Good morning. Its 6 oclock on this tuesday, december 18th, 2012. Im Jessica Kartalija in for don. A much nicer start to the day today. Sharon well get right to you. Lets go to marty. Yesterday that fog hung in all day long. 48 degrees right now on tv hill. We started an hour ago at 53. That 48 is going to be a degree warmer than 24 hours ago. By lunch lets say 58 degrees and thats going to be pretty much our daytime high. Sunshine will be returning. Lets check sharons traffic cams to see if theres any fog forming right now. Thanks. Now over to sharon. Good morning. The Traffic Cameras arent Crystal Clear but they are not nearly what they were yesterday. At this point the morning commute is not running so bad. We only have one accident, on west liberty at lee road. Your speeds on 95 southbound still at full speed and beyond in some areas between white marsh and the tunnel. Same goes for the west side of the beltway at exit 17. Definitely seeing more volume out there. Theres a look at 95
Month. The decision to scrap one on one talks marks the first time in decades an american president has called off the sit down with a russian leader. The countrys decision to grant nsa leaker Edward Snowden temporarily asylum may have been the last draw. For putin his image is super power. Whats the message when president obama spends a day and a half with the president of china and then says it doesnt make sense for me to go to moscow. The u. S. And russia have not been seeing eye to eye on a host of issues, including syria, Missile Defense and human rights. President obamas Top National Security advisors said one on one level talks would not be productive. We were not at the point in our progress on a number of these issues where a summit at the president ial level was the most constructive step. The Obama Administration says this is not a break in u. S. And russia relations. Talks will continue just not at a president ial level. On friday john kerry and chuck hagel with meet with t
Our bottom line here at the top of the hour, it is a cold, dry day start. Sharon is watching if roads, marty is over at first warning weather. Not dry for too much longer. First warning doppler, this is the im going to the next time im going to switch the next time i give you an update. Theres moisture close to the region. Its going to come in as a bit of very light mixed precip during the midday, turning to all rain. 29 right now is 7 warmer than this time yesterday. By the afternoon rain, 36 maybe 37 as you high. Don, take it away. Thank you. Heres the rush from Sharon Gibala at wjz traffic control. So far nothing to get in your way if youre headed out for your morning commute. Everything is looking good as far as speeds go. In the 50s and low 60s. 55 is your average on the beltway. So far we dont have any accidents at the moment. Theres a live look outside at the topside of the beltway. Traffic still pretty light in that area. On the west side slightly busier at Baltimore National p