it is just reality. which is what? that it s cold. i ll let you do the duties. thanks, gurvir. you can tell me what is going to happen. nope, not going to do it. lots of snow moving in. this is a quick mover. not a lot of moisture. that is why gurvir is mentioning that things won t be too bad and they shouldn t be. i think total accumulations probably around an inch, maybe 2 inches in some spots. as you get up to the pennsylvania border, it will be more like the potential for about 3 inches. this won t be a major storm for us but it will bring us some snow. not today, not for the evening commute. this will be overnight tonight into the morning commute tomorrow. temperatures, 39 degrees. winds out of the north and west at seven. we ve had a little piece of cooler energy starting to move in. increasing clouds, cool this afternoon. 40degrees your daytime high. so much cooler than yesterday s warm temperatures in the 50s. yesterday felt great. yes, it did. it will be
insurance, whether they want it or need it or not, that is a government takeover of healthcare. reporter: democrats like maryland congresswoman donna edwards say it will go so far. it s not reality. even if the house republicans pass a repeal today, it s not going anywhere in the senate and won t be signed into law by the president. reporter: new maryland republican andy harris said democrats are ignoring what voters said in december. if they don t want to listen to the american people, but we got sent here with a clear message. reporter: ultimately, the final message is likely to come not from capitol hill but the supreme court where court cases challenging key parts of the healthcare reform law are expected to be decided. in all, four democrats tonight joining with republicans to pass this house gop repeal, brian, brama s president obama s landmark healthcare law. are there any initiatives being put forward here? reporter: republican leaders said they were g
less than two months to go now until virginia voters choose their new governor. a new poll shows the race is at a dead heat. we have a look at what the candidates said when they met face to face yesterday. the obama administration under fire for its decision to ditch a missile defense plan but the pentagon says a new approach is better. fox 5 morning news continues at 6:00 right now. glad you re with us on a friday morning as we look at the u.s. capitol on this friday, september 18, 2009. thank you for waking up with us this morning. i m steve chenevey. i m gurvir dhindsa. tony is in with what we can expect today. a little damp outside. a little bit of fog as well. we ve got cloudy skies. not the most pleasant start to a day we can have but i think the day willen up fine. take a ook. here is a look at the satellite- radar composite. you can see we have showers not showers, sorry, clouds in over us this morning. they will be there for a while as they are pushing in
reaching out to republicans today, the wte house announced grants for states to boost patient safety and reduce doctors malpractice insurance. getting to a point where if an error occurs, there is just and rapid compensation and we move forward. reporter: appealing to democrats, president obama took his case for public health inrance to the university of maryland today. we ve got public universities. and private universities. nobody says that we are taking over private colleges. what ware doing is giving students a choice. reporter: it s a choice house democrats insist on including. a public option will be in the bill that passes the house of representatives. reporter: in the senate, the big debate is whether it s fair to require everyone to buy insurance and whether a tax on expensive health plans might affect working families. the can t be paying an unfair chunk of that total income to health care. reporter: the congressional budget office says senate finan