nation is already suffering from one of the worst flu seasons in years, but there's a new stomach bug spreading like wildfire. how dangerous is this new virus? that is next on gma. >> braving the cold for your. >> 19 degrees out here. but we wanted to show what people are dealing with. and it's time for us to have the friday express. starting with jummy olabanji. >> d.c. police investigating a homicide that happened this morning at 5th and nicholson in north west washington. they found a woman around 3:30 this morning suffering from a single gunshot wound to the head. she died on the scene. police don't have an suspect information and have not released identity. brianne carter? >> the stage is set on the national mall for the annual march for life rally expected to kick off at noon today. thousands will then marched to the supreme court. this coincides with the anniversary of roe versus wade. there will be a number of road closures downtown. check out wjla.com for a complete list.

it will be dry and we will see a whole lot of sunshine. later on in the evening, partly sunny skies with the winds and the forecast. we are at freezing in vallejo, 31 out the door and fairfield. a look a year after and hides in the next chance for rain and my next report. >> traffic is backed this morning and there is a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. 18 to 20 minutes now. there could be a hot spot on 280. too plausibly 3 lane is blocked in the southbound direction. traffic is starting to slow coming from woodside road in redwood city. >> the severance of go 49ers are gearing up for a big match up this weekend as the host the green bay packers. tickets go on sale today, later on this morning. jackie sissel is on those same. >> good morning james. for the second time in two years these 49ers are hoping to see another win at the divisional playoffs on saturday. tickets go on sale this morning. 10:00 a.m. on ticket master. because the 49ers have such a huge season ticket base it is unclear how many of these tickets will be available for

the hearing will determine whether his case will be heard in criminal court on juvenile court.is charged with multiple counts of attempted murder first degree assault reckless endangerment and gun violations. daniel borowy returned to school a few weeks ago. he was sear rousely hurt -- seriously hur in the shooting. >>> today, people in the connecticut are developing for a public hearing voicing their opinions to lawmakers looking to prevent similar tragedies. the meet will go focus on guns and school safety and mental health. >>> that sandy hook school shooting had districts looking at ways to better protect their students. and a school in northwest illinois is taking action so students are prepared. administrators are using the sound of gunfire during drills to teach children what to do in case of an emergency. the drill has mixed reactions this morning from parents and some say it's good idea and others don't think it's necessary. >>> school officials in our area are taking steps to make sure your children are safe. yesterday baltimore county unveiled a plan to step up secur

leigh glaser will be back. >> it will be terrific.you look back east at the inauguration festivities. washington, d.c., the expected temperature is 42 degrees. a 30% chance of a few snow showers. it looks high and dry and 52 for dallas and phoenix 75. if you are traveling airbeds -- around the state it will be a mild to almost warm day statewide. southern california is getting up into the 80s. my map is going to come up here in a second. 80 degrees for los angeles. san diego warming to 75. fresno at 64. sacramento 60ly degrees -- 63 degrees. for us here locally tomorrow, it looks like it will be a terrific day, sunny and mild. the temperatures near the bay in the midto upper 60s. maybe some 70s down toward santa cruz. and then on tuesday we will increase the clouds. a cooler day for wednesday with a chance for showers mainly in the authority bay. check out the highs. near 70 tomorrow to only the midto upper 50s by wednesday, thursday and friday. next saturday and sunday a pretty good chance that we are all going to see some showers. o

some say it will be a smart phone and some say it will be a search service. janine de la vega will join us from menlo park with a look at this announcement which is drawing attention from around the world. >>> the oakland city council will draw on a contract to order as a consultant. the contract would pay him $250,000 a year but some community groups are protesting the hiring of bradden saying he was responsible for harsh police policies in los angeles and in new york. protesters will rally at frank ogawa plaza for the oakland city council meeting. >>> the deputy police chief will take over on an interim basis. he has been in charge of field operations. the city manager appointed him to take over as chief and days before the current police chief retires. >>> chris moore will step down at the end of this week. city managers say they need more time to search for a successor. >>> the san francisco police chief may be getting a name. live in san francisco with what is that possible new name and the reason for all of this, brian? >>> millions of passenger, they c

and as we move later into the afternoon, the wind will kick up and the temparature will fallerature willedericksburg they made it up to 65. the cold air is north and west and look at the temperature change. anywhere between 20 to 25 degrees cooler. a good indication of what is on the way tomorrow as we move in on tuesday wednesday and thursday, high temperatures struggle to make it above freezing. look at the temperatures, well below zero wind chill factors making it feel 25 to 40 below in minnesota. high pressure builds overhead. this is our futurecast taking us through the novernight overnight hours. temperatures will be at 45 degrees and that shoudld be the high and temperatures will fall. we may see soem flurries. should not amount to much at all and the cold air will move into the area with highs in the 20's. 28-35 for the overnight hours as we increase west to eatst and then tomorrow we have some sunshine and clouds thicken -- with some flurries likely. don't be surprised if you see some snow showers. 37-42 we slide from there. 27, 28 degrees. you can knock off a few degrees. night

we will talk about what will happen this afternoon. after we get rid of the fog at 9:00 this morning, temperatures under sunshine will jump up into the mid-to-upper 50's. we have warmer weather today and tomorrow. but scattered showers and cooler weather on the way on wednesday and thursday. i will show you that in the seven-day outlook. kristen and eric? >> thank you at 6:14. microsoft released windows 8 operating system the last few months and a wave of new laptops with that operating system are in the store shelves. >> our partners at consumer reports tell us whether the any computers are worth the upgrade. >> with release of ones 8, microsoft's new operating system a wave of laptops have hit the shelves designed to take advantage of windows bold new design. consumer reports shows dozens of the choices. >> at this microsoft store, one of 30 to open so far an the country, shoppers are checking out the newest ones 8 computers. >> if consumer reports laboratories, dozens of the new windows 8 laptops have been tested, too. to evaluate t

the highs will only be in the 20's. i do not think we will break records.t the end of the week, mixed precipitation on friday. >> interesting cold weather coming up. we will be joining you as soon as the game is over. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> this is an editorial with president and general manager dan joerres. >> be bold and that cold. beginning next friday and continuing through saturday, marylanders will pledge money and time in support of special olympic athletes. the maryland special olympics polar bear plunge is the largest single the fund raiser in our state. special olympics serves the needs of intellectually disabled athletes. the money raised will help to find summer and winter competitions for the year to come. all of us at wbal are proud to support special olympics in berlin. we invite you to join us next weekend at the state park when we get old and cold. for more information, log onto wbaltv.com. wbaltv.com.

obama who will take the public oath of office this monday and we will preview that on had monday. i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. a lot of you will be a little tired. >> how much sleep did you get. >> not a lot. >> not much at all. lynette you were up late you were celebrating and dancing all of that. >> i noose you were probably down in -- >> i was. >> you were probably down in federal hill. >> i wasn't but that clock came early. i am running off adrenaline and a lot of people will do that this morning and the cold air will wake you up. look at this 23 in manchester. 27 in baltimore aberdeen at 26 degrees and bowie is at 30 this morning. we are also going to be dealing with the wind that will pick up as we go throughout the day. right now, we see 5 in baltimore and 9 in dc but we will begin to have a wind chill advisory go into effect as we go later into the evening. basically, western maryland, points to the north south of that if you are traveling that way, be prepared for that and keep both hands on the steering wheel because the winds will be kicking up going thr

holmes will send a plea deal that will rule out the death penalty. >>> the city's first come side, the victim's party, now the deadly shooting happened last saturday night and officers had a hard time finding the victim in the pouring rain. one victim who called 91 now fears for her own safety. >> i am thinking a little about my own safety and they could not leave without calling 911. at this point no word of a possible motive or suspect information. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what happened where a woman lost he will control of her car and crashed into a pond. it happened on the on ramp to state highway 85. she sped hit a curb and went into the water. it took divers more than 0 minutes to find her -- 40 minutes to finds her but by the time they got to her, it was too late. >> the ch p will look into mechanical reasons of what may have caused the crash or whether she experienced a medical imagine site.$♪. >> a man crashed into two light poles in san jose. the driver veered off the side of the road and flipped upside down. investigators are trying to determine whether wet

i will be back, they tell me in 40 minutes. i know some of you will still be here. think you very, very much for sharing this morning with jill and me and the justice. it is been a great honor. [applause] ♪ >> please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, barack obama, do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of united states. [repeats] and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of united states. [repeats] so help you god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. >> thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you, everybody. >> now look at the m.l. king memorial in washington, d.c. as visitors arrive for this memorial weekend. [indistinct conversations] >> president obama's public swearing-in will be held tomorrow. he will be using one of the civil rights leader's bibles. to make, -- today, emily's list is holding an inaugural branch. has doneemily's list has been transformative for our country. country.

na lines will be booming. the ray -- new orleans will be booming.ll be media availability. we will see you later on in the day. but reporting live, joe fonzi, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> happening right now, a represent pally for the baltimore ravens. it's just started. we're right in the middle of it. live pictures. the team is getting ready to fly to new orleans. a lot of people out there. members of the rays -- ravens', members of the 2000 team are there, you have the ravens' cheerleaders out there, a marching band, the mascot, the governor of maryland is out there. you have a man singing on sage here. the ravens, by the way, are due to arrive here in 45 minutes before they head to the airport and then fly to new orleans. they will play the 49ers this sunday, february 3rd. >>> now, you saw joe fonzi, ktvu has the complete team in new orleans right now. they will have live reports in every newscast leading up to super bowl sunday. immediately after the super bowl turn right here to channel 2, we will have a live postgame show. >>> a dangerous freeway

that is unlawful all -- that is not all we will hear, there will be a press conference from new orleans. we will report it when it happens. >> thank you, amy. coming up in 30 minutes, katie marzullo will be joining us live from new orleans. larry beil and mike shumann and wayne freedman, and katie, will bring the best super bowl coverage all week from new orleans. they are tweeting behind-the-scenes updates and re-tweeting highlights at abc7 news bay area. >> san francisco arts bishop this morning is causing a stir with comments he made of same-sex marriage. according to the huffington post, he told the catholic herald the term gay mainly is a natural impossibility and should rarely be used and said legislating for the right of people of the same sex to marry is like legalizing male breast feeding. that is a quote. he told the catholic newspaper this week that fighting to protect traditional marriage is god's gift no this generation. >> this morning, san francisco police are hoping a photo they released will help find a man they say stabbed a woman after an attempted sexual assault. pol

i don't know when it will be but it will happen.ost: our focus is on president obama's second term, the one under 13 congress, the inaugural festivities concern -- continue today. we are covering the national prayer service at the national cathedral here in washington and we have a shot outside the cathedral. inside, our live coverage on c- span 3, the president and vice president will be attending that interfaith prayer service. there will be representation from religious leaders from several christian denominations, islam, judaism, etc at this service today and you will see plenty of dignitaries making their way into that prayer service and coverage is on c- span 3 today. middlebury, conn., republican, good morning. caller: i am a vietnam veteran and was a member of the police department. my concern is the safety is built into the manufacturers of this country on firearms that are being sold. let me give you an example -- i am really upset -- i just recently purchased a 380 for my daughter and it was manufactured in argentina. tha

they will win. we have to support them. >> some items have started to run out, especially the ones made overseas and need to be shipped over. the one thing that they really want are the items that they cannot win -- cannot buy, and that is a win. reporting live, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. you can help the ravens take the news off in style. it is on monday at 1130 at the empathy there. 11 sports director and sports of the director will be the emcee which will include ravens cheerleaders, the mascot, and members of the raven super bowl team. >> 13,000 people did something today that most people in the cold winter will not. they jumped into the icy chesapeake bay to raise money for the special olympics. some did it every hour for an entire day. we explain the motivation behind the super plungers. >> they started plunging friday morning. time after time, they went into the water. one time every 24 hours. this is the 10th anniversary of the super plunge. it began with 3 people. one person started the

>> i will be. thank you. >> hallie jackson, wbal-tv 11 news. >> from the selling ice to ask about department comes this -- perfume for babies. it is a blend of honey and that will sellts for $45. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. would you consider buying a perfume specifically for your baby? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. a brand is relying on twitter to wow you turn the super bowl. jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. we get the weekly jobless claims ahead of the opening bell. stop futures disporting are quiet. -- stock futres this morning are quiet. the full transition could be completed within two years. research in motion is changing its name to blackberry. the company failed to -- and may have set the price too high. it will cost -- [no audio] >> now weather and traffic together on the 1's. >> things have settled down a little this morning. there's a lot of standing

we will continue that for today but the rain will stay off the coast. we will be partly cloudy, cool, temperatures in the low 50s for the afternoon. that's a few degrees below what we normally get. we will continue with this dry pattern in the northwesterly flow. 50 for concord. 50 in berkeley, 49 expected in san rafael, 58 for san francisco, in to the south bay low 50s for you, 53 san jose, 52 degrees for santa cruz. the extended forecast tomorrow morning is expected to be colder than this morning and the freeze watch a possibility once again, especially for inland areas and around the bay. we will see a warming trend into monday, tuesday, wednesday feeling pretty good though we will be off to a freezing start. upper 50s, low 60s. if you are going to see that niner game i will have that forecast coming up. >> all right. let's go out to the roadways where things looking good. check out the bay bridge. you can see traffic moving along just fine. the game will be a busy place later today as people go into the city and head out to the stick but we have bee

will carry a special report. experts say he will likely discuss upcoming budget battles with congress over spending and vice president biden's gun task force as we have been reports and they will come back with recommendations tomorrow and issues that president obama would like to tackle next in the second term suggesting immigration so keep ituned to -- keepit tuned and we will have it for you live. >> mike? how are the temperatures? >> first, the beautiful picture from mount tamien this morning looking down on the bay and nothing that the bay is more choppy than the last couple of mornings with a free in the foreground moving around at 2,800' and down to the surface in san jose, highway 87 you can see the palm tree behind the circle seven and that is moving around because the winds are keeping the temperatures up and the atmosphere mixed this morning. and keeping us dry, also. check out doppler, you do not need the wet weather gear, but it will be 50 so you probably want sunshine to keep you warm so very dry fo

the sunshine we get will be short-lived, because our next whether maker that is in louisiana today willroach from the west, bringing clouds. i think the rain will hold off until late friday afternoon and into the evening. then a big warmup. today, partly cloudy skies, lies in the upper 40's, low 50's. lexi harbord traffic is moving with jamee on this thursday. >>-- let's see how traffic is moving. >> 66, greenway, told rode in from the west moving fine. leesburg and sterling and tysons checking out fine across. in the 14th street bridge and on to the southeast southwest freeway and lower 14th street are good. overnight construction schedule for the rest of the week 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., westbound 66 inside the beltway at 267, connector road. to the road back to you. >> thank you. robin roberts is sharing another update on her recovery from bone marrow transplant. she boasted that her doctors are extremely pleased with her recovery and that she's getting stronger each day. she says in the coming days mdma will give details about your return. she's banking the fans for their patience a

oakland police department stated that will be here and that will talk about the theft and they will releasemation to what happened and that that will make a plea out to whoever did this to return the artifacts. there are not sure about what happened in november and whether not what happened two days ago is connected. if they stated that they may release the video. >> new this morning, vice- president joe biden is meeting at the white house with victims' groups and gun safety organizations. today's meeting is aimed at building consensus or around proposals to curb gun violence following the terrific elementary school shooting in newtown, conn., the movie theater shooting in aurora . the vice president also meet tomorrow with the national rifle association and other gun owner groups. meetings on with our representatives from the video game and entertainment industries are also plans. this is all part of the panel president obama created following the sandy hook elementary shooting. new york mayor michael bloomberg, a strong supporter of tighter gun laws, is advising the vice president. >> sec

we want to alert you that breezes will be around --freezes will be around even if temperatures will go up into the mid-40s. lots of sunshine, saturday, about 48 degrees. sunday, 47 but, again, chilly breeze around and we'll keep the winds gust y on sunday as a couple of dry fronts move on through right over the weekend. toyed, temperatures topped out at 40 degrees but that was at 2:00 in the morning. most of the day, it's been closer to 38 or 39 degrees and we are down to 35 now but wait for this. 20s already, showing up at 6:00 with very cold dry air mass in place now. manassas is down to 28. martinsburg, 29 and still a little bit of a breeze there, not as gusty as it was but it does make the 35 degrees here in the city feel closer to 30 degrees. chilly one tonight. if you go out, bundle up. may feel like they are in the 20s because the air temperature will certainly be getting down there later tonight. overnight, we drop into the mid- to upper 20s, even here in the district, i think we're going to be close to 29 degrees. so, satellite and radar showing you this tonight. we have a cou

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air quality will be poor. inland east bay and parts of the north bay, but it will be just moderate in other locations. the complete accu-weather seven-day forecast coming up. >> see you then. >>> police are looking for a 17-year-old girl missing since last friday. her name is morgan stanton. she was last seen leaving foothill high school. morgan is 5 feet tall and 95 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. police believe she may have been headed to livermore. we don't have anymore information as to whether they suspect she could be a run away. >>> new at 11:00, there are reports that several americans have been taken captive in algeria. a heavily-armed military group kidnapped them in a bp oil field. earlier reports said three americans were being held hostage, but the militants claim they have seven americans and 41 people overall. french media reports the hostages are being held in one wing of the facility tied up with the power turned off. the militants have rigged explosives to the site. algerian soldiers t