Ok. Started. Ng to get were waiting on the last panelist, david coleman. We can mock him when he sweeps his cape. His t i am frederick hess. Come in court has been adopted by 45 states common core has been adopted by 45 states and the District Of Columbia. The notion that these reading standards have the opportunity to improve. There has been in the last 12 to 18 months it rising chorus of skepticism, concerns about how these standards will impact instruction. Whether the standards are good or bad. The reason is my own personal bias. I think most efforts to alter standards or instruction or assessment turned as much on how they are done as on any grand design sketched on the front end. I could be wrong on that. But that is the bias that im coming from. We want to talk about with joanne weiss, who is in the middle of so many reform conversations, david coleman, from the College Board is what are some of the challenges ahead as states seek to make these things deliver on their promise. W
the first is moving in with rain shower activity. here we are in baltimore, the troublesome part of the storm has been back in the midwest. the area that is a blue and right blue and white is where it is snowing. a blizzard warnings in effect tonight and tomorrow morning in these areas, not only heavy snow, but wind. this is sliding to the east. there is a lot of rain to come, and maybe a little bit of snow as well. the detailed forecast coming up. don t forget that it can follow the forecast and track the storms down your street using interactive radar, wbaltv.com. now to the other big story, a disturbing discovery by baltimore city police during a drug raid in northwest baltimore. officers rescued six abused dogs in the home. we have a reporter live at the animal shelter or the animals were taken. george? the animals are being treated here. one has to wonder what would have happened to the dogs if it was not for police officers stumbling upon what is believed to be
trick-or-treers but the winds of november are not far away and they ll be coming in late today and then through the crse tomorrow and you need to brace yourself for some very chilly weather coming our way. we have one more nice one in front of us and it s right ahead as ell. temperatures are relatively mild this morning compared to where we were yesterday morning and where we re going to be tomoow morning and espeally tuesday morning as well. so right now 47 degrees downtown. 43 now in fairfax and falls church. 37 in manassas and up into frederick, maryland. 49 in annapolis by the bay. some mid level clouds drifting overhead. those are not rainmakers but there s the cold front. so sunday will be a treat but november s trick is swrus around the corner. perfect weather for anything and anything to get done outside today whether you re one of the 30,000 plus heading down to the marathon to run it or one of the 50,000 to 100,000 people that are going to go alongside and cheer the
patranya bhoolsuwan? good morning, everybody. we are starting with the big picture. what is happening around the valley right now. the only action to watch for is this outer loop at branch avenue. still there after two hours now. it has been blocking three lanes. watch for that if you are heading out on 495 in maryland. as we switch over, quiet between 95 and 270. no problems to report here. the beltway as we switch over to see how things are looking between springfield and tysons corner, clean and green. no problems. on 95 in virginia that might be heavy later today as people make their way back to dc but right now things are looking good northbound and southbound and finally in dc we are moving on m street right now looking on key bridge over to georgetown. no big problems reported. back to you. hopefully this will be the last day more than 1 million wssc customers in montgomery and prince georges counties have to conserve water. crews are hoping to finish repairs on a