i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin and we re bringing you the news from a to z. i m lovin it. it is decision day in iowa. will romney hold on 20 the win? what about that santorum surge? will that last? voters hear final pitches before the first real test s 2012. if you re just waking up, good news to report out of los angeles and the arson fires. they stopped. the worst string of fires since the l.a. riots back in 1992. it s a big deal. apparently that got got arrested and they re looking to it being related to an immigration beef. he s being held on bail. and found dead, facedown in a waterfall. the mountain shut down as the rangers now regroup. and it is really cold. i know it s winter. so don t call me and complain when i say there s a cold weather story. when you live in these communities, kind of around the great lakes, but down into the appalachians, it is cold. slammed with snow and cold air. one to two inches in places around the northeast an
2012. we were getting you up to speed on the bizarre fires. look at this man with the ponytail. he s been arrested. this is the worst string of fires in that city since the riots of 92. get this. there may be annism grags beef allegedly involved with this arrest. lots more to tell yu about that. that s coming up. he looked like he was kind of smirking in that video. a man accused of killing a park ranger is found dead fats down in a waterfall. apparently the exposure to all the cold there. the mountain is shut down as the rangers regroup and mourn the loss of one of their own. we don t worry so much that the sniper is out there. they ve shut down the search. they pretty much figure they ve got the guy. also, did you feel it this morning when you woke up or did you have to shovel it? it has been a serious cold day in the midwest. it s basically slamming us this weather. it s actually moving into the east as well. a couple feet of snow in some places in the great lak
but enough vigor in the atmosphere to give us some flurries. today dry, at least during the daylight hours. 28 in gaithersburg. 27 warrenton. 26 degrees in waldorf, maryland. temperatures will rise to the low 40s by 9:00 a.m. by noontime today, 52 degrees the temperature with a high of a5 4 degrees today. we will have again a partly sunny sky today. mostly cloudy. after midnight, we do have a chance to get a few sprinkle or a flurry or two around the area, mainly north of the area as a cold front comes on through. as that cold front comes on through, it s not going to be a strong front. even tomorrow against saturday and sunday, we ll have highs in the 50s. carol? thanks, veronica and everybody. if you re just waking up, no delays around the area roads. taking a look at 270 as you make your way from clarksburg to gaithersbu gaithersburg, over at father hurley boulevard, a little volume but absolutely no delays. just a construction note, southbound colesville road between
captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning, everyone. so glad you could join us. it is friday, december 30th. i m deb feyerick along with alina cho on this american morning. thanks for joining us, everybody. up first this morning, mitt romney trying to steal the deal in iowa. former massachusetts governor is the front-runner now, a few points ahead of ron paul. with four days to go before the caucuses, romney is tweaking his schedule, planning to spend a lot more time in iowa over the next 96 hours telling voters this election is about saving the soul of america and he is the man for the job. cnn political editor paul steinhauser live in des moines, iowa this morning. good morning to you. so romney is enlisting high-profile help on the trail today. isn t he? sure is. thinking here and across the country, iowa, chris christie. a lot of people wanted christie himself to run for the white house. in october he finally said no for the last time and endorsed romney. g
who was riding in the passenger s seat, remains in the hospital with serious injuries. police are trying to determine if speed or alcohol were factors in the crash. we had a chilly day out there yesterday, and we even saw some snowflakes. that s right. a few snowflakes out there. check out this video. a pretty winter scene yesterday afternoon. this is in the montgomery village area of montgomery county. that s a lot of snowflakes. stormcenter 4 meteorologist veronica johnson is here to tell us about it. a snow burst which comes through when the dewpoint temperature, the moisture in the air was so low, but this little disturbance was strong enough to squeeze that out. later we got some sprinkles across the area. we re not going to have any drama today, no weather drama like that. if you missed it, take a look at the radar. back to yesterday when that little area came through. here we go. one, two, three, let s start with over. right there between 12:30 and 4:00 yesterday