County maryland schools opening two hours late. In virginia page county call schools are delayed two hours. I dont think ive ever seen snowflakes as big as i saw last night. It was very pretty. It was absolutely gorgeous last night about 7 30 in northwest washington and the transition taking place. Left over here light accumulations. Generally washington points north and west trace to about an inch, inch plus. But temperatures have fallen back below freezing. Lets get to the numbers. At Reagan National we are looking at temperatures in the mid 30s. 37 at last look. 37 at Reagan National. 33 at dulles. Bwi marhsall still abbey low the freezing mark. Not too far to the north and west of washington, lots of temperatures that are at or below freezing. Definitely be prepared here for a few extra minutes as you may encounter a few icy spots. I had to do scraping as well. The storms out of here. Cleared to the north and east it goes. A bright Beautiful Day. Sunshine expected out there later t
. o . Oo . Onn . O . Woo . O . O . O . Oo good morning. On newsmakers this morning, we have catherine rodgers. I found it encouraging that the president was speaking with Speaker Boehner and having the talks. There have not been enough good faith negotiations to date. The clock is ticking, and were not that far from december 31, the fiscal cliff. I think it is important that we kind of take a step back and remember what the fiscal cliff is all about. It is when the tax rate across the board, our current tax code expires. If congress does not take action, it would be a 3. 5 trillion tax increase oned American People. It would impact nearly everyone. It would cost us two million jobs, a doubledip recession, and in addition to that, we also have see quest racial sequestration, which is looming. The acrosstheboard cuts would be a million jobs lost in the defense industry. There is a lot on our plate right now, and i think yes . Do you think any progress has been made out of those m
. Othe clock is ticking, and weo not that far from december 31, the fiscal cliff. I think it is important that weo kind of take a step back and remember what the fiscal cliffo is all about. It is when the tax rate across the board, our current tax code expires. If congress does not take action, it would be a 3. 5 trillion tax increase oned American People. It would impact nearly everyone. It would cost us two million jobs, a doubledip recession, and in addition to that, we also have sequestration, which is looming. The acrosstheboard cuts would be a million jobs lost in the defense industry. There is a lot on our plate right now, and i think yes . Do you think any progress has been made out of those meetings . I think the speaker and the president have tried to have a frank discussion but did not disclose any tangible progress made. Do you have any reason to believe there has been progress . I havent heard the details. In what the speaker has told me, he has been disappointed that the
This is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight from baltimore, lester holt. A special fwenk to our viewers in the west. A tense and fragile baltimore as we come to you standing across from some of the stillsmoldering rubble from a fire that may be related to the violence yesterday. Its still under investigation. But right now our eyes are once again locked several blocks away in west baltimore. Crowds have been growing in the street throughout the afternoon against the backdrop of a large police and National Guard presence. As you can imagine, after last night, tensions are very high. Our team is fanned out across this city. We want to go right to nbcs Peter Alexander to begin our coverage. Peter . Reporter lester, good evening to you. As night falls, a different feeling, just a few short hours dancing in the streets and people were hearing the music of a marching band and also chatting with police who have been arriving here over the course of the day now in baltimore in force. Tonight b
International teams arriving now. More on all of this just ahead. First, to another story were watching this morning. The funeral for freddie gray. The baltimore man who died a week after he was arrested and suffered a spinal cord injury while in police custody. These are live pictures from where a Memorial Service for gray is about to begin in an hour. That Service Coming after protests turned violent over the weekend. Some 35 people arrested. Six of them juveniles. Now the family of freddie gray is asking for peace. My family want to say please stop the violence. Freddie gray would not want this. Freddies mother and father dont want to violence. Violence does not get justice. Athena jones is in baltimore this morning. Tell us more. Reporter good morning, carol. You have seen those pictures from the public visitation going on inside the church right now. Freddie grays family has just arrived here a few seconds ago. You heard there from his sister. Theyve gone further now. They dont wa