is what you are or or or new england in 1819. rainbow drive-in only serve chicken for it is that we carried a beaming in waikiki is a fine spot for a sunburned tourists from new york city stood beneath him ponder historical implications of a lukewarm box of takeout because none of us belong here, not me, not the macaroni, not the chicken soaked in serious task of a nested. like a lot of a lot of people and teams in the silence cannot be another imports from somewhere else in this case india appeared to be in his bridge to shoot off sprouts that dripped down and pour slowly into the ground and take root, bulging into new connected trunks celesta support more and more chunks into each tree becomes a spooky little porous. thursday shady courthouse that was painted in 1873 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of new england missionaries on the mailing. to safely tell when a missionary to senate planted it and now it stands over 60 feet high with 12 tracks spanning within 200 square feet. one time i was in the line of co

rain and snow showers extend across parts of new england and upstate new york. western maryland has been dealing with some wintry conditions. you will see some snow not only tonight but for the day tomorrow as we continue to monitor the progress of a weather disturbance over the ohio valley that still has the swing through our area. it will not pull away until sometime tomorrow evening. another 24 hours of this chilly spring weather pattern. the normal high temperature at 60 degrees, and we fell short of that by 12 officially at bwi marshall. the record high was 88 degrees in 1978. we may see temperatures try and get into the 80's here early next week as a warm front makes its way through, but that is a few days away. temperatures continue on the chilly side of around the region. 46 at hagerstown, and you would think it would get warmer as you head south, but it is not much warmer there. we will see a clearing trend overnight. western maryland still in the rain and snow showers right into saturday morning. the wins have been brisk throughout the day but will dim

just as their puritan forebe forebearers into the new england the new england missionaries sent sail for the sandwich islands a place they thought of as a spiritual wilderness. perhaps 9 out of tern natives of the americas were wiped out by contact with european diseases, so was the native hawaiian population ravaged by smallpox, measles, whooping cough and venereal disease and the building of the railroads brought in the huddled masses of immigrants to the united states, the sugar plantations founded by the sons of the missionaries required massive imports of labor, primarily from china, japan, korea, portugal and the philippines transforming hawaii into what it has become. a multiethnic miscellaneous in which every race is a minority. hence the plate lunch. two scoops of japanese style rice and one scoop of macaroni salad seemingly airlifted from church potluck in anywhere usa are served alongside a polynesian or asian protein such as pig, chicken, teriyaki beef or loco moco a hamburger patty on top with gravy and egg invented what has always been the hamburger's most obvious defec

new england is not alone. the new england plane could see a foot of snow sunday into monday. >>> there is breaking news on the health of the former governor. a longtime aide can confirmed he is being treated for a slight case of pneumonia. he was admitted to the hospital last night and is reportedly feeling much better. he was said to term governor in maryland from 1987 until 1985. he also served two terms as comptroller. >>> the person was seriously hurt after a car drove through a shop. the helicopter was over the scene soon after it happened. the car crashed into the of ozone -- auto zone. the the the most taken by helicopter to a nearby hospital. -- the victim was taken by helicopter to a nearby hospital. >>> we must continue to be vigilant about safety on the roadways. that is the only way we will get the numbers to decline. >> more than 30,000 people died last year in the oppression. that is the fewest number of deaths since 1949. seat belts better safety equipment, and the recession are some reasons for

. >>> tonight in new england new england -- tonight in new england crews are stairing at another work of snow. work began just outside of boston. beantown is expected to get two to four inches. places like new hampshire and maine could see close to a foo. nothing like a light coating some of us saw this morning. what can we expect tonight? hopefully nothing like that in our way, wyatt? >> most of us did not see snow. an earn or two of slush that quickly melted by mid-morning but we have the chance, a few more flakes could fly overnight. let's take a look at maryland's most powerful radar. i wish i could tell you that's an april fool's. i cannot. you see a much more active radar pitch. these are not heavy showers. we have snow showers, sleet showers back out to western maryland and beyond. thrp lea not heavy but they are numerous and mr. track steadily in our area as a clipper system arrives. it will keep things from being sunnier. today was 10 degrees below average. a few rain showers possible. we'll talk about the rest of your weekend coming up. >>> now to the economy, news from lay

we are not done with the storm sitting of the new england coast just yet. keep an eye on all this rain coming across the ohio valley. the threat of more rain showers and maybe some snow in the higher elevations tomorrow. up in new england, it is still wintertime. 40 right now in boston with a rain-no mix. -- rain-snow mixed. expect some wintry conditions through tomorrow night and maybe into sunday morning as well. 12 degrees colder than normal. the normal high is 60, and we only had 48 at artificial weather station at bwi marshall. the rain did wash the pollen of the atmosphere. -- at our official weather station at bwi marshall. some rain and snow showers will continue in the western maryland mountains. anywhere from 31 to 38 for the low around here. wins should diminish to --winds should diminish to five-50 miles an hour. as the storm moves away, another one will rapidly be moving in behind it. another round of rain and snow showers will cut across the region tomorrow afternoon. light accumulations possible in the mountains, especially above 2008. mostly

just as the puritan before theirs set off into the wilderness of new england, the new england set sail for the islands, what they thought of as a spiritual wilderness. nine out of ten natives were wiped out by contacts of european diseases, so was the population ravaged with other disease. just as the industrial revolution and the building of the railroads brought in the huddled masses of immigrant the to the united states, the sugar plantations founded by the sons of the missionaries required massive imports of labor from china, korea, jay pap, portugal, and the philippines making this a multiethnic place where every one is a minority, hint the plate lunch. this was air lifted from some church pot luck in air, usa, are served alongside an asian protein like pig, chick, adobo or loco moco, a hamburger patty served with a fried egg and it's the most obvious defect, not enough egg. [laughter] sugar plantation workers used to share food at lunchtime swapping noodles for korea spare ribs and bread. this got passed down evolving into the plate lunch served at diners, drive-ins, and lunch tr

a winterlike storm will bring gusty winds and snow to new england. snow and rain are also likely across the midwest. and the southwest and deep south will remain dry and sunny. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. a messy morning commute in the northeast. an april fools' snowstorm is hitting the region and it is no joke. some high elevation areas could get up to a foot of snow. >>> and the labor department releases the march jobs report later this morning. most economists predict the economy added about 185,000 jobs last month. if so, that would follow strong gains in february. >>> and seven lucky coworkers can quit their jobs. they collected their big checks thursday from last week's huge mega millions lottery. and after taxes, get this, they get $19 million each. jim axelrod reports. >> reporter: they took their first public steps into their new lives as multimillionaires. seven new york state workers. >> we've been doing this every time one of the jackpots usually gets above $100 million, we go around to our coworkers in our offi

big snow in new england. insta-weather-plus forecast just ahead. --in this afternoon cost afternoon's "medical alert," if you have high blood pressure you probably inherited it from your mother. --lf of those descended fr researchers identified a blood pressure mutation in a mother's dna that is passed down to children. being hospitalized for an illness or surgery can be a scary and lonely experience, especially if you are separated from her family. a hospital is experimenting with the video conferencing technology as a way to keep patients connected with loved ones. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> this the first launch -- a time since she was admitted to hospital for testing that she has been able to see our parents because they are elderly, they could not come in person, but they can now make a virtual participation. >> the camera will tilt and panza you can get anywhere in their room -- and pan so you can get anywhere in the room. >> it now allows a patient to talk online with a loved one who may be too ill or for a w

lousy travel conditions in new england today. high pressure eventually comes in, but there is more stuff out to the west that will be spinning around. so any break we get in the weather this weekend will be short-lived. >> we have rain this morning, the most significant tapers off. then we might have some spotty rain activity. a little warmer than yesterday. northwest winds will get breezy. insta-weather future cast shows any rain we have left over this afternoon and into the evening hours. as you start to clear overnight tonight, then during tomorrow we have rain chances that might pop up in the area. kind of spotty. i think most of the day will be dry. then in the evening we have another chance for rain shower activity. so it's an on again-off again situation. skies clear tonight. tomorrow might be a couple of snow flakes mixed with a couple of brief showers. 49 the high. sunday looks dry. but sunday night into monday we could see a couple scattered showers. we'll be in the mid 50's for a high near 70 on tuesday with thundersto

upper 60s in new york and baltimore. cooler in new england. low 80s in dallas and new orleans and phoenix. 87 degrees in miami. just 51 in seattle, portland and salt lake. mid-50s in chicago/detroit. low 70s in indianapolis, kansas city and l.a. >>> after a seven-year, $55 million investigation, we now have a verdict in the government's case against barry bonds. guilty. baseball's home run king was convicted yesterday of obstructing justice. but the perjury charges against him were thrown out. more, now, from john donvan. >> and it's a high, fly ball. right, center field. back it goes. racing back. that ball is gone. >> reporter: the thing you can say about barry bonds on this day that a jury declared him a felon, he was a ballplayer who wanted it. who wanted it badly. the fame. the money. the glory. to right to call himself, not just great. barry bonds wanted to be the best. >> there it is.

not only into parts of new england, but all the way into the hudson valley. this area used is beginning to get going. it has spread snow into boston, worcester, parts of connecticut. we will be really on the back and into that and nothing really will fall around us, other than the leftover, lingering sprinkles. overnight tonight and during the day tomorrow, it will still be cold, but that is way in the atmosphere. it will rein in the cold air to the north and the storm will move up the coast. in some spots there may be a blizzard warning. the cold relief filters into new england, but, on the backs of that drier milder air begins to come in around us. finally, we will see a change in this pattern. we will get a little bit of sunshine as we head into the weekend. not tomorrow, look at the lingering showers. temperatures jamarr will be sunny again in the 30 -- devore jamarr will be sunny, again in the 30's. -- temperatures tomorrow will be sunny, again in the 30's. as we get into the weekend finally, the pattern really changes. there will be a bit of real spring

this is primarily a northern new england storm out there today. it's still raining in areas like new york city and philadelphia and up here in the hudson valley, but as far as the snow, the only big accumulations will be from worcester, boston, northwards up into vermont, new hampshire and definitely up there in maine. the entire state of maine could pick up heavy snow. that's the white on this map. boston is right on the line. south of boston, you went over to rain. north of boston, you got heavy wet snow coming down. we've gone back and forth from snow to rain to sleet and right now we're back to snow. areas of western mass, already reports of four to six inches at the higher elevations. so the higher elevations are getting the heavy snow and later on today, just all of new hampshire and maine, especially the mountainous areas will get nailed with possibly up to a foot of snow. so here is your forecast. bangor, maine, 10 to 14 for you. concord, 6 to 10. worcester, about 4 to 8. boston, a slushy 2 to 4. albany, not much at all for you. maybe 1 to

the tea boycott was spread to other new england port cities and down the atlantic coast to new york, philadelphia, charleston, it was the original tea party movement. it wasn't patriotic, and it wasn't pretty or glorious. the climax on thursday, december 16, 1773, just before christmas with the legendary boston tea party. and the dumping of about $1 million worth of british tea. the people who dumped them amounted to about six or seven dozen, no one exactly how many. it was dark. many disguised themselves as indians. ironically, the white colonist who willingly slaughtered any american indian, they disguised themselves as indians. they said indians were a symbol of freedom, regardless of the phony symbolism, the participants in the boston tea party unleased a social upheaval that they would not be able to control. it unleased a reign on boston and on each other. mobs dumps and burned tea ships in new york, philadelphia, charleston, boston staged a second tea party a few months after the first one. the mobs booked no dissent. they burned the homes of anyone they suspected of favoring

the storm system spreading into new england. highs rears winds will pick up today, too. a look at your night planner in ten minutes. >>. >> there is the inner loop. there was an accident reported minutes ago. authorities were headed over to investigate. don't see it yet. i will keep a watch on it should police find anything. >> traveling on the tyson's corner area. all the way down to i-66, so far, so good. and the third street tunnel, the southbound side, new york side. no early issues to report. >> metro's money troubles could mean service cuts if the transit agencyicancy come up to 72 million, it will be forced to run less. what it means for riders. >> reporter: many of riders are relieved they are not talking about raising rates, but what they are considering is possible duts in converse. met metro. 1.47 million dollar budget closes in july. each jurisdiction would have to give additional money. reportedly, they are considering cuts in service, that they have reviewed before. longer waits for trains, less popular bus routes closed and changes in late night service. n

new england to new york state and on into pennsylvania. lots of travel problems there today, so check ahead if you're going to be flying or taking the train or something. as this storm pulls away, we will see wet weather. the basic forecast today. this morning, we have this light to moderate rainfall activity with snow mixing into the city. we could see -- 47-52 for the high today. 2 breeze picks up northwest. insta-weather future cast shows the bulk of the rain pulling out of here later this morning and going north. but then we could see spotty showers the develop this afternoon and finally clearing out this evening. so we'll have mostly clear skies then. but then it will be much drier tomorrow than it was today and yesterday. we could see a band of showers move through. here's a look at the seven-day forecast. we really don't shake the rain completely. 50 today. 49 on saturday. shower chances tapering off today. spotty showers. maybe even a snow flake tomorrow. 54, the high. 56 on monday. there's a rain threat even with the o's game in t

heavy snow in new england near boston and heading through central mass. through the capital district of new york and interior sections northwest of the new york metro area. some of the places will wind up with a foot of snow. it goes back to the poconos. the snow extended all the way down through york pa, westminster and near the baltimore area. take it closer. not doing the best job highlighting where the particular line was. we had to extrapolate that further just north of baltimore. you go 15, 20 miles north, and that is reisterstown and westminster, the highest rain getting stickage in snowfall. the cold air is catching up to the storm and pulling up towards new england. our future radar highlighting the fact that it's there and the rain south and east just wet road, i-95, eastern shore, annapolis, no worries. this gets out of here and could have showers in the rain variety in the afternoon. another system could sneak in with showers heading in through saturday afternoon. warming temperatures and the warming trend continues up through early next week.

this system will wrap up the new england storm, towards the new england area, be a big storm for new england is kind of what i meant to say there but a wrap around precipitation will still be a plaguing maryland, keeping us damp, dreary and ugly into the day tomorrow. cloudy, i think less showers, but still ugly an then saturday we've got a new disturbance, a weak one, comes in out of the north. that could actually keep us cloudy and kind of a little bit deery saturday, looks a little better. sunday finally drying out and the o's opener 60, could be a few showers. overnight tonight, more rain, brief wintery mix, cloudy through the day tomorrow, still rainy, rainy evening showers tomorrow night. i know. not the -- april showers, isn't that right? isn't that what they say. i wish i could tell you it's an april fools joke. it's not. sunday, looking ahead to next week, temperatures milder but still some showers and storms around. back to you guys. >> the oils don't play until tomorrow, they'll play down in tampa, but it may not feel like it is opening day. the bronx bombers give fans a r

both were from wealthy families and like many sons of wealthy new englanders they were harbored. we all make mistakes. if they had gone to yale they would have behaved themselves, gone out and gotten good jobs. adams was fun of boston's largest brewer. you still see the name that the current cinema and stare at nothing to do with the original brewery. his father died when sam is 36. until then, sam had been too lazy to earn a living on his own finale at taking control of the prairie and could have ran into bankruptcy. he allowed the family manager and seemed unconcerned with earning money, married, fathered two children after his wife's death his champion liberty bond himself a slave and racist children in abject poverty. his father found in the senate care, an easy job as a tax collector, to insurers on the children and slaves. within a short time from his lechers showed a shortage of a thousand pound representing tax monies he had either failed to collect or had embezzled. he was later convicted of embezzlement. as for artists, he was a young lawyer who is deeply humiliated whe

new england is getting socked with snow. maine, massachusetts, and new hampshire are reporting tens of thousands of power outages. the winter that will never end. if you have never seen the cherry blossoms at its peak, it is the final day. as the weeks winter like weather driven away the crowds? we can see that the wind is whipping things up down there. >> it is very windy and cold out here. the national park service tells me it is too early whether the weather has had a factor in attendance of visitors at the cherry blossom festival. at their peak, the cherry blossoms are usually a picture- perfect background, but this year the photographers and the crowds are few and far between. the reason is the weather. >> it is not normal. it is not spring. >> era, and her mother come to see the trees every year and -- era, and her mother come to see the trees every year and write poetry. they are not the only visitors noticing the change. >> last year, our friends came into town and it was an absolute traffic jam. we are very, very su

snow into new england. mid day, sprinkles, and sun breaking out, high near 50. some changes tonight, with gusty winds. we will have that, your night planner in ten minutes. >> good morning, wet roadways here. could be slick this morning. and any overnight roadway is gone. be careful, particularly on the exit ramps, they are sharp, could have swervage. there is the outer loop. no concerns. new york avenue, seems to be okay. and woodrow wilson bridge, looking good. back to you. >>> metro riders may soon spend more time waiting for fewer trains, the transit agency is considering cutting service if -- >> reporter: it is budget time. again, metro dealing with a budget shortfall. the this time, they are not talking about raising rates, they are talking about cutting service. metro is looking at a 72 million dollar shortfall. if d.c., maryland and virginia can't find the money to close the gap, metro riders will face cuts in service. the operatoring budget takes effect in july to. close the shortfall, each jurisdi

and around new england. rain is in the forecast for other parts of the region. >> anny is up next with the weekend forecast. >> and angie is checking the roads. plus, we'll have this story. >> would you spend $200 to watch your child graduate? one local high school is asking parents to do it. i'm wa peggy fox. we'll tell you who is and why. restora helps heal my symptoms. s cortizone-10 -- feel the heal. more bold flavor!onds! more variety! more of what you want... not what you don't. blue diamond almonds... more than a snack. >> happy friday. >> not a great way to start off a new month. >> no april fools joke. we have snow out there this morning. it is light stuff though. not expecting a whole lot in accumulations. maybe some of the grass will see it. except for areas around baltimore. they're getting some more serious snow. but yeah, in our area, we'll talk about some chilly conditions out there and kind of a yucky day. here is a look at our bus stop forecast. as you're getting the kids ready this morning,

upstate new york, interior new england getting snow from this system. it is deepening rapidly turning into a powerful area of low pressure over maine now. that's giving us gusty winds this far south into virginia. as we go into the next 48 hours, that low pressure center will pull away. we have the winds today, this afternoon and into this evening and it will relax overnight and we'll have lighter winds. tomorrow just a few patches of some sprinkles coming through. these areas of color potential zones of perhaps a few sprinkles. just a small chance of that on saturday. the good news is that woel continue to have high pressure pushing through. we'll shift our winds into the southwest. that should warm us up nicely on sunday and into the first part of next week. so for the rest of this friday afternoon, we will have some sunshine in and out. cloud cover as well. and temperatures reaching maybe briefly near 50 degrees. and that accompanied by a gusty wind to around 30 miles an hour. so it's going to be feeling colder than that. but thankfully the winds wil

>>catherine: in weather, april fool's storm brought heavy snow to parts of new england today. it was the kind of scene, a lot of people woke up to today. >> an unpleasant surprise some hoping this is the last of it for the season. >>catherine: maybe, people in new england did not expect to spend april 1st shovelling heavy wet snow. it quickly covered the pavement and roads, it was clinging to trees burying the for spring flowers. snow removal trucks were out but it still made the morning to new messy. at least it was pretty in places. this is a country road in massachusetts. it tens of thousands of people lost power after the heavy snow hit power lines. if that was especially true in maine and new hampshire. it also the two spots had the most was roughly 1 ft. of snow. >> is as real or april fools? it's more like a nightmare. >>catherine: not a total nightmare, it seems to be melting quickly, still a lot of people were caught by surprise by the intensity of the storm. >>jacqueline: a different picture here, take a look at this sunny skies people enjoying the nice weather. out

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maybe 6-12 inches in the interior sections of new england from the catskills into vermont and western maine. wet snow in the morning and sprinkles in the afternoon. instead of hitting 60, will be struggling to get to 50. northwest winds strong enough for a small grass -- craft advisory. around the bay is a chilly shower to start april with temperatures around 50 after it some snow in the morning. scattered rain showers and 53 degrees on the north shore. cold temperatures on saturday, and a bit of sunshine on saturday. the orioles come home and will greet them with some rain showers. the good news is able -- is it will get to seven next week. >> camden yards may look like the back, as compared to what they half in some american the towns. the start of baseball with a look at winter, next in sports. >> with me is maryland lottery official marsha. tonight's multi jackpot is estimated at $500,000. with me for the numbers tonight, thursday, march 31, we start the game off with 13, 36, 6, 23, 26 and 2. 13, 36, 6, 43 and 2. if no one wins, it climbs to $525,000. the next drawing is tomorrow

the storm is causing problems in new england. boston is opening up in arlington texas and not at fenway because they have heavy snow and interior new england could get a foot of the april fool's storm. back to the poconos and western pa, self springs is open for skiing tomorrow. the latest openings that they have had. and then they will shut down. we will warm up after this event. again, lingering showers warming to 48. still an issue with snow on the grass and roads northwest this morning. 34 tonight, 52 tomorrow. and rain showers. i will be at the maryland science at johns hopkins university. we will warm to 56 sunday. opening day monday 60. but that comes with rain. kim. >> reporter: we are looking at volume lighter than normal this morning. and that's probably contributing to the fact we don't have a whole lot of major problems on the roads for this friday morning commute. as we look live at 95 coming through baltimore county. northbound and southbound both all clear. heading northbound towards thebellway and 395, no reported

tavis: did it scare you in new england coming out of memphis? [laughter] >> you are right. tavis: especially back then. >> no, i did not. i did what i had to do. i did what i was supposed to do. i had almost no contact with white people. tavis: i can imagine. >> i had a little bit. my uncle had a drug store. he rented from a jewish family right next door. i had a little bit of the conversation in that store with the kids. i knew about issues of race. in fact, i used to sell newspapers. i would gather up the papers and i would have a route in the neighborhood and i would pick up the papers on the corner once a week. i was selling the pittsburgh courier. i realized that i was getting nervous and anxious when i went to pick up the papers to sell and i would take a run to my different clients. if i had a few leftover, i would go around the neighborhood and sell them. i was afraid subconsciously and i sta because i thought there would be a lynching on the front page. -- i stopped doing it because i thought there would be a lynching. that was my dramatic exposure to race. -- trau

insomee of the higher elevations in new england, 3 to 10 inches. there is that little area of snow up in north central portions of maryland. all of this is tracking to the east-northeast and it will continue in that motion through the course of the morning and the day. now, let's take a look at what is going on out there as far as our temperatures go. or futurecast, i want to show you that. here what is we are expecting to see during the course of the day today there is your rainfall. there is your snow. by later on this morning, we start to -- i won't say clear out. this is showing some gaps in the cloud cover. this does show us starting to dry out is what i will say. some lingering precipitation up to the north and then you saw quickly there during the afternoon another shower or two could develop in the latter part of the afternoon. i'm hoping we'll get some rays of sun. then into saturday, more moisture in here saturday morning during the course of the day. it looks like much of this remains to our south and then snow out to the west. we have t

from the new england all the way down to washington, d.c. we have flood warnings and high wind warnings. that includes areas around new york city, pittsburgh, syracuse. but the weather is dry now and the is unis out in new york city and parts of the northeast. however, there could be another severe weather outbreak coming up by wednesday. we'll be tracking that for you. jenna, back to you. >> janice, thanks. we're going to switch gears and head to politics as president obama gears up for the next budget battle with republicans. he gets an earful from two possible white house candidates. donald trump and sarah palin. david gregory is moderator of "meet the press" and joins us this morning. we haven't had a gop candidate to talk about yet and now we seem to have a couple of names floating out there. i guess the flashiest at this point would be donald trump. he was the headline speaker at a tea party event in boca, where he's talked recently that he's going to make an announcement about whether he'll run or not in june. in the meantime, he's ra

a springtime nor'easter is now bearing down on parts of new york and new england today slamming areas with drenching rain and nearly a foot of snow. >> not again, not again. all major cities will be spared but northern maine is bearing storm.e br of the storm. it's all part of a system that just battered the area with storms. emily schmidt has the latest. >> reporter: winter is getting the last laugh this april fool's day. >> it's still winter right when you think you're through it all it just sucks you right back in. >> reporter: socking the northeast with a snowfall potential too big to ignore. >> i wouldn't be surprised to see some locations get up into 10 inches. >> reporter: the problem started in florida with warm wet air that turned dangerous. the storm cripple a canopy. and kennedy space center. the lightning came close, damage was reportedly minimal. >> it looks like at least initially minor. >> reporter: there was major damage at an air field, thousands of planes tipped over. >> there was hail and rain. and it suddenly blackened out and we were hiding on the corner. >> repor

parts of new england and new york are shoveling snow on april fools' day. and central florida is cleaning up from at least half a dozen reported tornadoes. winds up to 90 miles per hour uprooted trees and tossed around planes at an air show. sam will have more in just a moment. >>> there's brand-new evidence that the job market is picking up steam. american companies added 216,000 new jobs in march. and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.8%, that's the lowest since march 2009. >>> in libya, officials said they'll accept a cease-fire if moammar gadhafi pulls his forces from all cities but that's highly unlikely. given gadhafi's gains in recent days. despite his military success, gadhafi is losing more support in his inner circle. a senior diplomat has now jumped ship and there's word that one of gadhafi's sons may be trying to negotiate an exit strategy. >>> and radiation damage on the power plant, levels in the ground water under the plant are 10,000 times higher. than government standards. meanwhile, pumps are on their way from the u.s. to japan. thy will

havoc in parts of new england. we do have a number of winter storm warnings you see in blue all the way from massachusetts up through maine and winter weather advisories posted here and there through the poconos and northern new jersey and the hudson valley. here is a look where the storm is now. it's going to continue to deepen off the coast and the snow will continue in parts of upstate new york, through the berkshires, green and white mountains on into maine. the hardest hit area will be here in maine, well over a foot of snow and the shade of blue 3 to 6 inches but it will begin to wrap up later tonight. back to you. >> thank you very much. we'll get your local forecast in a moment. meanwhile, we're talking about the fallout here in the u.s. tied to japan's nuclear crisis. the epa says that traces of radiation have been found in milk samples from california and washington state. how concerned should you be? nbc's george lewis is here to put it in perspective. good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. californ

. >>> also we're following this spring noreaster hammering new england this hour, getting new snowfall counts on the first day of april. we have new video and where the storm is heading, next. jon: it's a fox extreme weather alert and no, it's not april fools, a spring noreaster slamtion the northeast, the storm stretching from new jersey to new england, icy roads causing spinouts, heavy snow brought down branches and power lines. before it's all over we could see up to a foot of snow in parts of new england. conditions are changing rapidly. rick reichmuth is here with the fox cast next hour. >>> and if you want to get a peek at your weekend forecast, it's there at your fingertips, go to foxnews.com/weather, enter your zip code, we'll get you your local forecast. jenna: speaking of forecasts, maybe a financial one, cvs is launching a tweet week, featuring the network stars, commenting live on twitter as the shows run on the air. fox business network's dennis neal is here to talk more about this. so first of all, explain how it works. >> so starting sunday, with the first show they're g

lightning embedded with this as well, for there to the north through new england new jersey, new york, vermont, new hampshire severe thunderstorm and effect. we will follow this through the day, don't be surprised if we see airport delays. we are watching that. here locally is mild. 50 degrees in san francisco 53 in oakland, 43 in san rosa, 50 in san jose, future cast 4 showing 21 mi. more sustained winds at san francisco, by foreign the afternoon those wind speeds increase steady with 40 mi. an hour gas off the coast. by 7:00 a.m. those winds are still very strong. windy today in cooler. 68 in san rosa, 68 vallejo, napa, 61 in san francisco four year high, as we slide the maps 664 livermore. let's get a check on your ride with george. >> george: we are not tracking in the hot spot right now, normally we start with those. at the bay bridge we are getting word there may be a problem on the upper deck with an accident. so far meter lights have not been activated, this is a first report but it could mean problems later on. good ride across the san mateo bridge lighter than usual traffic

we plant a lot of trees from australia and new england. brisbane box, they're well adapted, they have trees that will do well in our climate. a bigger chaltoning plant in many parts of the san francisco, the micro climate, we have windy area, really foggy areas and part of the reason we don't have native trees, is there weren't a lot of native trees in those climates. they're shrubry and branchry and they don't make good street trees. >> a good street tree is a tall tree that hasn't been topped or hacked back to get under wires. one reason this is lovely, is it is allowed to achieve its actual frm and a lot of times you see this lollipop trees or trees that are packed back to get under wires. on this particular street, we don't have overhead wires, we'll release them and they can definitely more naturally. >> this is a great street tree, it is a new tree, it is a hearty urban tree but it didn't have some of the problems of a ficas. it is more like a column at maturity, it gets good size, but it is less prone, it will do sidewalk damage or

in some spots in interior remained in new england as you can see there. it is the cloud cover coming in for opening day. spotty light showers measured in hundreds of an inch. not a lot tomorrow. not the brightest day either. we will have a high of 46 purses the '83 we saw on the first of april 1st year ago. that is the 37 degrees cooler opening. it marked as we say 5 below normal and just an inch of snow 6 in. is normal in the month of march march or tear here is the forecast i'd just up to noon tomorrow you can see the rain is approaching from the west. the clouds will thicken during the morning these little spotty showers will come through during the afternoon not amounting to much. just enough to wet the pavement and make it uncomfortable. here's some of the estimates of three. rang values across the chicago area. they're not all that great. there's a storm later in the week and earlier next week that one lays down some rain and could be the biggest drain in a month around here. see how the east is cold and the west as one bills are high temperatures t

look at all the snow into maine and new england. it's piling up there. it's piling in the upper elevations of new york and pennsylvania, too. up into pokonos. that's where the snow is. in this next area of low pressure that is coming across wisconsin and illinois right now, that will come through for tomorrow. so that will be our next chance for rain and that will be showers tomorrow. once that passes by, then we're talking slightly dryer conditions and we're really going to warm things up, finally. so mostly clouds overnight tonight will be dry overnight tonight. low to mid 30s out in the suburbs. the storm on the cool side, upper 30s here in town. partly sunny tomorrow morning. a few showers at noon. not everybody gets wet. we will have showers around and a few showers at 5:00. but a little bit more sunshine tomorrow than what we had today. at least that's the way i see it and temperatures will make it up into the lower 50s. here's the future cast. there's a little shower at 8:00. more showers late in the day and as we go into sunday, most of sunday is

that's pretty good to the new england patriots. tim lincecum, not bad, but not good either. stroked out here. 7 innings, 7 hits, 3 runs, 7 strikeouts. very -- very rarely does he get outpitched. jason did it tonight. he shut out the giants on five hits. 3-0 washington, a winner over the san francisco giants. here at home at the overstock.com coliseum, trevor cahill, help from his defense. nice play here against yorvit torrealba. he is now with the rangers. kurt suzuki gaves the a's a 1-0 lead. and josh willingham off the wall. a's 3-1. trevor cahill e.r.a under two. in 2007 the warriors upset dallas the number one seed. that was the only time that happened till tonight. memphis leading. san antonio had the best regular season record in the nba but they ran out of steam. they looked tired. and jack had 31 points. 17 in the fourth and that's it. fourth time in nba history an eightede beat a one seed. warriors in 2007. grizzlies play oklahoma city beginning sunday. and back to the sharks. catherine, i wish you liked hockey. a little bit. >> i do. >> look at me, all he cares abo

they have seen in some parts that was area, up to a foot of snow in parts of new england. we have not gotten anything like that. and looks like we are going to see really great weather and improvement, heading into the beginning of next weekend. and of course, we know what that means. we'll have details coming up in your forecast. >> we'll check in on our roads right here. here's kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. >> hi, mary. hi, everyone. some trouble out there in towson. that is closed in both directions between the beltway and providence. all lanes are blocked. to get around loch raven boulevard instead. as far as the beltway goes, baltimore national pike to liberty road. top side inner loop, bumper to bumper to the jones falls expressway. as far as accidents go, quite a few. southbound 795, at franklin boulevard. in the parkville area, eastbound at joppa. reisterstown road at walker. and southbound on the harrisburg expressway, a crash at timonium road that may catch your eye. as far as the city goes, one to report in that area. let's now take a live look. there's

yeah, quite an april fool's joke for those people in new england. how about yesterday, the last day of march, that we had record highs in many areas. downtown l.a., hit 92 degrees. in phoenix, 93. yuma, arizona, hit 100, vegas 88, even 80s as far north as san francisco. what a treat that was. the one really warm day. for some people probably too hot. today, temperatures coming down a little bit. this next storm system in the trough dipping down the west coast is going to cool the west coast off over the weekend and bring showers and wet weather back into the forecast. so enjoy about one more really mild day here in the desert southwest. it's not even that rainy in the pacific northwest. just a slight chance of showers today. our 48 hour rainfall totals, this isn't a lot. maybe a half inch at most as we go throughout the next 48 hours. mostly in the mountains. just shower activities for a lot of the cities from medford, portland, northward. forecast for today, there's the showers from seattle to portland. further to the south, sunny and still warm. w

new england in the northeast expected to get hit with a storm system. wind, heavy rain, lightning all of that to the midwest. at one point a tornado warning was issued in indianapolis. no reports of anything touching down but the city did receive heavy rain, wind, hail. look at some of the damage and misery where they're trying to clean up after three possible tornadoes. tornadoes also reported near st. louis and the airport was closed for time to the system passed. >> justine: japanese authorities are considering restricting access to the evacuation jet the zone. -- restricting access to the evacuation zone. their goal is to limit radiation exposure to evacuees were trying to return to their homes it is unclear when or if the span might start. >> james: details of the new terrorism and advisory alert system will be released today. homeland's security will hold an event in new york to announce the details the new system will focus on threats in defined areas. the department of transportation has issued a new set of rules to protect airline passengers ai

england, y también inundaciones y casi 6 pulgadas, por este centro de baja presión provocó fuertes lluvias, y ahora más estable, y tenemos fuertes vientos en nuevo méxico, y texas, y sureste de los Ángeles, más estable, pero sobre 4 esquinas fuertes vientos, y baja humedad, desarrollaría fuegos de maleza, avisos de inundaciones al norte, y sur de georgia, fuertes vientos, y continúan bajas temperaturas y la gente dice hasta cuándo dura el invierno, y bueno, hay que obedecer, y sacar chamarras, y siguen altas temperaturas, en el noroeste invierno, pero en texas, casi 90 grados, igual para mañana, es todo, continuamos con más de "primer impacto." >>> gracias jackie apara mantener saludable el corazón, recomiendan comer manzana, un estudio en la florida, reveló que mujeres redujeron el colesterol en un 20%, significaba agregar 245 calorías a la dieta, pero no engordaron, rebajaron hasta 3 libras. >>> maravillosa, y puede recibir estas y otras noticias, suscribiendose, a nuestras alertas, envíe la palabra impacto, al 76225 los esperamos. >>> y seguimos hablando de salud, para sus

i mean, from new england all the way back down through illinois and chicago. it is an active weather pattern big storm bombing out, swirling over maine and the gulf of maine, actually off shr of maine but dragging in a lot of precipitation off the great lakes. we'll stay breezy. mostly cloudy, still the threat for a hit or miss shower or storm but i don't think most of us will see a lot of rain, just a hit or miss shower. this is 9:00 in the morning. anytime before i'd say around 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. we could sew a few wet flakes, mainly north and with the of baltimore. the chance for light accumulations of snow, believe it or not, out towards cumberland, deep creek lake if you're headed that way. other than that scattered rain showers. most of the day will be dry, mostly cloudy kind of like you're seeing right nowment sunday a little more sunshine. sunday looks dry and warmer. we'll take that weekend sports forecast 54. offstra and towson looks decent, just a passing shower. the first pitch game on monday for the o's it looks warmer, upper 60s. that's great for

englanders. >> where was the snow at the beginning of the season? >> six northeastern states were under winter storm warnings but this may not be the last gasp. there could be a foot of snow into monday. you can sign up for severe weather alerts delivered right to your email. >>> checking out tonight's top stories, a 14-year-old waverly boy is charged as an adult after the beating of his own grandmother. police say hassanhii garrett attacked his own grandmother with a hammer. garrett is being charged as an adult with assault and attempted murder. >>> the number of people killed in u.s. roadways have dropped, despite the fact many americans are driving more miles. nearly 33,000 people died in crashes in 2010, down from 2009. seat belt use is being credited. >> the economy lost 7.5 million jobs during the recession but they're coming back at more than 200,000 a month. president obama said it's a sign the economy is strengthening. local layoffs lowered it to 8.8%. >>> more on the economy tonight. a new report brings good news for job seekers from an un

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