we begin this morning with cutting a deal. as expected, a weekend vote in the senate took democrats proposal to extend bush-era tax cuts for only some americans off the table. now with the clock ticking on this lame-duck session of congress, lawmakers on both sides are signaling they may be ready to compromise and get a deal done. nbc s brian mohr has our report. reporter: with time running out for the lame duck congress, republicans and democrats are softening their hard lines on extending the bush-era tax cuts. at least in theory, i think an agreement could be reached in a relatively near future. and you think so, too, senator? it could happen. i m not going to rule it out. reporter: senate republicans rejected two different bills on saturday, insisting the tax cuts remain in place for everyone, not just the middle class. and without action, taxes go up for everyone on january 1st. but republicans say they re not
we begin this morning with cutting a deal. as expected, a weekend vote in the senate took democrats proposal to extend bush-era tax cuts for only some americans off the table. now with the clock ticking on this lame-duck session of congress, lawmakers on both sides are signaling they may be ready to compromise and get a deal done. nbc s brian mohr has our report. reporter: with time running out for the lame duck congress, republicans and democrats are softening their hard lines on extending the bush-era tax cuts. at least in theory, i think an agreement could be reached in a relatively near future. and you think so, too, senator? it could happen. i m not going to rule it out. reporter: senate republicans rejected two different bills on saturday, insisting the tax cuts remain in place for everyone, not just the middle class. and without action, taxes go up for everyone on january 1st. but republicans say they re not going to let that happen. i don t think we ca
ah, a little bit of sunshine. we ll keep most of the clear skies around. one thing i m seeing as i look at temperatures the last 24 hours,here we were is 4 to 7 degrees lower right now throughout the area. and the temperature has just dropped a degree in manassas. 21 degrees. springfield, fairfax county at 23. frederick county, maryland at 21 degrees. lleytonsville, 25. prince george s county, 26 degrees. you have dropped a degree. cold but calm i m calling it at the bus stop between 30 and 35 degrees. the kids will definitely need a coat. but i m not sure if they will want to wear it on the way home. high today of 50 degrees. mostly sunny skies off to the west. justigh clouds first early tomorrow morning it will sill be dry. look for the rain to develop during the afternoon tomorrow. sunshine today. quite nice. gh temperaturef 50 degrees. tomorrow will be 10 degrees higher than today. again, likely to be wet. likely to be windy and much colder by mid week wednesday. vero
50. comparable today. but definitely a cold start. i looked at the temperatures from yesterday and we re down through the area about 3 to 7 degrees cooler this morning. the numbers right now in spots like mount pleasant and the district, 34 degrees. springfield and baileys crossroads, 23. wall door of, 25 years. aspen hill, bethesda, currently sitting at 25 cold degrees. so at least we have a light wind this morning. th will help at the bus stop. 30 to 35. lots of sunshine today. by the time we get to the afternoon and evening,louds will be on the increase. today quite nice compared to tomorrow. now tomorrow is going to be mild. we ll get to 60. 55 falling, windy with rain moving out wednesday. pretty quiet on the roads. clear, dry road surfaces. that is good news. 270 corridor, frederick to hyattstown, and points south, everything is looking good so far this morning. good news there. over on 395 northbound, two folks out and about. edsell, lane drop and duke street, lanes
you might remember it was just monday when a surfer took this video in pacifica with a great white eating a sea lion. 200 yards from a popular busy surf break. there were several witnesses. some say the shark was very large, 18 to 25 feet long which would be near a record. this fisherman s kayak tells of his count with a great white in san mateo county two weeks ago. he tells us he is lucky to have walked away with barely a kratch. between august and september white sharks are known to feed in the bay area s red triangle. one very lucky kayaker. california highway patrol officers inspected tour buses and vans coming through muirwoods national monument. not only making sure the vehicles were safe, but checked on the drivers. last year a similar check found plenty of problems. last time we did this we had to take several buses off the road. a total of three. one driver was without a chauffeur s license. we basically ensure the buses are compliant with state law and our perm