backup. john pistole says they might soon look at less intrive procedures that are just as effective. they launched a full scale campaign. they re e-mailing 0,000 frequent flyers and they took out this large ad in a major newspaper. to ask for their respect for the tsa officers who re doing these patdowns and screenings. they re doing their job. reporter: stacy lamb said she actually had a conversation with the agent patting her down. they agreed on something. i think people are getting too freaked out. reporter: craig melvin, news 4 today. amtrak is bracing for a very busy travel day. union station was already packed wi travelers yesterday. if you do plan on traveling from union station today you must have a reservation. union station is typically the second busiest rail station in the country following new york city s penn stion. let s see what kind of weather the folks will battle and face today. i m told there s some interest in the weather. just a little
get a look at the forecast for this wednesday morning, just one day out from thanksgiving. not a bad day today if you are out doing your last-minute shopping, picking up a turkey and what have you. it will be a fine day, a cool day but awe dry a dry day. we did have some precipitation yesterday as expected but that is long gone. nice is exactly an hour from now. you have more clouds out west an a and a little storminess out there. you remember yesterday s winds were out of the south bringing in warmer air. today, they are out of the north bringing in cooler air. your forecast for today, lots of sunshine but a cool one. temperatures a little bit below normal instead of above normal. look for a high in the low 50s. that will do it for us today. next chance of rain will be late tonight, probably overnight. more on that later. thank you. get ready for gridlock. you are waking up to one of the biggest travel days of the year. 94% of travels will be getting to their holid
weather will be fine and it will be cool but no real weather to speak of to slow you down. there is your look at satellite radar. we have clear skies for sunrise which is occurring right now. 43 degrees is your current temperature. new york city is at 43 degrees. here is your forecast for today, it s a simple one. mostly sunny today. cooler temperatures than we had yesterday. yesterday upper 60s, today low 50s. increasing clouds late in the day and at nighttime tonight we ll see some showers develop during the overnight hours, i think primarily into early tomorrow morning. that s a look at what is happening with the weather. now let s get a check on the roads with julie wright. you smell that? what s that? that s pumpkin pie baking. you re baking? oh, no, honey, i m not baking pumpkin pie. i want everybody to have a safe and healthy thanksgiving. even bailey runs out of the kitchen when i boil water. it s a bad thing. on the roads if you re heading out to gand mas
i m steve chenevey. let s say good morning to tony perkins. good morning to effect. a little bit colder this morning than yesterday. not a whole bunch. we will see a cooler day today though. we ll start with the current temperatures around the region. here in the district we are at 47 degrees. it is 43 at dulles airport. 45 in baltimore. there are some 30s out there. frederick, maryland, 39. there are also some 50s. ocean city is at 51 degrees. here is a look at the satellite- radar. we did have the frontal system come through yesterday. brought a few scattered rain showers with it as expected. brought the clouds with it. this morn, we ve got clear skies and our skies will be clear for today. lots of sunshine today but not as warm. here is your forecast. look luke this for your travel day. mostly sunny skies. much cooler temperatures after highs near 70 yesterday. our highs today will be near 50. about 52-degree downtown. we ll have more details on the forecast coming up
officials downgrade the economic forecast. both projections there are down sharply from previous forecast. what does it all mean in the big picture? we re back with the panel. steve? on the central question of quantitative easing, should the fed inject this in the economy, essentially printing money. two questions. one, will it work? second, is it something the fed should be doing? on the first, we don t know the answer but there are reasons to be skeptical. certainly, the first round of quantitative easing helped us come out of what was an economic emergency, the economy was on the verge of collapse. you can make justification for doing what they did at that point, because the problem was the potential collapse of the economy. global economy. in this case, it s difficult case on the fact what shay should be doing. crisis is one of debt. they re not solving the