amelia draper joins us now in the sto center. hi, amelia. >> good evening, chris, and merry christmas to you at home. we're all dry across the area t now. here's the latest check of storm team 4 radar. maybe a f sprinkles, maybe flurries in southern maryland throughout the day today. but for most of us it was a completely dry christmas. raour high temre, 44 degrees, which is exactly normal for this time of year. here's a look at the bigger picture. and you can see nothing on the radar. all quiet tonight, and as skies become cle across theregion, it is going to be cold. right now our temperatures for the most part are in the 30s. 37 degrees in washington. 36 in fredrik as well as leesburg. and most of us tonight are going to be falling into 20s for overnight lows. low 30s here in washington. tomorrow morng on your wednesday, it's a cold start. 33 degrees at 7:00 a.m. that's sunrise time. now at 7:25. bu with plenty of sunshine, we warm up nicely. high temperature tomorrow near 50. now, chris, i am tracking rain moving in toward th

. >> amelia, help us make what is coming our way and when. >> tomorrow, especially during the morning, midday and early afternoon hours, a r steadn will impact the area. enough rain falling that we could have some flooding outch all the areas in bright green. back through parts oforern virginia into anne arundel county and up around baltimore as well. this flood watch begins late tonight and it will go through late friday night. the heaviest rain falling in thh firsf of the day. we could see an inch or more and it could lead the some flying in low lying areas and by creeks, rivers and streams. and this system has been packing a punt as moves across the country. ing video this flo coming out of houston. look how high the water is. you can see water rather high. now, luckily we couldn't had any reports of major injuries. you can clearly see it on storm team 4 radar. all the moisture moving our way. rain i'll let you know when the rain is coming coming upun a 5:17. >>> and we'll be in weather alert mode starting at 4:00 a . tomorrowmorning. and remember, you can get the forecast anywhere

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amelia has anat u on our weather. >> dry today and mostly thursday. raining out there for your friday. another storm system bringing us a chance for showers on friday. maybe some flake but nothing sticking. dry.year's eve looking >> thank you for being with us. that is it for us. that is it for us. the ♪ that is it for us. the not long ago, ronda started here. and then, more jobs began to appear. these techs in a lab. this builder in a hardhat... ...the welders and electricians who do all of that. the diner staffed up 'cause they all needed lunch. teachers... doctors... jobs grew a bunch. what started with one job spread all around. because each job in energy creates many more in this town. energy lives here. >> jimmy: uh! >> jimmy, what are you doing? >> jimmy: jerry, i don't know, man. i ate too much, dude. oh my gosh. i can't even do it. i can't do the monologue. there's no way. >> you can't do the monologue? >> jimmy: i can't do the monologue. i just ate tuc

hi, amelia. >> you're in search of a coat >> iam. i'm going to have to look at that one after the show. as we look to this afternoon, we're going to have increasing cloud cover, high temperares in the 40s. really nice out there actually right now. tomorrow temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. rain moves in after noon on friday. rain for your fday night and saturday for the morning and midday hours. a high temperature nea degredegre -- 60 degrees. next week it's looking mainly dry but lo and behold, frida rolls around and another chance of rain in the forecast. if all rhisn materializes, we will become theea wettest on record. >> thank you for joining us we are on the air this afternoon we are on the air this afternoon for "first at st the internet meets the best things to do on the internet. switch to fios, the 100% fiber-optic network, and get a year of amazon prime and an amazon echo on us. already have prime? we'll cover another year. it's all yours when you sign up fios gigabit connection plus tv, plus phone, all with a 2-year p

there are nightly call amelia in salem, not knowing if it will be months or years before they'll all be reunited. in the school, 80 kids didn't show up on opening day because they andh r families had left, and many of his remaining classmates can't afford school supplies.a poverty hage impact on education throughout the calands. also limited: mecare here: no kidney dialysis, no cancer care. even basic care is in short supply. isc marty found himself frustrated, whether it was one of the kids needing treatment for an ailment, or his wife amia, battling chronic depression. >> we don't get the quality service that we want. we get sent away with pills and other medication that do not help most of the time. so that's, to me that's awful. >> reporter: finally, five months after amelia and the other kids left, isaac and isaiah were able to join the rest of the family in salem, after relatives already in the states helped pay for their airfare.he whenarshallese come here to oregon, to the state of washington, to arkansas, places where their numbers have increased exponentially in recent year

and as storm team 4's amelia drap shows us night, the expected rain will have us in weather alert mode to sounds like another wet one, all day, huh? >> yeah, absolutely, jim a leon. we're going to be tracking rain for the majority of the day tomorrow, and already some patchy drizzle out there. checkto out team four radar out there. some of the drizzle is so light that the radar has difficulty breaking it up. but i'm gettingeports of drizzl around baltimore, dulles, reagan national, as well. as i widen out the image, a lot more moisture back to our west, and parts of west virginia, virginia and farther south. this is all moving in, and it will be here tomorrow morning. so, a steadier, heavi rain for that morning commute. and this continues for most of the iy. enough rai in the forecast around an inch, maybe even more in some t locations,t the national weather service has issued a flood watch. this is going t to goough late tomorrow night for all of the areas here in bright green. this flood watch could be expanded. coming up right around 11:20, i'm going to let you know when the rain co

pat. >> thanks, amelia. we are back on the air this afternoon first at 4. >> and you can get your news and weather updatesny time w ait ♪ >>> so? >> as our child comes into the world. >> here we go. >> whew. >> oh. >> oh my god. >> toh,hat's so emotional. gabrielle union and dwyane wade. taking us inside the delivery room for their daughter. welcome to "access live." s natalie andtt are off today. look who's here. rachel lindsay. >> happy to be here. >> you are one of the happiest people i think i have e

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amelia, take it away. >> what aovely story. for this afternoon, we're going to have increasing clouds with eahigh temperatures today 50, we start off your friday dry but rain moves in after lunchtime tomorrow during the afternoon and evening s. there's a chance that the rain night mooit n might not getere until about or 5 p.m. then some occasional showers for saturday afternoon and evening. a few occasional showers again on sunday with temperatures saturday in the low to mid 50s, sunday we're back in the 40s. monday, tuesday, wednesday, we orep it dry, erika. >> thank you joining us. we are back on the air this 4:00.noon first at >> you can get news and weather updates any time with the washington app. have ay, great da eveone. have ay, great da eveone. we'll ryse the best internet meets the best things to do on the internet. switch to fios, the 100% fiber-optic network and get a year of amazon prime and an amazon echo on us. already have prime? we'll cover another year. it's all yours when you sign up for fios gigabit connecti

dave is standing by for melissa, but let's start with amelia draper. who a night have rain in the forecast. >> it's only fitting though, right? >> yeah. >> this is the wettest year on record. we have about 65 or 66 inchesraf for the year. we'll add anywhere from about a quarter to a half of an inch on to that total throughout the day today. ths our system. you can see it very clearly here on storm team 4 radar. we're still dry right now. showers starting to push down into the charlottesvie area they'll slowly move in between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. if you'r heading out right now, still w dealih dry conditions out there. plenty of clouds across the area and reports for isolated fog, especially up around hagerstown and around the annapolis area. winds are not an issue right now and they're not going a to be issue today. we'll have rain at times throughout the day. when it's not raining, drive time as well. plenty ofud c with a high temperature of 53. for now we'll get a check of the road how is it looking out there today? >> notnd bad still dry. traffic

amelia draper is here with t latest. amelia. >> it was a beautiful start, plentyf sunshine. i am tracking clouds moving to the areas and clouds wiin co to increase on your thursday afternoon. urrently our temperatures are in the upper 30s to mid 40s, and we're dry during theay but rain starts to move into the area overnight tonight. tomorro onur friday, widespread rain is in the forecast. it's a storm team4at r aall right d-- alert day. a chance for monday rain on sunday and especially on monday. i'll have more coming u around 11:20. >> congress is back in session. members returned to capitol hill after their christmas recess. now the big question is whether or not they can pass a spending bill to reopen the government. this is day six of the partial shutdown. this morning president trump returned to the white house after a surprise vit to u.s. oops in germany and iraq. he's now back on the front lines of a political battle. news4's scott macfarlane has the latest. orter: cheers, photos and autographs on president trump w first visth the troops. speaking with reporters, the

amelia is standing by with all the heavy rain we'rege ing. >> i'm continuing to track showers across the area now. i'm starting you down in clinton, maryland. thrain in da, the top of the beltway as well. it is going to be a slow go with wet roads. here's a look at the wider picture. most of the rain is along and east of i-95. so we're not done with the rainy activity just yet. we're going to see more showers as we head on into the afternoon hours, but we do dry out tonight. but, pat, most of usre under a flood watch through late tonight. i'll have much more on this and how today's rain impacts saturday and sunda11in0. cpgom >> new this midday, president trump islo threatening to the southern border if he doesn't get $5 billion to build a wall along the u.s./mexico border. s o ssbenginno it an end in sight. >> the senate stands adjourned until 10 a.m. on monday, december the 31st. >> reporter: at the capitol, congress has punted all proceedings and votes until next week, which means the hallways are as empty as manfederal buildings and national partials. many will remain closed from

. >> amelia draper can explain just how often the groundou shas there. amelia? >> alaska averages about 40,000 -- yes, 40,000 earthquakes a year. now, that's moren t the other 49 states lmbined. but of those are pretty low magnitude or not happening in populated places. that's why this one was different. on average alaa sees six 7 magnitude, an eschs a year. but this one relates to the one back in 1964. that was a 9.2. the strongest ever in united states history. alaska a has hozen aftershocks of 4 magnitude or greater. those are forecasted to continue. the biggest aftershock coming in at 5.7 magnitude. to give you guys aow idea of many earthquakes alaska experiences, this is how many the usgs posted over the last week alone, b again, the 7.0 is higher than a 4.1 or 4.2. exto nenchly. >> pretty incredible numbers. we'll see you in a bit. >>> three people hurt after a car slams into an apartment build inning maryland. chopper 4 was overhead when the car was pulled from the crash site hours ago. nicole jacobs speaks to a man hit b the ca she joins us with the deve

amelia is here to talk about snow chances. if you are not snow lover, it looks like you win this one. >> yes. this sto system so close to our area, it does look to stay to the south. what i'm showing you are four different computer models. we look atpuifferent cr models and what hey'resaying. we want them on say something si lar. four four channels. we see all four kissing parts of southern maryland. if y're dow in roanoke, one model has snow, another has snow anoth has a wintry mix and another computer model has nothing. this is a tricky storm system to track. you can see in all of them, this is such an incredible s system. i put on the watches and warnings. and we're seeing alerts all t way from new mexico into texas and oklahoma. continuing east into north carolina. parts of south carolina and virginia. we're talking about snow ice, rain. it will be a mess out there in the southeast. up into parts of the mid-atlantic you want to stay tuned to the forecast. especially if you'reli tra to western north carolina or virginia. we

dave is standing by for melissa but let's start things off with amelia. how is it looking? >> it's dryut right now i'm tracking rain moving into the area. it's going to make it here between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. right now 39 degrees.ut winds of the northeast at about 7 miles per hour. here you can see the rain very clearly on storm team 4 radar. all of this moisture moving into r area but we'll be dry for a few more hours before the rain moves in and the continues at times throughout the day. we'll have dry time as well. here's future weather at 10:00 a.m. notice the dirict, maryland still mainly dry. parts of northern virginia starting to s showers. pretty much everybody is seeing rain. we continue to see rain in spots as we head into the afterno and evening hours. >> i'll have more coming up in a little bit. >> how are the roads? >> not bad on the whole. it's now open after the tragic crash. overnight hours and theio investig has all been wrapped up. indiana head highway is open south of the beltway.wa in ington, west of connecticut because of downed wires. around the beltw

amelia with new information just in. we are still looking in the clear on this thing, ?amel >> for the most part we are, jim and doreen, but we could see a bit of a wintry mix or light snow sunday night, especially soh of washington but for the most part, i'm keeping it dry for most of us this weekend. right now, cold out there. temperatures in the 20s and mid s. 34 in inwash.gtonmonassas and fredricks. a cold start tomorrow, a chilly day overl. our average high is 49 degrees. not just throughout the weekend, but even on into next week our temperatures running below normal this weekend throu mond and tuesday, only tracking highs in the low 40s. i'm also trackin this storm system on storm team 4 radar, aiimpactingy texas and louisiana right now. continuing to push into the soutntast and mid-at. i'll have future weather back here at home hour by hour letting you know what you can expect for your wk coming up, doreen, right around 8:18. >> thank you, amelia. >>> shomari stone? >> reporter: the bridge closed two hours ago and scheduled to reopenony morning 5:00 in time for t

and thanks to thanks to amelia and adinah, two future reporters who were able to shoot this video and even helped design the curry holiday shoe with some of the colors and patterns you see on it. coming up in sports...highlights of the warriors and mavericks game....next.... (justine) new year... new laws. we break down the changes coming to california in 20-19 (jrs) in less than two weeks we will be ringing out the old and ringing in the new.(justinw) along with the new year.... california is getting a whole slew of new laws.catherine heenan explains how they might affect you. arf arfstarting january first, all pet stores will be barred from reselling dogs, cats and rabbits from breeders.assembly bill 485 is designed to crack down on abusive puppy mills. stores can still sell animals from shelters and rescues.the law does not prevent people who want purebred dogs from going directly to breeders. after the first of the year, the state issued green and white stickers will no longer give you a free ride in the diamond lane.you'll need to get a red sticker instead.a=b 544 is aimed at eas

. >> tracking the road conditions this mornin but w want to start with amelia. it's still 2018 so that meanser yet ano day of rain. >> top thathot of new zealand. >> i can't but here's the shot behind me. you can see it's very appropriate, right? rain all over the map and this rain is moving into our area. mainly by about 9:00 a.m. i still think we'll be dry for a few more hours ispeciallythe d.c. metro area but rain from southwest to northeast. showers down around charlottesville, sprinkles trying to approach the area but moregoing to take a few hours for this rain to make it into our region. here we are at 10:00 a.m. future weather still keeping the area dry,o however i think the showers will be farther to the north and east. regardless of that, notice future weather here at lunchtime.ry pretty much edy dealing with rain. nothing too heavy out there today. we get breaks in the action as avwell. we'll cloudy skies out there but if you have dinner plans out tonight to ringn 2019, you'll want the umbrella with some showers in spots. here's 11:00 p.m.. showers in

. >> storm team 4 amelia draymonder standing by to it all for us. plus, a look at w nt comest for your new year. >> this is going to be over by about 8:00 p.m. we're dry saturday and sunday. here's the latest.ca yo see the radar not picking up the mist and drizzle. even into parts of anne arundel county. the drizzle will go out there. still light. the drizzle is over about 7:00, eight clog tonight. we start off with a chance of er sh i'll have more coming up just after 5:45, pat. >>> tonight, one week into the government shutdown and no end in sight. president trump raising the akes and threateni to close the southern border if congress t fund his border wall. congress reconvenes monday. but it is unlike anything will happen until democrats take over leership in the houseanuary 3rd. nancy pelosi has vowed to pass legislation toeon the government as soon as she takes the gavel. >>> of course the stalemate having a huge impact. this was today outside the smithsonian's air and spacese . a lot of folks have been trying to visit the free museums and zoo

hey, amelia. >> good afternoon, pat and jim. when we talk about the winter storm, we're looking at our computer models and right now we're looking at two main models. the top one is the european model. model.tom is an american this is a snapshot at 8:00 p.m. on sunday. so this is your sundayno night. ce that the european model keeps the snow just to our so it's having a bit of an impact on the mid-atlantic, parts of the mid-atlantic, and the storm system having a big impact onhe southeast, whereas the american model has it closer on your doorstep. monday morning at 8:0a.m., and tice the models here for the most part keeping the storm system sth of shington, maybe a little bit of a wintry mix down in southern maryland. we're still aays out from this storm system. again, the time line sunday into monday. but we're using our computer models to help us make our forecast, we rely on them so much. how do we do this? gather weather information around the world, it's put into supercomputers and douand i analyze it.'l we do that at 4:50.

amelia and i spent all day forecasting wise. and then you go, what about tomorrow? a little flurry activity. 41 degrees right now, down to 38 next hour the temperatures should not fall all that much. we're notalking about 20s overnight. some cloud cover helping to keep it mild. it will still be cold but not dropping too much. 38 degrees. no snow currently. you can see the mountains of west virginia, toward kentucky. if you're a skier, this week will be a great weekend in places like snow shoe, over toward white tale. they are trying to open up arou ski liberty and we've got another storm system that should give them some snow during the day tomorrow. chilly conditions tomorrow and chilly all week. just plain cold. then we get to the weekend. what are we seeing? 36 degrees on sunday. 38 on monday. and then staying on the cold side all next week. let's talk more about this. this is why wendy susd she is co. we've got the northern branch of the jet stream. the southern area is bringing us the two storms. what is it called? phasing. as they phase, they' able to move up

amelia? >> no, not a pretty way to end the year, but it's kind ofou wh we expect because of how so rain out there right now. we're going to continue to have into theimes on afternoon and evening hours. this rain comes to an end by about 1:00 to 2:00 a.m. temperatures warming into the low 50s by the ornight hours, and overnight tonight, we'll be in the 50s. throughout the day tomorrow, it's mild with a temperature near 60, but you are goingo notice that breeze out there throughout the day for new year's day, mostly to partly cloudy skies tomorrow. we'll have plenty of clouds wednesday and thursday, >> all right, thank you an amelia. >>> and if you're driving out there tonight,y take it en the roads. it's always a tough night and then you've got the rain coming, tota >> take adv of those free rides. you can get news and weather updates anytime with the nbc washington app. i want you to have a great day. >> and we' see you back here tomorrow morning! tomorrow morning! n it will be there are at l

amelia will tell us more. >>> and how one dna test helped a father track down his daughter a father track down his daughter 50 years after ♪ a father track down his daughter 50 years after not long ago, ronda started here. and then, more jobs began to appear. these techs in a lab. this builder in a hardhat... ...the welders and electricians who do all of that. the diner staffed up 'cause they all needed lunch. teachers... doctors... jobs grew a bunch. what started with one job spread all around. because each job in energy creates many more in this town. energy lives here. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the record that we're talking about, the 24th day thi' year, seen an inch or more of rainfall. the old record dating back to 1878 where we had 21 days with around an inch orore of rainfall. down throughf art oe northern neck. areas of fog t across region. we'll continue to see some mist and drizzle until 8:00, 9:00 p.m. tonight. most of us are seeing around an inch or more. even back around the i-81 corridor, all the rainfall amounts there. over half an inch. we'll be dry but more ra

. >> amelia draper, tom row will feel a lot like march? >> yes. we're dealing with rain but also warmer temperatures. a tomorrow, around 60 degrees. more typical in late march versus late december. unfortunately we'll be dealing with rain a a lot of in it some areas. enough plane the national weather service has issued a flood watch. this startsate tonight and late friday night. the entire d.c. metro are back through parts of northern virginia. this includes parts of rappahannock, prince william, fairfax counties, loudoun the heaviest rain is during the morning and midday hours. some of lustun see a an inch. potentially a little more with. that much rain and how wet it's been, could it lead to some flooding issues. especially in lowng areas and creeks, streams and rivers. you can see the heavy rainn parts of the gulf state heading our way. tomorrow will be a storm team 4 weather alert day. we'll be dry the next few hourte scd showers don't move in until about .midnig >> it will be raining when you wake up so be t sure grab the remote and turn to s

.> (robin) those two young reporters are amelia and adinah. they helped design the curry holiday shoe. (robin)(ááálandingááá) a sea lion pup found at the oakland airport is expected to make a full recovery before he is released into the wild. here is video of when alameda county sheriff's deputies found the pup. the marine mammal center is now taking care of the baby sea lion and have named him "cruzin". veternarians did a number of tests and found he is dehydrated and under-fed. they will set him free once he grows and is able to fend for himself. (robin) here's a live look at norad's santa tracker it keeps an eye on santa as he flies around the world delivering presents. he is heading for russia. (robin) coming up in the next hour ...king tides are rising around the bay area coast lines. it could cause flooding in some areas. (robin) plus ... the latest on the partial government shutdown. how its impacting government workers. (robin) and the search for survivors continues ... after a deadly tsunami hit the coast of indonesia. ( darya )

amelia draper wks us through all the models. >>> the grong trade dispute that's sending out the spiral. >>> what we found out about why an aftercare program is in big trouble. >>> and you're looking at the campus of texas a & m as the train carryin the casket of president george h.w. bush will e pulling in in the next few e pulling in in the next few minutes for his ita.k.a. hump day.. because getting past me used to take hard work. sweat. sacrifice. but lately, it's all about fun and games and hugs from strangers... and did mention a ridiculous selection of beers?! what happened to laundry night? wednesday! i love you wednesday! you don't. - i do. you don't. -- i do. you don't. ♪ >>> you are seeing peoe waiting for him. there wilbe a short ceremony and we'll take you there live. the president will be buried on the grounds ofde his preial library and museum on the campus of texas a & m university. > this afternoon a father feeling betrayed by the people he entrusted toor care his son. >> the boy came home from aftercare in tears. he claimed others are beating him up and saying they c

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doug and amelia are tracking a winter storm, folks. its going to change that and very soon. they are going to take us hour by hour in just a few minutes. >>> meanwhile, temporary shelters have been set up in indonesia for the tsunami victims while a desperate search for others is still underway. over the weekend more than 4 people were killed when that tsunami struck. now there are orders to stay away from the coast of the ris second tsunami. meanwhile, the volcano that started this continues to erupt. more than h 20,000 peoplee been displaced so far. >>> it seems the company man fof us relied holiday gifts is behind a recent spike in home sales. tonightew numbers show amazon's hq2 announcementmm sparked aniate rush to buy, but how long will that aast? northern virgini bureau reporter david culver has the ory from arlington. >> reporter: late fall into winter, typically chills down the housing market. >> hello. welcome. this is one of our staged properties. >> reporter: this year during what is generally the slow season working overtime, staging houses to feel like homes get

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for amelia 0rd, it was an emotional day. stephen hewitt was her great grandad. she only heard this was happening two days before, a chance glance at a piece in a newspaper so she drove here from newcastle. very emotional, i've cried all the way on the journey down here. i always find remembrance sunday emotional, and i think it is because i am interested in our family history and today is much more. we made sure we stopped at 11 o'clock to do a two—minute silence, and yes, it has been tugging at the heartstrings all morning, we will be here until it is dark. "the century's tides, charting their bitter psalms cannot heal it. " not the war to end all wars, death's birthing place." as the light faded a poem was recited, pages of the sea by the poet laureate carol ann duffy. "history might as well be water, chastising this shore. for we learn nothing from your endless sacrifice. " at the going down of the day at brancaster, those who came to remember left before nightfall, leaving the incoming tide to take driver stephen hewitt into its arms. the armistice commemo

before bringing amelia with you. it is even more beautiful to bring them together. >> no matter what you do if you don't have friends or family to enjoy it, . >> talk about the university. and i'm curious as to how do you make that transition from the early days that sounds like you have to go into 20th gear. . >> i think i have one trace my entire life. and it started as early as six grade in grammar school. doing something that no teacher would do today. she would give you gold stars in front of the chalkboard if you answer the question right. i was not getting any gold stars. i was a little upset by this but i wanted those gold stars. and i went to the smartest girl in the class and i said how do you study? teach me how to study. and she tells me that it was the strangest question anybody had asked her but she felt good that somebody asked her for help so she sat down and told me how to study and that led me to get those gold stars. and then later she asked me to perform the wedding ceremony and afterward she said

for amelia, it was an emotional day. stephen hewitt was her great grandad. she only heard this was happening two days before, a chance glance at a piece in a newspaper so she drove here from newcastle. very emotional, i cried all the way down on the journey today. i always find remembrance sunday emotional because i'm interested in ourfamily history at and today, much more. made sure to stop at 11 o'clock to do a two—minute silence and its been tugging at the heartstrings morning. we will be here until it's dark. the century tides chanting their bitter psalms cannot heal it. not the war to end all wars, death's birthing place. as the light faded a poem was recited, pages of the sea by the poet laureate carol ann duffy. history might as well be water, chastising the shore for we learn nothing from your endless sacrifice. at the end of the day, near brancaster those that came to remember left before nightfall, leaving the incoming tide to take driver stephen hewitt into its arms. the armistice commemoration have centred on lives lost in combat but asjerry ja

for amelia 0rd, it was an emotional day. stephen hewitt was her great grandad. she only heard this was happening two days before, a chance glance at a piece in a newspaper, so she drove here from newcastle. very emotional, i've cried all the way on the journey down here. i always find remembrance sunday emotional, and i think it is because i am interested in our family history and today is much more. we made sure we stopped at 11 o'clock to do a two—minute silence, and yes, it has been tugging at the heartstrings all morning, we will be here until it is dark. "the century's tides, charting their bitter chanting their bitter psalms cannot heal it." not the war to end all wars, death's birthing place." as the light faded a poem was recited, pages of the sea by the poet laureate carol ann duffy. "history might as well be water, chastising this shore. for we learn nothing from your endless sacrifice. " at the going down of the day at brancaster, those who came to remember left before nightfall, leaving the incoming tide to take driver stephen hewitt into its arms.

we started with i -- i am amelia air heart and i am abraham lincoln. vital my daughter amelia air heart flew across the litigation, big deal, everyone flies across the atlantic what if i tell my daughter amelia air heart, this is true, when she was 7 years old build a homemade roller coaster in her backyard and came flying down the side as a 7-year-old. my daughter is like that is interesting. we start with i am amelia erhard, albert and - jackie robinson, albert einstein, my daughter loves sports, you want a sports hero, here's i am jackie robinson. this is what a real athlete hero looks like, not outscoring points the changing people's lives. that i am lucille ball, i wanted my daughter to have a female entertainment hero, not just famous for being thin and pretty, not just okay to be different but spectacular to be different. >> host: at 21 little tease. this video with you and barbara bush. >> guest: barbara bush and i, our favorite scene is the conveyor belt scene where she's eating all the chocolates but i won't give it away but if you have that

for amelia 0rd, it was an emotional day. stephen hewitt was her great grandad. she only heard this was happening two days before, a chance glance at a piece in a newspaper, so she drove here from newcastle. very emotional, i've cried all the way on the journey down here. i always find remembrance sunday emotional, and i think it is because i am interested in our family history and today is much more. we made sure we stopped at 11 o'clock to do a two—minute silence, and yes, it has been tugging at the heartstrings all morning, we will be here until it is dark. "the century's tides, charting their bitter psalms cannot heal it." "not the war to end all wars, death's birthing place." as the light faded a poem was recited, pages of the sea by the poet laureate carol ann duffy. "history might as well be water, chastising this shore. for we learn nothing from your endless sacrifice. " at the going down of the day at brancaster, those who came to remember left before nightfall, leaving the incoming tide to take driver stephen hewitt into its arms. the armistice commem

for amelia 0rd, it was an emotional day. stephen hewitt was her great grandad. she only heard this was happening two days before, a chance glance at a piece in a newspaper so she drove here from newcastle. very emotional, i've cried all the way on the journey down here. i always find remembrance sunday emotional, and i think it is because i am interested in our family history and today is much more. we made sure we stopped at 11 o'clock to do a two—minute silence, and yes, it has been tugging at the heartstrings all morning, we will be here until it is dark. "the century's tides, charting their bitter psalms cannot heal it." not the war to end all wars, death's birthing place." as the light faded a poem was recited, pages of the sea by the poet laureate carol ann duffy. "history might as well be water, chastising this shore. for we learn nothing from your endless sacrifice. " at the going down of the day at brancaster, those who came to remember left before nightfall, leaving the incoming tide to take driver stephen hewitt into its arms. the armistice commemor

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this is very amelia earhart, old school. >> i really think that if you're notke going to dvantage of having the anchor of your show out in the field and be able to put an f.m.r.i. machine on his head and give him a test early in the morning to see how we he can coun backward from 100 by sevens. >>reenivasan: 16, nine, two, thank god, it's over. >> and the idea that you'd be willing to do that and be willing to rt of put yourself in the shoes of somebody who was going through that test where researchers are you know we had some fun with it but they're working on a very serious policy problem. and i really think it's a unique opportunity to be ae to sort of really show the viewer what that process is like, and what trchose resrs are learning from it. and we're certainly really happy teehat you'vesort of game to do that with us over these past year, years. >>in sreenivasan: wiguinea pig. sam weber, thanks so much, and connie kargbo in absentia. >> absolutely. >> this is pbs newshour weekend, sunday. >> listewart: mons turned out to vote today in thpdemocratic reublic of the congo's pres

. >>> hey, amelia. >>> these areas all set record amounts forth december 9, yesterday, check it out. at one point, there were almost half a middle people without power because of the state of emergency. parts of north carolina picke up a winter's worth of snowfall over the weekend. what they wouldt exp an entire winter, they already saw in it some locations. when we talk about it, the one th loving as a snow border, the winter green s resort reporting almost two weeks of snow roanoke5 reporting inches. almost a foot of sno yesterday here's the map. you can see that virginia andh nocarolina, especially western parts of the state, saw the storm. the gradient so iressive from nothing at all in washington to about 50 miles south in fredericksburg, almost a half a foot of snow. saint mary's county, kin george, stafford, redericksburg, parts culpeper. you really saw the most and you could be dealing with black ice tomorrow morning. >>> package thieves, a common nuisance this time of year.ft it is not that you see someone put their kid up to it. this is reporting last friday at a home along

. >> amelia draper is tracking the timing of the storm. what a we talking about? overnight and all day tomorrow? >>over night and then all day tomorrow. scattered showers move in between 9:00 p.m. a midnight. no flooding. but throughout the day, some of us picking up an inch and maybe more of rainfall and that could le s toe flooding issues. the national weather service has issued a warning. it will run through late friday night. heyou can expect heaviest rain across the area. tomorrow morning into t lunch time hours. around an inch or more is possible for some of us. and biggest concerns for flooding will be in low lying areas and byee , streams and rivers. you can see it moving in tonight into tolrrow. weave more on when it all comes to an end at about 6:15. >>> in the meantime, we don't w knn the feud over federal funding will come to an end but it is expected to go into the new year. things could beic more comed when democrats take control of the house next week. >> shutdown or not,ou have to work. >> and it is not the news that heare wants to people do want t

you can check out our nbc washington app and search harrison's eshe >>> amelia draper is here to tell us, what's coming? >> we'll be dry in the d.c. metro area. n you're southern maryland, spotsylvania, culpeper, you might see aite light snow. you'ring who at four different computer models. notice how all of them are in od agreement that washington stays cpletely dry. we head further to theeast. norfolk, some rain out that way and some of them you can see, inging a little snow and a wintry mix to the most e reme parts of southern maryland. even this where a snowstorm is looking at a long shot. at 2 to 30%. really low at about 10%. the chill is in the air. as you'r heading out and about, have the pep ermt latte. it will be really cold out there. d 29rees with moips skies. clouds increase throughout the day as the storm system starts to move the area. into parts of the southeast and the mid-atlantic. some sunshine is posstle. we start 30 degrees and a hight 40. and notice i'm keeping the entire weekend dry. there is there is a 20 to 30% ance of snow. if it does ldhappen, it we a low to

. >> amelia is having a look at snow totals. >>> people are outrom a massive westbouinter storm. >> reporter: more than a foo in some areas, tearing out trees, pulling down power lines. >> we were without power earlier. i've been checking on family to make sure everybody has what they need. >> reporter: what maneed is a way out of this mess. in some places, skis and sleds are the only way out. >> i started spinning and lost control of the car. thank god somebody came ihethat ed me. i couldn't get moving. >> also at a standstill, thousands of flights canceled or delayed. >> with the cold temperatures todayt freezing nights ahead, the s awnd ice and the danger may not go away as quickly as they can. >> this winter storm, a mean one. in many areas, it will linger for days. >>> spotsylvania schools already saying they'll be closedau tomorrow b of the wintry conditions. stafford, culpeper county and fredericksburg are all on two-hour delays. how much snow did we get and how did it stack up with storms in the southeast and the mid-atlantic, you ask? storm team 4 ameliar dra joins with us some answ

amelia? >> well, we had report setting snow in many parts of north carolina and virginia. take reston, for example, only 100 miles awayit register its s single day event in december gith about a foot of snow pil up. think about that. if you're in the district and you travels an ouhour, and a half on saturday, you would have run into a foot snow. so take a look at this. at one point, a half million people were without power. from raleigh to boone andround the asheville ar. parts of north carolina had a winter's worthf snow. the amount of snow they would expect for the entire winter season with this storm system to give you an idea. all the snow borders and skiers love to hear about this. asheville, north carolina, got about 11 inches.e roanoke c in at 15 inches of snow and raleigh, north carolina, reporting about six and a half inches. back here at home, check out what we call the gradient. we talk about no snow to impressive snow. picking up a half a moot of snow. we have about two inches around waldorf and then saint mary's county, between four to six inches ofsnow. we se

. >> amelia drape we are a closer look at the storm's track. i know a lot of people are feeling jealous of the folks buying the snow shovels. who would think you would have to head to charlotte or asheville toe see s snow. we are staying completely dry. first check out the weather headlines. this weekend's forecast,ll about the cold mperatures. the consensus is it is a long shot for us to see really any snow. if we do, it would be sunday night. in addition to that, more rain is in the forecast. it will be the wetnst year record. here's the latest on our snowan s. but it's a long shot. i don't have it down to no chance. still keeping it 10 to 30%. what i've done is put four computer models on the board. these other three are various types of computer models. noce that the most important thing, our area, washington, is completely also notice the snow around roanoke in every compute model. this is sunday night at 8:00 p.m. and then weee morein. more of a wintry mix. so shis stormtem on our doorstep. we're talking about a difference of 20 to 30 mil

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amelia was looking this up. we were so far below average for the month of december is that that looks toten. it is with ts next storm system. it will be late friday, ay thur the storm is forming down to the south. we could see some heavy rain. we've been talking over the last two toshree mone could break a record as far as most rain in a year. w andh this next one on friday into saturday, we really think, we only need a half inch. we thiha we'll get and this could be the wettest year ever. >> absolutely. as it stands now, we're the third wettest o record. and we only need just over half an inch to b tome wettest on record. check it out. we do think this is likely going to happen friday into saturday. at least the second wettest year. i was talking about this onnd facebook twitter. it has been rainy out there the entire year. so far this year we've had hemost 61 inches of rain. it is grillede is that tomato soup weather. when you factor in in later friday and saturday morning, it is the perfect time f a gooey san

amelia draper explains. >>> it is important toember that we were forecasting a winter storm. the closer we get in time, the better the forecast will be. if you see a snowfall map floating around twitter or facebook right now, for the potential for the storm sunday into monday, i would be extremely weary. about six or eight days out from a storm,e' it's possible watching the potential for a snowstorm. we start to look at the overall pattern. then we transfer to four or five days outt' and t where we are right now. for the potential snow sunday into monday. now we can talk abouthe likelihood. highly likely or not that likely? an l we want tok at the different scenarios. with the storm sunday and a monday, the so many scenarios in our area. from nothing at all to maybe some impressive snow. especially south of washington. we're going to have much more on the scenarios and what we're thinking right now coming up at 4:50. and two to threeaysout, how should we plan somer could y schools and work be impacted? this is when we are putting out e map because we have all the details and