Along with their plan to raise higher tax revenues. And since the new congress began, they have not put forward one proposal to oppose, to prevent the acrosstheboard sequester. And i try to put myself in the place of the regular citizens who sits here and watchesy this and they have to be scratching their heads. Reporter republicans insist that deeper entealment cuts are needed and not more tax money. Its time to get serious about reducing washingtons out ofcontrol spending. Reporter randy forbes said the white house is to blame for the sequestration crisis because he said that that created the mechanism mechanism in the first place. He signed it into law. For over a year from august 2011 through the end of the last year, the president did nothing to stop it. Reporter for his part, president obama hit the road in recent days, hoping to bring public pressure to both sides from lawmakers. If there is a deal out there to be made on capitol hill, lawmakers are running out of time here to m
Ice. But as we start you out. Marylands most powerful radar, this is the storm back off towards the west dumping snow now around chicago and they could see about 6 inches maybe more across the area. But closer here at home, we can see on the southern extent of this, we are getting reports in roane own of light snow coming into the area. This will begin to continue to move into our direction as we go further into the afternoon and also the evening time frame as well. With that, we will get sleet and also icy roads. So check out whats going on. Slick roads are possible. We have black ice which is a thin ice coating, the same color as the roads. So be prepared for that and know bridges and overpasses they ice first and they are the greatest threat. Get the cold air through that. So make sure you are conscious and cautious when you are driving. Now back over to megan and charley. We have breaking news. One person is dead after an overnight crash. This is the scene along the inner loop of t
Mid30s and transition most of this to plain old light rain and drizzle. To be honest, it will be a slow go, particularly west of town, where temperatures now are in the mid20s. 34 at reagan national. 31 at dulles. 32 bwi marshall. These temperatures should warm up a little later today as that warmer air up in the upper layers of the atmosphere work their way down. Theres your Winter Weather advisory. Nothing locally along the 95 corridor. Western maryland, west virginia, and western virginia, advisory until 10 00 tomorrow morning. Main concern there is icing. If youre traveling in that direction, if youre a viewer out there, be ready for the potential for icing later. 37 in washington. Cloudy skies. Wintry mix. Not expecting a lot in the way of accumulations. Could be enough to cause a little coating or icing in spots. Particularly this afternoon if youre traveling, be ready for that possibility. More on the weather coming up in just a minute. Back to you at the desk. Tucker, thank you
The rest of your day, we start off very cold and will be in the clouds for today. We wont get any sunshine and we will wait for the mix and if it does so it will start off as sleet, snow and switch over to rain. Lets check the timesaver traffic. Reporter one person has been hospitalized after a Early Morning crash. This is the scene earlier this morning. It shut down northbound lanes at middletown road. It was a liquid gas tanker that crashed but it was not carrying gas. The driver of the truck has been taken to the hospital with nonlife threat eke injuries. August northbound lanes have reopen. And traveling southbound everything nice and clear. In hunt valley at shawan road traffic is moving and it will remain this way as you get on the jfx. An 11 minute drive southbound to east fayette street. If you are traveling the west side, a 7 minute ride normal conditions right now outer loop. You will want to watch out for a crash in pikesville at mcdonna and shell road. A crash on 95 along t
29. Temperatures are pretty much at average. We should be at 27 and its coldso make sure to bundle up as you head out and about. Lets check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook good morning. Reporter good morning. That Winter Weather will have an impact on the commute later this evening. But the roads are pretty calm especially on 83. You are a looking live at the jfx in north avenue. No delays heading all the way downtown to east fayette street. If you are traveling on 95, heres a live look in white marsh at route 43. No delays just 14 minutes right now traveling southbound from the beltway all the way into the city and as we look at the other abc2 timesaver traffic drive times the beltway will be free of delays on the east side right now and its going to take you 11 minutes to travel the outer loop from 95 all the way up to 83. And the west side will remain clear just a 7 minute ride right now on the outer loof from 795 to 70. Thats a look at your morning commute now over to y