and good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m ann curry. happy friday, everybody. this debate in sioux city was the last before the iowa caucuses, january 3rd. while newt gingrich did face some criticism, surprisingly, none of it came from mitt romney. he saved his harshest words for president obama. we ll have much more on the debate and where the republican race stands right now, straight ahead. an encouraging sign for one of the smallest babies ever born, delivered at 24 weeks and weighed 9.5 ounces and doctors gave her a 1% chance of surviving. now four months later doctors have wonderful news for this family. we ll talk to the parents coming up in just a few moments. and we re going to be hearing a lot from how warde stern on the new season of mark s got talent. the outspoken shock jock as some call him, decided to join the judge s table and already promising feelings are going to be hurt. we ll have more on that story as
i say down because it was over 60 degrees just a couple of hours ago. and elsewhere, it s down into the low to mid-40s farther to our west. hagerstown down to a cold 41 right now. it s about 20 degrees warmer in culpeper. it s 63 there. that cold air is going to come in on a gusty northwest wind. breaks in the clouds now. sunshine in and out this morning. sunrise at 7:20. we ll be right around 50 degrees for the rest of the morning in the metro area to around noontime and colder west and north, and then down into the 40s during the afternoon hours. colder tonight, maybe even a little precipitation. we ll talk about that in ten minutes. danella, how s traffic? good morning. on i-95 headed to laurel, your right lane is blocked. this is at 216. i ll give you a look right now. police on the scene of this accident. again, it s blocking the right side of the roadway. just stick to the left to get by. traffic is moving fine on the left. you will see some volume as you make your