those clouds are producing snow showers way out in western maryland and as close as the panhandle of west virginia right near martinsburg/charlestown, they're getting a few snow showers as well as a few flurries in washington county, maryland. we may have a few of those passing our way later this afternoon. this morning quite a bit of sun. sunrise at 7:27. and the winds will pick up and start gusting 30 to 35 miles an hour. by midday we'll just barely maybe get up around freezing or so, and a passing snow shower is possible this afternoon with the blustery winds and temperatures in the 20s. carol, how does traffic look this morning? >> thank you, tom. >>> right now things are pretty light. as we look at 95 in virginia, it looks absolutely spectacular. making your way on duke street on 395, you can see that you're in good shape. and 395 to the 14th street bridge looking as good as i think we can expect at this moment. back to you, joe, eun. >> thanks very much, carol. >>> 4:33 now. today the last set of employees will transfer to the marc center in alexandria. 1,400 people are expecte

it includes the northern shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, and most of western maryland for an accumulating area of snow, sleet, and icing there later tonight. maybe even some closer to the metro area as the evening progresses and into the predawn hours on saturday. for the day, though, here's yours day planner. sunrise at 7:23. increasing clouds with highs in the upper 30s. a cold day. here's your evening planner, if you plan on being out and about this friday night, there could be some light snow developing around mid to late evening, 9:00 to midnight. mostly melting on roadways. then changing to some sleet and icing after that. we'll look at had in detail and the weekend and into next week in ten minutes. how's traffic? >>> if you're traveling the beltway connecting to route 50, i'm not seeing any issues for you. pretty good making your way from bowie heading to the beltway. i'll give you a live look at the area. i can tell you westbound as well as eastbound lanes are open. no accidents to report at this time. traveling in virginia on i-95, different story. not seeing

part of the panhandle of virginia in the freezing mark. shenandoah valley, closer to washington, montgomery, fairfax, prince george's county, low to mid 40s as well as the district of columbia under a low cloud cover. later today, sunshine breaking out, and we should get above 50 degrees this afternoon. maybe even hit the mid 50s by mid-afternoon with lots of sun. clear tonight, low 40s by midnight. a look at the rest of the week, could get rain by the end of the week. we'll look at that and the weekend in ten minutes. danella? >>> very foggy in some areas. still very foggy on i-270. this is the view at clarksburg road. if you're taking 270, you're slow out of frederick. delays continue. once you goat clarksburg road, the road opens up as you head southbound. you will start to see some congestion again as you make your way to rockville. now back to you both. >> all right. thanks. >>> 6:11. 43 degrees. senator rand paul's beef with airport security. >>> next, when the shuttle "discovery" will make a final flight. >>> good morning. welcome b

in the panhandle, the western part of the panhandle, much more conservative, much more southern, very much anti-big government, very much a tea party part of the state, tea party was very big here. against obama care, limited government, low taxes, more -- in many ways a lot more like south carolina was. >> okay, so there is some real parallels you see, south carolina for the pan handle. not the case in south florida. sergio, that's your concentrated effort there in south florida. there the latino population is very high. but we're also talking about a segment of the state that was impacted hard by the mortgage meltdown mess and foreclosures et cetera. what might these candidates say and do to appeal to a very diverse populous there? >> well, as scott mentioned, south florida is really two countries in and of itself. there is the deep -- there is south new york, because of all of the influx of new yorkers down here. and northern america. large number of latinos dominated by cubans, of course, but what is going to really be tough, i think, for romney is the whole bain capital issue. th

in the panhandle they close at 8:00. magic wall will begin to fill in with big results in our republican presidential primary. a fascinating comparison, this is south carolina. this was our last contest. when did people decide to vote? south carolina republicans, 38% decided just in the last few days before their election. 17% of south carolina republicans decided on election day. add that up right there. 55% decided in the last few days or in the day of the election. remember that. 55%. now let's look at florida. very, very different. 18% in the last few days just 9% on the day of the election. 27%. about half deciding late in florida as opposed to south carolina. look at this. 42% in florida decided before this month. not even this month. because you had absentee and early voting in florida. much more important dynamic. let's take a little bit closer again. you heard this from john zarrella again voters changing their mind as they went into the polling place. their number one issue can their candidate defeat barack oba

it includes the northern shenandoah valley as well as the panhandle of west virginia and western maryland, from hagerstown to cumberland to frostburg and points west. for your dayplanner for this friday, sunrise at 7:23. sunshine, clouds in and out this morning. during the afternoon, clouding up with highs reaching the upper 30s. a look at your evening planner. this wintry mix could affect your friday plans. vile that coming at 5 -- i'll have that coming at 5:11. danella? >>> we're looking good. a lot of the green. that means the commute, no major problems yet. traveling up i-270, we'll take the trip together. as you're making your way this time out of clarksburg heading toward clarksburg, making your way toward germantown in both directions, i-270 north and south seeing nothing but green making your way in to rockville. looks great. we'll take a live look at falls road. no issues at all. traveling to the spur, you're in the clear. no delays, no accidents at this time. northbound, not seeing problems. on the rails, no reported delays on the metro, marc, or vre. back to you. >> thank you.

the panhandle tends to have a lot of military retirees. john mccain did very well in the panhandle and trained in pensacola at the naval air station and had a significant turn out among military retirees in' 08. the romney campaign had to focus on the panhandle. that's about 8% or 9% of the republican vote. then you have dade county and miami-dade and broward county. a tremendous number of voters in a primary and a general election. that is where the bulk of the hispanic voters are. that was carried 3-1 by john mccain over romney in 2008. you have seen the romney campaign invest the resources in going after the hispanic vote and the vote in dade and broward county. four critical regions in the republican primary. 16 counties make up about 70% of the vote here. you see resources targeted towards the areas. >> sally bradshaw is a gop political strategist. we have been looking at a graphic weighing out the geography of florida. let's go to pennsylvania where marie is on the democrats line. >> i would like to make two comments and ask a questi

in theviest rain is southeastern panhandle of west virginia. number montgomery county. some, there are breaks being picked up. midnight or so, it should all taper off. it will will start -- boost the temperatures. we might be in the 50's overnight. quite a bit of rain. the big mover and shaker is gone cold front that is well to the west. but it is headed here. temperatures are a little bit above average. tomorrow, well above average. friday, and the weekend, below bit mid-40's a across the metro area. 39 in frederick, 47 in quantico. chilly temperatures all over the

he was killed in the northern panhandle, he was a good boy. i just wanted to let you know that i will still be coming back to keep this in the light for people to see. i still want justice for my child, and what ever i can do to help, i will help. i just need help, i need something done about this. like i said, i'm still grieving. i don't believe i will ever get over it. i have just been gone because i have been in school. it's hrad. -- hard. please keep my son's memory alive, please. get his face out there for people to know. i would like these posters to

panhandle around western maryland. cumberland, they're getting snow showers, activity in the panhandle of west virginia. charlestown to martinsburg. drifting -- may make that into northern loudoun county and frederick county. that one snow shower may make its way there. a few snow showers winchester to front royal. sunrise is at 7:24. temperatures will hold steady near 40 mid morning through noontime. the winds will thankfully diminish by this afternoon. temperatures by sunset will be in the upper 30s. then overnight tonight, we'll be down to near 30 degrees by midnight. it will continue to drop in many of the rural areas. tomorrow morning, near 20. around the cities, in the mid 20s starting off thursday morning with a little sun, then clouding up during the day. highs in the mid 40s. might get flurries as a front comes through thursday night. and then cold weather returns again for friday. morning lows in the 20s. afternoon highs only in the 30s friday. and partly cloudy. saturday, though, it looks like chilly rain. l

it's down into the 30s out in the mountains and around the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, near 40 degrees. montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties, most locations there in the low to mid 40s. look at the latest wind gusts we've had. they have been gusting over 30 miles per hour and will continue to do so through the morning hours. the windchills now down into the low to mid 30s throughout much of the region, 20s farther west. over the last 12 hours, we've had the sky clearing after we had the rain yesterday. still quite a bit of cloudiness over the shenandoah valley and into the mountains this morning. here's your day planner -- sunrise at 7:24. might get to the low 40s briefly around noontime. the winds will diminish this afternoon. clouds building, and we'll be back down into the 30s by late afternoon. what a contrast to yesterday's near 60-degree temperatures. in fact, it was around 60 when you went to bed last night. it's dropped dramatically overnight. a look at your evening planner in ten minutes. here's traffic on this wednesday. good morning. >>>

into the panhandle and win ch s winchester and front royal. there are more sleet pellets and raindrops from wargston to fredericksburg and culpepper and the blue ridge. as you go northbound to west virginia, again, mostly snow. where you see the pink and salmon colored shading, some might be mixes wiing with sleet pellets. all rain across southern west virginia and in the 30s and 40s and the cold air is trapped at the warmest levels, warm air over the top. gradually, it will mix down and we have frozen precipitation and gradually change to rain in the end. temperatures in the 30s and clearing out a little bit tonight and chance for more moisture tomorrow. which may begin as a little bit of snow or sleet late tomorrow afternoon before we change it to rain going back to work and school monday. there's a lott going on. the good news is the amount of precipitation is very very low. that being said, it only takes that much ice to get into a car accident. be extremely careful early this morning. >> we've already learned that. we'll get to that in a

here is a look at the panhandle of maryland, and parts of virginia as well. also around winchester and frederick county. they are seeing that rain. is not that much, and it is very light. more action setting up later tonight, and just-in-time for the morning rush, a few thunderstorms. 50 in waldorf. 48 in herndon. fairfax is that 47 degrees. temperatures will rise all night long. it is a unique situation. >> thank you. penn state university is bidding a final farewell to legendary football coach joe paterno holding a public memorial service this afternoon. thousands lined the streets yesterday to see the procession. 12,000 people are expected to pack the arena for the tribute called a memorial for joe. he died sunday from lung cancer. we will have a line strain on our website wjla.com today, at two o'clock p.m.. several people are recovering from a carbon monoxide scary in the district that led to an evacuation on seven -- from several homes. jummy olabanji has the latest bid >> it started this morning when one resident called 9112 said another resident was s

watch out there as well as on the highlands of the panhandle of west virginia. western maryland and some of the high spots in northern west virginia, they're going to be getting heavier snows as the day progresses. maybe a foot or more of wind driven snow there. for us locally, clouds racing through from time to time. a lot of clouds around. winds gusting 30 to 35 miles an hour. we'll have it briefly above freezing at noontime. in the afternoon, we could get showers in the metro area south and southeast. late in the afternoon a few passing snow showers. don't anticipate anything sticking. a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. carol parker is in with traffic. good morning, carol. >> good morning to you, tom. we've got more vehicles than we've seen in about a week or so. you need more layers as you head back to work and the kids head back to school. 95 over at sandy spring road, we've got volume, but you're traveling at speed. and over in virginia, 95 at fairfax county parkway, more of your friends and neighbors out there. nothing in your way. joe and eun,

we have a few snow flurries along the potomac, panhandle of west virginia and maryland. we have like snowflakes here and there today and into tomorrow. 25 in olney, 26 in warrenton, 27 in oxon hill. our way into the low '30's today. it will feel like the scenes with gusty wind. tonight in the teens or the air temperature by this time tomorrow. >>> seeing a little more action on the highway, but we are giving everyone the green light. no accidents or construction on 95 between richmond and baltimore. in good stead is greenway, the tollway, 66, and 270 near a father hurley boulevard day the beltway. looks good to and from the american legion bridge and it's quiet through bowie and all the way through northeast. back to you. >> thank you. >>> you better be sure to put on some players today. >> after a warm december, winter is back. on gonzales at mcpherson square where the occupy d.c. protesters are braving the cold. good morning. >> good morning. it was a matter of time before we got the cold weather. the mild weather in december was stupid to be true for january. and home

some green over the panhandle of maryland and west virginia. that's not reaching the ground just yet. so for tonight, mostly cloudy, yous chilly. some showers possible by dawn. north of town. we'll come back and talk about just how much rain and showers will fall tomorrow and the prospect of thunderstorms tomorrow night. >>> the days of square pizza and mystery meat are behind us. coming up, first lady, michelle obama champions to bring healthier lunches to our school cafeterias. >> it makes you gag. >> i was scared. the first time, i was scared. i didn't know what was happening. >> okay, so this is what they're talking about. thousands of birds in a kentucky neighborhood turned the sky dark as night. those stories and more just ahead. >>> ready, aim, fire, some people in a kentucky neighborhood are shooting off allowed air cannon as a last resort, trying to get rid of swarms of blackbirds. like clockwork, thousands return every day and with the flock comes a big mess as you can imagine. some townspeople blame the birds droppings for illnesses

and out in the panhandle of west virginia. still some moderate rain between dc and fredericksburg. we'll zoom in. right around fairfax county just north of 66 and also up 270, you see the yellows there, that is pretty heavy rain for this time of year. and we're looking here comes the arctic air. snow showers possible overnight thursday into friday morning. temps holding steady on friday. low 30s on saturday and sunday. maybe some more snow showers on sunday and then the next rain will be tuesday, possibly ending snow but looking primarily like rain. >> a little bit of a temperature roller coaster you're taking us on. >> it continues. >> hang on. >>> speaking of roller coasters, redskins. >> oh, yes. the coaching carousel has begun. there may not be a change at the helm, but the redskins are bringing in fresh blood. plus could the . >>> now 9 sports with kristen berset, the best sports in town. >> the coaching carousel has started at redskins park. we told you are earlier the former buccaneers head coach visited the park this week. now it appears he'll be staying permanently. 9 spor

up towards the pennsylvania boarder and panhandle of west virginia. so that one area of steadier rain is now passing just to the north of the metro area. right now temperatures as we approach the noon hour are climbing to near 50 degrees in washington. still in the upper 30s where they are getting steadier rain west and north. and some passing showers off and on through the rest of the afternoon with highs mid 50s and locally but it will climb into the 40s farther west and north later today. off and on rain tonight ending tomorrow morning turning colder friday night and for the weekend looking chilly and cold start to the first part of next week. that's aty way it looks now. have a great afternoon. barbara. >> thank you, tom. >>> that's "news4 midday" for today. we thank you for being with us and tune if in for news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00. we will be back tomorrow morning at 11:00. join us for that. we will see you then. have a great day. stay dry.

still may be producing sprinkles in the panhandle of west virginia, northern shenandoah valley. and in southern maryland, over south of salisbury, they're getting a few sprinkles near the atlantic beaches. sunrise at 7:24. we should have sunshine this morning. and those winds still gusty through the morning hours. we'll hold steady around 40. during the afternoon, we'll have our temperatures gradually getting colder by sunset. the upper 30s. and then by dawn tomorrow, we'll be down to near 20 degrees. will be near 30 by midnight. and near 20 this time tomorrow morning. a very cold start to thursday. a little sun in the morning, clouding up in the afternoon. highs in the mid 40s. maybe flurries on thursday night as another cool front comes through. that will usher in another blast of cold air on friday. winds will be diminished. on saturday, looks like chilly rain developing. looks like when the rain begins we should be above freezing and hovering near 40 through the day. rain ending saturday late. sun back sunday, but still cold. and a bit warmer, maybe some more rain on monday

>>stanley: that kind of panhandling is not permitted. >>stanley: later, he returns to scaring people into making more comments. i returned to issue more video until he spotted me. >> i do not want you videotaping me. if he keeps winning the camera and me, you have a problem. >>pam: if you have a comment or story idea, e-mail us at peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.co m area >>pam: still tonight, the two best teams in college football battle for the national championship. gary read it has the highlights. gary is up next with sports. sphene >>kimberlee: a high school senior in colorado is making headlines after schools address-after news spread it that her yearbook picture was removed for being too sexy. she said in a modeling picture-she thought best represented her personality and defended her decision. the year the committee is made up of students and decided that she was showing too much skin. they also rejected another photo of her in a strapless dress. a facebook page has been created to support sydney. over 1000 people have liked this stage

sprinkles in the panhandle of west virginia, southern washington county. further to the east, getting a few sprinkles just south of baltimore, northern anne arundel county. extreme calvert and st. mary's. we are above 30s much of the region, west of 95, before you along 95 points south and east, near 40. here's your day planner, sunrise at 7:19. mid 40s by 9:00 with a few sprinkles. then passing showers this afternoon. off and on showers during the afternoon with highs in the low and mid 50s. a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella has a look at traffic. >>> if you're traveling along i-95 in virginia, stop and go for you. heading out of dale city, delays to route 1. i'll give you a look at the occoquan. volume is heavy here. delays towards lordton. fairfax county parkway, you will hit the brakes a bit. hov just opened so that's clearing some congestion. travel speed, about 58 miles per hour. joe and eun, back to you. >>> today a former marine is expected to enter a guilty plea related to charges he fired shots at the pentagon and the marine c

republican vote in the panhandle, republican vote on the i-40 cor i door, republican cuban and jewish vote. they are entirely different. you will see mitt romney do well in the orlando-tampa area. he will do well in the southwest part of the state. i he will have trouble with the cuban vote, he did in 2008. he will have a tremendous amount of trouble with the jewish vote in south fa. in the panhandle, you will see them split evenly i give the edge to gingrich and i think also you will see other candidates do well in the panhandle. >> why do you think prominent florida republicans like marco rubio and jeb bush aren't endorsing anybody. >> they look in the mirror think say this guy looks like a vice president or president to me. >> when lindsey graham was the only guy who didn't endorse in south carolina, he's the guy who won because all the rest voted for mitt romney and the state went against him? >> i think lindsey graham probably has the same thing in mind i don't think that will happen. >> do you think that if rick santorum dropped out that his votes would go to newt gingrich at th

republican vote in the panhandle, republican vote on the i-40 cor i door, republican cuban and jewish vote. they are entirely different. you will see mitt romney do well in the orlando-tampa area. he will do well in the southwest part of the state. i he will have trouble with the cuban vote, he did in 2008. he will have a tremendous amount of trouble with the jewish vote in south fa. in the panhandle, you will see them split evenly i give the edge to gingrich and i think also you will see other candidates do well in the panhandle. >> why do you think prominent florida republicans like marco rubio and jeb bush aren't endorsing anybody. >> they look in the mirror think say this guy looks like a vice president or president to me. >> when lindsey graham was the only guy who didn't endorse in south carolina, he's the guy who won because all the rest voted for mitt romney and the state went against him? >> i think lindsey graham probably has the same thing in mind i don't think that will happen. >> do you think that if rick santorum dropped out that his votes would go to newt gingrich at th

first the panhandle and northern part of florida. a large population of evangelical christian voters up there. newt gingrich and rick santorum looking pretty good in that part of the state we're told. then there is the central part of the state, which is the home of actually a lot of people that aren't from florida, trans plants that live down there. i spoke with alan grayson today, friend of mine, former congressman, he said 85% of the people in his district, in the middle of the state are from out of state, grayson thinks that region is probably going to romney. probably solidly, too. finally, you have the southern part of florida, and down in the southern part of the florida, you of of course have a lot of diversity, you have voting blocs made up of cuban republicans, and of course jewish republicans. mitt romney did not farewell four years ago, mccain took the cuban vote down there and of course the jewish vote, many people think will be locked up by newt gingrich. so you have a very diverse state, but also a state that has been

right now getting a few sprinkles, panhandle of west virginia into southern washington county. howard county, northern and southern anne arundel getting a shower. light rain southern calvert county and st. mary's. temperatures above freezing now. 30s throughout much of the region, just north and west of the i-95 corridor. prince george's, arlington, fairfax counties near 40. as well as southern maryland, near the bay and the northern neck. occasional sprinkles this morning. otherwise a cloudy sky. by noon near 50. more moderate showers from time to time this afternoon as we climb into the low to mid 50s. and then some steadier rain may move in tonight and briefly heavy at times through the evening hours as we hover near 50. then tomorrow, in the morning, we'll be near 50, with some occasional showers that may linger through noontime friday, turning windy and colder tomorrow afternoon. we may be near 60, then dropping near 40 midnight friday night. then near 30 by dawn saturday. saturday, partly cloudy and chilly. another chilly day on sunday. another cold day monday, midweek ne

he can't rewrite history. >> reporter: that message is resonating with panhandle voters like francis johnson. >> we all forgive, we do, but i just cannot vote for a man with that kind of baggage. >> reporter: now, with supporters like that, romney was sounding even more optimistic this afternoon. after his event here, he sahd he thought things were going in his direction and that he was going to win on tuesday. now here's my colleague dean reynolds with the gingrich campaign. >> reporter: jan, i'm here in orlando with gingrich, and he is well aware that the polls here in florida show him down, but he likes to point to other surveys which have him ahead of mitt romney by six to nine points nationally. arguing that he is the true conservative in the race, gingrich took the fight to romney and the republican establishment. >> under the elites, the people who oppose me,some in the democratic party, some in the republican party, under these elites, we have become the america that couldn't. >> reporter: gingrich bristles at criticism of his record, and especially charges that he was insuff

in the panhandle, you will see them split evenly i give the edge to gingrich and i think also you will see other candidates do well in the panhandle. >> why do you think prominent florida republicans like marco rubio and jeb bush aren't endorsing anybody. >> because they all look in the mirror each morning and they say, this guy looks like a vice president or even a president to me, and nobody wants to take the chance of guessing wrong. that's why. >> when lindsey graham was the only guy who didn't endorse in south carolina, he's the guy who won because all the rest voted for mitt romney and the state went against him? >> i think lindsey graham probably has the same thing in mind when he looks in the mirror, but i don't think that will happen. >> do you think that if rick santorum dropped out that his votes would go to newt gingrich at this point, is that the way things are splitting? >> yeah, i see a block of semi-rationale people. i see small business supporting newt gingrich. -- mitt romney. i see fundamentalist christians whose vote is now split between gingrich and santorum. almos

it does dip into the west virginia panhandle from martinsburg. cumberland to hagerstown back toward frederick and thurmont and westminster, you guys have a dense fog advisory until 8:00 a.m. this is where we're seeing most of the fog issues with the exception of quantico reporting a .16th mile visibility. down to 3/4 in gaithersburg. howard county to loudoun county dealing with the fog as well as frederick back down. temperatures this morning running into the 30s north of 51 south 45 here in washington. monika? >> good morning, everybody. if you're planning to head out on the roadways, i'm happy to say that the fog we had yesterday is not the same as today. we're doing well pretty much all around town and construction, especially on 66, you may have heard about it at route 123 and nutley street. that's all been cleared up. you're good to go from gainesville, centreville and right through fairfax. we'll take a live look on the inbound side of 66 here at nutley street. nice and light heading through this area and on to 66 inside the beltway toward

parts of the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia into maryland, into the 30s. most locations are above freezing. southern maryland around the bay, northern neck, near 50 degrees. here's the view from space. over the last 12 hours, we've had fog dissipating. still patchy, dense fog around much of the region. still cloudy now. but by mid morning, we should have sunshine breaking out and dissipating, low to mid 50s this afternoon. a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella, good morning. >>> good morning. still looking really good on our roadways. if you're crossing any bridges at the memorial bridge, volume's nice. not seeing any incidents for you. traveling over the 14th street bridge heading into d.c., you're in the clear. no delays or accidents at this time. traveling in southeast, crossing the sousa bridge, again, no issues here. also check the douglass bridge, as well, and didn't see any problems. looking great. if you're taking the rails, they're open with no reported delays on the metro, marc, or vre. back to you. >> thank you. >>> this morning

panhandle of west virginia, into washington county. both of these lines are getting closer to washington. we'll have some heavier rains begin to move in. right now the high-resolution radar is showing some of the heaviest rains, these areas of yellow and orange, right now all across western prince william through south central fauquier into culpeper county and all the way to charlottesville. this secondary line, the close-up view showing now just along the blue ridge and just about to come into winchester now and just to the west of the blue ridge in the central, north central shenandoah valley getting heavy rain now. maybe even thunder and lightning. closer to washington, just getting a few sprinkles around the area. the warning has expired for north central virginia that we had just a few minutes ago. and it's in the 60s just to our south. fredericksburg, 64, culpeper, 63. manassas and warrenton, in the low 60s right now. it's just in the 40s, shenandoah valley, and the 30s along the pennsylvania border. so quite a contrast in temper

as you know, chuck, a lot of the counties in the panhandle, in north florida, the cracker counties, if you will, more resemble georgia and alabama than they do florida. so, it's going to be interesting to see if romney can really show some signs of strength in and around places like pensacola, panama city, tallahassee and jacksonville. >> and jeff zeleny, one race, these are the ten closest counties between mccollum and rick scott in 2010. what's been fascinating is ideologically, the whole idea of the insurgent versus the establishment in a florida republican primary. we just saw this primary take place in 2010, but there's been two big differences. one is money, and that is, rick scott was the one with money four years ago. >> right. >> no question. >> and the insurgent this time, it's mitt romney. and it seems to be a little bit of message, even, somewhat, where rick scott did have one message he was driving home all the time, jobs, jobs, jobs. newt gingrich not so much. >> not so much at all. and you're right about the rick scott thing. it's kind of a bizarre change of roles here.

panhandle of west virginia and western maryland. low 40s midday, winds will settle down this afternoon. cold weather continuing into the >>> make sure you check your weather any time day or night. go to weather channel on cable or weather.com online. matt? >> al, thank you so much. up next the federal government's crackdown on deadbeat parents who owe thousands and in some cases more than a million dollars in unpaid child support. >>> plus, does your family need a new ride? we have the new list of the best family friendly cars on the market. first, these messages. like many chefs today, i feel the best approach to food is to keep it whole for better nutrition. and that's what they do with great grains cereal. see the seam on the wheat grain? same as on the flake. because great grains steams and bakes the actual whole grain. now check out the other guy's flake. hello, no seam. because it's more processed. now, which do you suppose has better nutrition for you? mmm. great grains. the whole whole grain cereal. when did you start that p

in theviest rain is southeastern panhandle of west virginia. number montgomery county. some, there are breaks being picked up. midnight or so, it should all taper off. it will will start -- boost the temperatures. we might be in the 50's overnight. quite a bit of rain. the big mover and shaker is gone cold front that is well to the west. but it is headed here. temperatures are a little bit above average. tomorrow, well above average. friday, and the weekend, below bit mid-40's a across the metro area. 39 in frederick, 47 in quantico. chilly temperatures all over the place. this has been the pattern we all winter. it has been living there all winter. 50's to the south. temperatures in the next 24 hours. you can see the difference behind the cold front. 28 in minneapolis. compare with 60 tomorrow, upper 30's friday and the weekend. this is futurecast. temperatures are forecast to the 50's. we will hit close to 60 in some spots. the cold front force through of fridaying hours before sunrise. may be followed by some of son showers -- snow showers. 48 in the morning, 54 the

>>stanley: and it is not uncommon to find panhandlers and street performers here. there are the men that hide behind bush's and scare the you know what out of some unsuspecting people. >> that was scary i almost he on myself.--i almost peed on myself. >>stanley: now this man some people say he is lewd because of the, he says to women. as some of them are not worth repeating. her and it separates and he insisted that at police can view, to quit photograph with him you have to pay him. >> do not point the camera if you will not donate >>stanley: had called aggressive panhandling and it is not permitted. >> the nook, make lease --, make me sit back yes, really. who--i am not on any alcohol. >>stanley: what are you reaching for? it >> i can show you better than i could tell you. >>stanley: and then he returns to scary people and making lewd comments. and i return to student or videos until he spotted meet and stopped panhandled to set me straight. who >> i do not want you will take me, don't do. perhaps --get out my faith. put the camera down. you point that you will h

still some strong storms in south -- eastern alabama and florida panhandle. overall, not bad compared to what other folks are dealing with. a little bit of a warming trend to talk about tomorrow. details on that with the forecast and a couple of minutes. peck's anyone driving along i-95 will have one less place to stop for fried chicken. >> estate syndication department is announcing some big changes. -- the state sanitation department is announcing some big changes. we will tell you what to expect, and when. >> family, friends, and former students pay tribute to retired city principal who was found murdered in herkimer home. -- down murdered in her home. >> first, a campus in morning. >> first, a campus in morning. >> legendary football coach joe paterno passed away sunday after a battle with lung cancer. >> thousands turned up and for a candlelight vigil to remember the man who led their football team for nearly 50 years. michaud friends and has the latest on the life and death of joe paterno. >> a flood of emotions today along with memories. people paid tr

he was killed in the northern panhandle, he was a good boy. i just wanted to let you know that i will still be coming back to keep this in the light for people to see. i still want justice for my child, and what ever i can do to help, i will help. i just need help, i need something done about this. like i said, i'm still grieving. i don't believe i will ever get over it. i have just been gone because i have been in school. it's hrad. -- hard. please keep my son's memory alive, please. get his face out there for people to know. i would like these posters to have a permanent place for them. when i put them outside, people tear them down. i have been living there all these years when it has not been saved. it was not safe for my son. if we can work on that, i would appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you for coming, and your son's memory, most commissioners are familiar with you. a lot of what we do appear that may not make sense to some folks about budgets and issues like that are also to prevent things like this from happening. please keep comin

. >> the polls closed in florida at 7:00, but the panhandle is on central standard time, so it will not be until 8:00 until we hear any results. that is when we will be at the mitt romney election night headquarters to bring all the latest tonight at 11:00. live in tampa, rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. >> in addition to the coverage at 11, you can check in with our sister station, news channel 8 at 6:30 p.m. >> stephen colbert's super pac raised a considerable amount of money. americans for a better tomorrow, tomorrow, raised a beit more than $1 million. among the donors? farmers and princess tours -- former san francisco mayor. >> 60 degree temperatures, perfect for golfers. bob ryan joins us with a first look for what is in store tonight. >> next the pools will be opening up. in the belfort furniture weather center not a record-breaking january, but very delightful. but at the temperatures around the region. after a high of 66 degrees, we are down to 60 degrees. here are some of the preliminary fact to the. the average is usually 40 degrees, but this made it only the 18th mildest january

first, the panhandle. it may be the most conservative area of the state and candidates know joshs still issue number one. >> how do we create millions and millions of jobs so that people are all going to be better off? >> i will fight to get more opportunity for americans, and that's the way we're going to create jobs for latinos, hispanics, for our entire nation. thanks, you guys. i love this current. >> came from georgia, should do well. past hurt with voters too. military culture runs strong. one party claire saying this area is blue collar. like south alabama, this is the bible belt, after all. evangelicals thrive and absentee ballots, numerous. 1.3 million. a little more, almost equal to new hampshire. that's one area, an experience gingrich wants to forget and romney here, thomas works like to relive. >> richard, thanks. see you later are in the hour. and bringing back jeff and erin to talk about this. look at the economy. new unemployment out friday. an upward trend the last four months that could h