Allyson, youre tracking a huge temperature change. Were going to be almost 20 degrees cooler through the afternoon. What a difference it will make. I think that spider lives there. Maybe well see him again before the morning is over. 71 degrees. Were going to see sunshine today and if we do see a stray shower, it will be through Southern Maryland and the Northern Neck as the front comes through. Otherwise dry, sunny and very breezy and hot of course. 79 degrees by 9 00. By lunch time 6. It time 86. It will be near 90. Once we get past 86 it will be the warmest day of the season so far. Want to let metro riders know everything is running on schedule this morning. Metro center is now back open as a result of that fire activity yesterday. Buses running on schedule as well. Want to take you to 270 between Montrose Road and the spur where we have a tractortrailer accident causing some pretty significant delays along i270. Thats where we see sky 9 right now. Were asking drivers to add anywhe
Operated before us. You write it is between letter writing and conversation was blurred by the custom of dictating outgoing letters to describes and having incoming letters read aloud to them. Indeed, you would have a describe and a messenger bringing them to friends and they were capable of reading and writing. They got more done back then. The reason week we can do social media is because it is fast and cheap to deliver image. And for the romans they had slavery and they were able to have a social eco system where they passed mej messages to each other. What were the wax tablets you talked about . They had devices that looked like like ipads. You might use a wax tablet and you would scratch the message or a describe scribe would do it and the recipient would bring it back to you. Cicero refers to this as roman texting. It was a note pad as well and people used them to learn to write. They are the same size as the ipad. And dollar there was a lot of examples of people depicted holding
Fraud case surfaces 18 months later looking much different and facing some very serious charges today thursday, january 2nd, 201 2014. And goods morpgs, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Al is hard at work tracking this monster storm. Were kaepg you busy. Its going to be a long few days. Lets go right to ron mott. Hes up in bos top. Were understanding that youre expecting about a foot of snow there. Take us through it. Reporter yeah. Happy knew year to you. Were expected to get pounded by the storm. Theyre trying to get everybody to take mass transit if you can. The morning commute hasnt been bad, hasnt been awful but hasnt been great. What theyre worried about is getting home tonight and getting around tomorrow. That could be a real test. Day two of the new year, the first major winter storm of 2014 is here, threatening much of the northeast with heavy snow, strong winds and coastal flooding. Residents preparing for battle today, stocking
Robin williams. The suspected cause of death is suicide. The investigation is under way right now. Williams has been open in recent years about his struggle with sobriety. He sought help in 2006 when he relapsed, and last month he returned to rehab. His publicist says he was determined to remain sober, he spent much of his time in the bay area in San Francisco and in the state in napa, as well. Good afternoon. Im cheryl jennings. We also have this very sad news to report this afternoon about the way a mother of two died during a bank robbery in stockton. Police say their investigation now shows that Police Officers fired the shots that killed misty singh. She was at the bank on july 16th, when three robbers took her hostage, one using her as a human shield in a shootout with police. One report shows that singh was struck ten times by officers bullets. The officers had a semiautomatic rifle. They felt they didnt have any choice. Every member of our department is deeply saddened that thi
Reporter from black cats to broken mirrors, horse shoes to rabbits feet, we are all susceptible to superstition. I think only 40 of americans believe in evolution. Reporter what percent of americans believe in superstitions . Over half of americans have some kind of superstition that they believe in. Reporter so when was the last time you knocked on wood . Later on sunday morning. Osgood knocking on wood is a strategy the white house contenders might want to consider in these waning days of a very close campaign. Though hes not on the ballot, former president bill clinton is very much in the spotlight this fall in all sorts of ways. He talks about it this morning with rit a braver. President bill clinton. Reporter he may be the most active former president in history. Thank you. Reporter but he worries about what will happen when his wife steps down as secretary of state. You havent seen that much of each other because youre traveling and shes traveling. Its one of my great fears. Im a