Noticeable difference when it came to clearing snow and ice off the highways. There werent as many drivers out on the roaoa for the morning traffic to the snow faster. Another factor was the temperature. During the early hours of the storm and that meant ice melting materials worked better. With the temperatures Holding Around that 30 degree mark. As soso as this precipitation lets up itll let that material work that much quicker and itll take us a lot less rounds to get it cleaned up. Its about five weeks since many eastern iowans had to fire up the snowblowers or push the shovels. And warmerthanusual temperatures mighgh have left some wondering where winter went. But several out shoveling today told us they werent fooled, they knew the snow and ice would be back a number of eastern iowa communities also declared d snow emergencies today through midday tomorrow. That means staying off the marked snow routes so the plows can work. Meteorologist chris havely has been driving around linn
Christmas. They are pushing franchisees to open up on christmas day. Are they giving gifts to workers and cash in. We have wayne rogers and johnathon and tracey burns and John Layfield and joining us is malia mazoo. I know you like mcdonalds. You think they are being a scrooge or is it a gift to the workers. Trade is productive. It doesnt matter on christmas or roshshana and mcdonalds is a Service Business like dennis and starbucks. They have to be open when people want to get serve that includes christmas day. It is it important to keep in mind to incent vise. They might offer time and hamful and not only ask them to but require it alt the same time mcdonalds was founded on principle to give them time off with their families. Are they changing that. It is it a worrs preogative to work anywhere else. There are not that many jobs in the economy. If you have a job be thankful. Congress may be taking t time off. But mcdonalds had earnings that are down. Staying up on christmas to me is so
Complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing. Hands brawl after the state depapartment report on benghazi, but are they theey right hands . The compound was inadequate for the threat environmnment in benghazi, and in fact, grossly inadequate to deal with the attacks that took place that night. Wilill former republican senator chuck hagel makee it to the pentntagon . The house did not take up the tax measure today because it t did not have suffificient support from our mberto pass. House speaker John Boehners statement on thursday evening as he stood in front of the House Republican conference on thursday night, he recited the serenity prayer. Don, grarant me the serenity to accept the things that i cannot change, and close the house for business until after christmasas. There is place like an empty house for the holidays. His plan be died. Let me be clear speaker boehners plans are nonstarters in the senate. Boehner appeared on friday morning and said, if this thing were easy,
a slight chance, maybe a sprinkle, a lile light shower, isolated. but for the most part, it going to be a nic day, because we re going to be in the 40s again aoss the area. let s take a look, in fact, outside now and see what s going on on the radar. we ve got dry conditions but there is a freezing rain advisory fo garrett county marylandfor tucker, for preston county in wesvirginia, and we look at where our tempetures are right now, they re at 29 degrees n in benning,clinton, maryland at 24. franconia, now, you dropped to 21 and damascus is at . so, by noontime today, still should hit 40 degrees. mostly cloudy skies, and it s the southwest wind today that s going to help carry our temratures upward. i think they ll be rather light, though,nd only about 5 to miles per hour our winds. o 42 to 44 degrees. i m calling it cool butot cold. and that cold air is not going to return, jerry, until next year. alright, veronica. let s head out and see how we re doing. so far all the m
saving lives in wint s cold. captio paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. merry christmas to you. while amicans have been celebrating the national weather service is keeping alose watch on a msive storm that could cause seajor headaches for holiday travelersn the air and on the road. it has already droppednow in a regionhat almost never sees that. and more than footf snow i in the forecast for parts of the nortast. the brunt of the storm is expected to hit athe height of th homeward travel rush. nbc s peter alexanderoins us tonight fromew rk s guardia airport where they are bracing for the storm. ter? reporter: kate,ood evening to you. mey christmas. this may be the best time to get out of tn before the storm has arrived andfrankly, while the aiorts are still working. a izzard is expectn the much of t northeast. new york, new jersey, connecticut, rhodesland, and massachusetts. sometimes a white cistmas is not so welcome. in atnta, just the ticipation of wicke