that passenger was not alone british airways flight spent seven hours and a similar situation, air mexico was on the ground for six hours. weather caused the chaos but a spokesman said the airlines flew win without checking to see if the gates were available for them to pull into. we will take a break back with more moment. 6:39 a.m. alive images from southern california, they got ahold nasty storm system moving their way. on the right-hand side cycling through the camera's in l.a.. i can tell you it's packing a lot of powerful winds, rain, snow. from l.a. into the mountains, at this point no damage in those areas appeared risk of mud slide. authorities keeping a close eye on highland in december and dino county were they have 50 homes evacuated after last week's mud in a dated a drain canal. it was nasty. we are following that let you know if we learn more. america's cup oracle racing says german automaker is ending its sponsorship at the into the air. by mutual agreement. bmw has been part of it since 2002. it is owned by larry ellison this ceo of business software oracle. gov. schwarze

cold air rushing south, meeting up with warm air from the gulf of mexico. and lots of energy in the atmosphere. we're able to produce severe thunderstorms, lots of damaging wind gusts. >> reporter: in tennessee, a rock slide followed two inches of rain, blocking part of a highway between knoxville and the airport. across the midwest, it's all about the bitter cold and now snow, which has made for a harrowing commute. >> down south, they were pretty slick. i just come from the south side. there was a wreck at 465 and 65. >> reporter: the big weather story heading into the weekend and all of next week will be that cold air and plenty of lake-effect snow. rob and vinita? >> t.j. winick, thank you. >>> that lake-effect snow is already coming down in western new york and pennsylvania. there will be a foot on the ground by tonight. rain in seattle and portland, moving later to san francisco. 6 to 12 inches of snow in the northern rockies. and five inches in the sierras. it's 54 degrees in sacramento. 44 in salt lake city. and 38 in billings. fargo will only get u

the gulf of mexico is among the first zones to use next gen air traffic control.nstead of ground based radar, controllers are starting to use satellites and gps transmitters to track air traffic. >> because we have them in surveillance. we know where they are. and it cuts down also on the communication aspect of it. >> reporter: houston and the gulf of mexico are one of four regions in the country rolling out this phase of next gen. by 2020, every airport and every aircraft should be on next gen. >> which means everyone will have to broadcast via gps, identified positioning, broadcast that information to other airplanes and the ground station so that everybody has that information. >> reporter: the nation's air traffic is currently guided by 60-year-old technology, with planes flying over predetermined radar routes. next gen will mean pilots can fly point to point shorter distances. and with pinpoint gps accuracy, less separation between aircraft. shorter flights, less fuel, less pollution. >> it's a system that's basically going to revolutionize air traffic syste

aire cálida desde el golfo de méxico.eve y lluvia prácticamente esta lluvia con temperaturas elevadas no vamos a tener en el este sobre todo hasta new york y la posibilidad de que comencemos el nuevo año con lluvia, atlanta a partir del viernes, y miami sin problemass, temperaturas ascienden en el sur, y el tiempo tranquilo para todo el estado de la floridarico siga con más de "primer impacto" es. >>. >> y revise bien refrigerador porque podría tener cilantro y perejil contaminoado, retiraron 7.000 cajas de estos productos distribuidos entre el 30 de noviembre y el 6 de deudos porque podrían estar contaminados con salmonella. >> y el departamento de agricultura impondrá normas para la comercialización de la carne, productos de carne, cerdo, aves y cordero deberán tener etiquetas que digan los detalles de alimentos como las cal ríos por ejemplo la grasa y el so dio entre otros. >>. >> las embarazadas deben beber leche y tomo sol, mujeres en estado de gestión tienen bajo niveles de vitamina d. lo que podría aumentar el ries

in the meantime yes, cold air continuing to pour in from the gulf of mexico. sliding right into california. that's keeping those temperatures pretty chilly, we're starting out on the frosty side early on tomorrow morning. then the clouds begin to move in late in the day. thickening up as we head into the evening hours. yup, a chance of showers as we head into late new year's eve. outside, 37 in napa, 40s inside the bay. you get the idea. we're headed way down once again and that cold air continues to pour in and really no major heat up on the horizon. we've got another storm, this one going to pay a visit on new year's eve. for tonight those chilly temperatures, dipping down in the 20s and 30s in some parts of the bay area. hooking at a very cold night. even inside the bay you could see some 30s and 40s, we've got a lot of cloud rolling through our skies, especially late in the day. you'll see some sunshine early on, look what happens in the evening hours. you'll see the rain parked off the coastline, got plans folks. plan on some showers to go along with that

the airline plans to administrational service when it completes the purchase of air tran airways, which flies to mexico nice about now. >> it certainly does. some people are not very happy with mcdonald's happy meals. in act one woman has filed a class action lawsuit against the fast food giant. she claims that mcdonald's uses the toys in the happy meals to bait -- as bait to lure kids a parents to the calorie-loaded happy meals. the woman filed the suit with help from the center for science in the public interest. the self-styled food police. and she's not seeking monetary damage, she says, but she says she just wants mickey ds to stop advertising the toys to children. a mcdonald's spokesperson says they will, quote, vigorously defendheir brand. >>> the u.s. government has outlawed the sale of dropside baby cribs after more than 30 infants and toddler deaths from the cribs in the last ten years. the dropside cribs hava side rail that moves to allow parents to more easily lift their babies in and o of the cribs. but the rail can sometimes detach from the crib and the babies can get caught in the gap. d

on hunting those and fishing trips and arrangeir the strips, some of which that e involved air travel to mexico, so that judge porteous neveraste paid. on a they give them cash on one other occasion of his request.994, in the summer of 1994, when judge porteous his son timothy was in washington d.c. for portus had externship, judge porteous had a secretary, rhonda danos solicito and receive money from creely and amato to sponsor timothy's position and pay for his expensive. this is on the record. turn now, let me turn to judgeporteo porteous relationship with amato & creely after he became a federal judge. 1996, on january 16, 1996, judgeomplit porteous, now a federal judge was assigned a complicated civil action. lexmark hospitals liljeberg v. lifemark dispute between hospital lexmark and a pharmacy and involve bankruptcy law, e really straight on contract law. the mother was particularly contentious but tens of millions of dollars at stake. the case of a separate non-trial before judge porteous in early november, and the 96. he was to be the trier of law and fact. the in mid-september, just s

on a variety of hunting and fishing trips and arranged those trips, some of which involved air travel to mexico so that judge porteous never paid, and they gave him cash on at least one other occasion at his request. in the summer of 1994 when judge porteous son, timothy, was this washington, judge porteous had his secretary solicit and receive money from creeley to sponsor timothy's position and pay for his expenses. this is all in the record. now, let me turn to judge porteous' relationship with creeley after he became a federal judge. on january 16 1996, judge porteous now a federal judge was assigned a complicated civil action lifemark hospitals, very enterprises that involved a dispute between a hospital and a pharmacy and involved bankruptcy law, real estate law, and contract law. the matter was particularly contentious with tens of millions of dollars at stake. the case was set for a nonjury trial before judge porteous in early november 1996. he was to be the trial of law and fact. in mid september, just six weeks before the scheduled trial date, they filed a motion to enter the appearan

on a variety of hunting and fishing trips and arranged those trips, some of which involved air travel to mexico, so that judge porteous never paid. and they gave him cash on at least one other occasion at his request. in the summer of 1994, when judge porteous' son timothy was in washington, d.c. for an externship, judge porteous had his secretary, rhonda danos solicit and receive money from creely and amato to -- quote -- "sponsor timothy's position and pay for his expenses." this is all in the record. now let me turn to judge porteous' relationship with amato and creely after he became a federal judge. on january 16, 1996, judge porteous, now a federal judge, was assigned a complicated civil action. lifemark hospitals vs. hreupblg enterprises. the case -- involved bankruptcy law, real estate law and contract law. the matter was particularly contentious. t -- in early november 1996, he was to be the trier of law and fact in mid-september six weeks prior to the scheduled trial date, the liljebergs filed a motion to enter the appearances of amato and leonard levinson, another of judge porteous's

very cold air mass moving into the country through the northern plains. the cold will spread towards the gulf of mexicow will come to the great lakes and the northwest will be looking at rain and snow showers. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories on a monday. the upper midwest digging out following a powerful storm that disrupted travel with heavy snow and subfreezing temperatures. minnesota, there was so much snow, over two feet, the roof of the minneapolis metrodome collapsed. >>> the senate expected to hold a procedural vote on president obama's tax deal with republicans. the white house says it is expecting the measure to be approved by congress before the end of the year. >>> an exciting few days for britain's royal family. sunday prince william and kate middleton released their engagement photos. a few days earlier prince charles and his wife were caught in the middle of a violent protest. elizabeth palmer reports. >> reporter: in the shaky video, you can see the windows of the royal rolls royce were open so prince charles and camilla, at least at first, weren't completely shield

mexico. you say, it's a warm front, isn't that good? no, it is not good if the aire is still going to be 30, louisville, lexington, nashville, knoxville, and it's going rain. 30 and rain? that doesn't make sense. how can that happen? because it's 35 degrees up above you at 2,000 feet up, but you're still 30 and when it rains into you, you become an ice skating rink. this happens starting late, late tonight into tomorrow morning. probably in some spots after kids have gone to school. so call ahead or listen to the radios to make sure your school hasn't precanceled school because they know it's coming. if i was a super inten dent up there, i would be thinking about this today. don't get the kids in school and then you've got an ice skating rink. it is from cincinnati to lexington, all the way down to the kentucky-tennessee boarder. around it, there will be ice and sleet mixed together. you can get some traction on sleet. when it's wet sis, don't even try to walk. >> good stuff. >>> let's take a break, then we'll get you to t.j. holmes. so i take one a day men's 50+ ad

aires. >> es una chica que dice que obviamente dice que se está divirtiendo. >> es una mujer que fue invitada para fungir una función, le dijeron quieres unas vacaciones en méxicocambiemos e tema, rené de calle 13 tiene fama de ser agresivo en sus comentarios. >> el calienta pero no quema. es increíble como la gente se escuda en las redes sociales. llegó a méxico y le tocaron el temita de twitter con anahí >> cuando lo interrogaron, el cambió de version. eso fue una estrategia. ahora se le mojaron los pantalones. >> hubo un malentendido con anahí >> no tengo nada de qué hablar de eso. no conozco bien el asunto, no me interésa el chisme barato. >> no me tienes que hablar de eso, no hacen nada. no producen nada. cuando tengas buenas preguntas que hacer, te las contesto. >> harías un dueto con anahí si te lo pid. >> no la conozco, pero sería chevere, si hay buena musica por detrás uno colabora >> que hombre tan prepotente. se mete primero con nosotros diciendole al reportero que haga buenas preguntas, cuando él es lo más grosero que hay. >> el que sepa escribir buenas canciones y todo, no tiene nada que ver con lo que pasó con anahí a él le robaron la cuenta. el p

violencia en mÉxico fue estado de durango, los protagonistas policÍasy sicaos, resultado muertos, heidos y arrestados. >> desataron una intensa movilizaciÓn policÍaca y un persecuciÓn por tier y aire la presencia dea pocÍa se intrujer a u casa. >>durante ser reforzadas por elemens l eÉrcito, entre los delincuentes, se encuentra un expolicÍa ministerial de durango, y lÍder de gente nua. >> presuntamente nteÍel contl de las operaciones de drogas y como la privaciÓn ilegal de la libertad, entre ellos los zetas. >> tambiÉn cayÓ ramÍrez, ambos fueron policÍas. a los detenidos tambiÉn se les asegurÓ un arsenal, granadas, hÍculos y equis de comunicaciÓn, en el lugar para mÉdicos brindaron ayuda a los heridos. segÚn las autoridades murieron los presuntos homicidas y dos civiles. >> un cfer de un autobÚy una seÑora que venÍa en el autobÚs, seguramente fue la respuesta de los agresores. >> hace algunas horas se confirmÓ que se trata de una niÑa de 13 aÑos e muriÓ a usde una bala en lcabeza. la policÍa informÓ que la cifra de vÍctimas pría aumentar. >> durango es uno de los estados con mÁs ejecuciones a manos del crimen organizado. organizaciones sindicales de camiones de los primeros en los

méxico consideran este martes fueron presentados los nuevos refuerzos del atlas. alfredoactounivisionprimer impa lucas ayala y carlos cotos tlie. cabañas viajó a buenos airesia la diferencia y al segundo tiempo otro argentino milito, para bajar la persiana, fácil victoria del inter 3 a 0 jugará la gran final contra el sorpresivo... de África. por su parte el pachuca buscaba consuelo en el partido por el quinto lugar. los anfitriones arriba 3 a 0 pr cvitanich acercó a los tuzos tuvieron que definir del punto penal y pachuca sacó la mejor parte para quedarse con el quinto lugar. lakers visitaron a los wizards, bynum jugó por primera vez en la temporada y bryant guió al equipo de las ángeles a la victoria. >>> todas las novedades del caso cabañas, la información del inter en el mundial de clubes llamas en univision fútbol.com univisionprimer impactounivisio griega del amor. >>> una sesión muy inusual concedió el papa en el vaticano, aquí están las imágenes. se trata de 4 a consideaa acrób separaron ante el sumo pontífice, quedaronmpactounivis realizaron perfectas piruetas el líder de la iglesia se limitó a hacer un gesto de agradecimiento y se puso de pie, y

farol, desde skwim méxico, vee navienen acciones m sustentadas >>>vanessa: muchos dicen que en ciudades del df es peligroso salir a caminar >>> tenemos sistema de monitoreo de calidad de aire>> ten nos que entrar a trabajar, estamos trabajando en cien rellenos sanitarios del país. >>>vanessa: el secretario del medio ambiente dijo que méxico está dando la pauta a nivel internacional poniendose meta ambiciosas para el 2012 quieren reducir las emisiones de dióxido de carbono. este acto vista dice que el gobierno tiene que ser congruente. >>> para nosotros cancún no es el final del camino es el inicio, no, y partir de aquí nosotros que nos quedamos sa quit por supuesque aquí daremos seguimiento vrme >>>vanessa: por el el secretario del medio ambiente, dijo que méxico podría desarrollar hse y crecer en el medio ambiente y muy optimista de las negociaciones que se llevaran aquí en los próximos días es todo desde cancún méxico. josé. >>>josé: grvanessa gracias. vamos a una breve pausa pero más adelante conclusiones de un estudio sobre la presencia de gay y lesbianas en el ejército, podría echar por tierra una antigua política. y tomar dosis extras de calcio y vitamina d sirve par

airs here at nbc bay area. checklistings or go to pleasant holidays/mexico see the show there and book some of the deals.e never been better. >> it's really a great time. for more information on everything we talked about go to pleasant holidays.com/mexico. thank you so much, dave. >> adios.

air in the northern plains that hasn't changed. that will be with us much of the upcoming weekend. this right here, in new mexico, the snow that we've been dealing with in albuquerque, amarillo and lubbock, the system that will go off the east coast. still has a ways to go to get here and going to be a slow move. here's some of the snow this morning, interstate 40, probably a little rough and slippery drive this morning and i mentioned amarillo with snow and even lubbock with light snow showers. this will move into oklahoma during the day today. mostly temperatures there warm enough it will be in the form of some rain. notice today dallas at 51. orlando warming up, that's more like it, florida, at 75. that weekend forecast, the cold air is here. the storm forms. as of now, we're going to call it the snow showers in new york and light snow in boston. as i mentioned before this could easily change. boston the forecast has been crazy, lynn. all the meteorologists up there are pulling their hair out at this point. yesterday looked like it could get a foot of snow in boston and then last night our computers flopped a

mexico. and it could come up the east coast saturday night and sunday. if it does, and if it's in the right spot. enough cold air we could see some accumulating snow here on sunday or by sunday. now, for the time being, higher pressure, cold, breezy yes. tonight the same thing. one of the models has a system coming off the coast. there's an outside chance that could curve up. still windy at the bay. clear to partly cloudy, mid- to upper teens. still kind of breezy. tomorrow more sun, 32 degrees. the next three days, maybe rain. a risk of some snow here maybe mixed with some rain 38 on sunday. denise. >> okay, thank you bob. check in with don scott and marty bass starting at 4:55 a.m. for the updated weather forecast. >>> mark has the latest from the ravens coming up next in sports. ,,,, when i saw all the jobs disappearing, i knew i needed to find a better way to support my daughter. [ male announcer ] at age forty, greg flowers went back to school. [ greg ] i got a job as a computer applications engineer. [ male announcer ] but now, some in washington want regulations restricting access to career colleges and u

cold air rushing south, meeting up with warm air coming in from the gulf of mexico.osphere. were able to produce severe thunderstorms, lots of damaging wind gusts. >> reporter: in tennessee, a rock slide followed 2 inches of rain, blocking part of a highway between knoxville and the airport. across the midwest it's all about the bitter cold, and now snow, which has made for a harrowing commute. >> down south they were pretty slick. i just come from the south side, there was a wreck at 465 and 65. >> reporter: the big weather story heading into the weekend and all of next week will be that cold air, and plenty of lake-effect snow. rob and vinita. >> thanks, t.j. that snow he was talking about is already coming down in western pennsylvania, as well as upstate new york. rain changed over to hail and snow in syracuse, buffalo, rochester and in pittsburgh. two people were actually injured when their roof collapsed under the weight of all that wet snow. >>> here's a look at your thursday forecast. colder and drier in the northeast, except in northern maine where there will

and frigid air stretches far and wide. 29 states are being pounded by a system stretching from the great lakes to the gulf of mexico. >> massive storm, 1,500 miles long. we have snow on the northern edge of it, thunderstorms on the southern edge and it continues pushing across the country. >> reporter: with their football team sidelined, residents started digging out. we found richard shoveling his walk. >> out here, i had to do this four or five times. >> reporter: entire neighborhoods are paralyzed by snow and ice. neighbors are coming to each other's rescue. this man spent two hours trying to help a stranger. >> someone helps you out, you help someone else out, next time this guy sees someone stuck he will probably help them out, you know? >> reporter: and even when they do dig out, people are going to be deeming with freezing temperatures and wind chills in the double digits below zero. and, even in florida, dan, they're opening up shelters so people can get out of the cold. >> even in florida. clayton sandell, thank you. >>> as we mentioned, this storm is also seriously messing up travel, both on the road and

air control towers. >>>s a, child advocacy groups are criticizing mexico's handling of a 15-year-old boy arrested thursday. citizen. also claims that he killed four people while working with this particular drug cartel. state authorities are now asking mexico's federal prosecutors to move in and intervene in this case. it's 20 minutes past the hour. stay with us. after 2 starter doses. in a medical study, 7 out of 10 stelara® patients saw at least 75% clearer skin at 12 weeks. and 6 out of 10 patients had their plaque psoriasis rated as cleared or minimal at 12 weeks. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and increase your risk of infections. some serious infections require hospitalization. before starting stelara®, your doctor should test for tuberculosis. stelara® may increase your risk of cancer. always tell your doctor if you have any sign of infection, or have had cancer. alert your doctor of new or worsening problems including headaches, seizures, confusion and vision problems. these may be signs of a rare, potentially fatal brain condition. serious allergic reactions can occur. tell y

on a variety of hunting and fishing trips and arranged those trips, some of which involved air travel to mexico, so that judge porteous never paid. and they gave him cash on at least one other occasion at his request. in the summer of 1994, when judge porteous' son timothy was in washington, d.c. for an externship, judge porteous had his secretary, rhonda danos solicit and receive money from creely and amato to -- quote -- "sponsor timothy's position and pay for his expenses." this is all in the record. now let me turn to judge porteous' relationship with amato and creely after he became a federal judge. on january 16, 1996, judge porteous, now a federal judge, was assigned a complicated civil action. lifemark hospitals vs. hreupblg enterprises. the case -- involved bankruptcy law, real estate law and contract law. the matter was particularly contentious. t -- in early november 1996, he was to be the trier of law and fact in mid-september six weeks prior to the scheduled trial date, the liljebergs filed a motion to enter the appearances of amato and leonard levinson, another of judge porteous's

region where it's trying to warm up but when you get moisture down from the gulf of mexico riding up over the cold airou have issues. it's plenty warm in jackson and new orleans. memphis and nashville, places that are going to see issues. we have seen problems in sven nor, shelby and tuscaloosa, alabama, already. here's the radar. tupelo, mississippi, highway 70 in shelby and fayette county, mississippi, we have seen a glazing of the roadways there and traffic accidents so this is going to begin to fill in this through central central kentucky and tennessee today. changing over to freezing rain tonight and then an icing situation on our hands tomorrow morning. how much? in many ways about a quarter of inch of ice on the roadways. maybe more than that on trees. tree limbs. could take down some power lines. tomorrow morning, not only an icy commute but likely seeing power outages across parts of the ohio and tennessee valleys. winds continue to whip and the cold air continues to drive south across the eastern half of the country. no real warm-up in sight and very active weather along the west coast. win

the best weather anywhere today will be in new mexico, deming, new mexico, sunshine and 64. but frigid air15 but at times will feel like 20 degrees below zero. you, my friends, will be thankful for that hat and scarf. that's a quick look apt the national picture. here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend. >> announcer: this weather segment sponsored by macy's. >> all right. a quick shout out to west virginia, said you would scream you if didn't get on team. >> -- if i don't get on tv. >> russ, don't let her die. >> we don't want that on on our hands. >> the price of gas has hit a two-year high. we're coming back with five ways to ease the pain at the pump. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. ah, this is just what the eight layers needed. hey guys. sorry we're late. milk looks warm. finally got the whole gang together. maple brown sugar, strawberry delight, blueberry muffin. yeah, a little family reunion. [ wind rushes ] whoa! whoa! whoa! whoa! we're cereal here! what? just cooling it down. enough said. gotcha. safety first. whoo-hoo! watch the whole grain! [ female announce

mexico city. >> we were stuck in the middle of know where in the snow. >> reporter: new york's port authority runs the city's airports and blames the airlines for putting the flights in the air without checking. >> if the airline did not check before they got to the airport whether they were going to have a gate to put these people. they don't have the staffing, they don't have the gate to put the plane. so without that, they're out on the tarmac. what i can tell you is the general manager at jfk spent his entire morning looking for a gate for these people. even though it was the airline's responsibility and they didn't fulfill that responsibility. at laguardia we had three planes come in with no gates to park. and our staff spent several hours finding gates, polling every plane to put them at the gate. we're taking on the responsibility which is something that belongs to the airlines. >> reporter: one bay area rights advocate says the fingerprinting won't help people stuck for hours. >> it's embarrassing in the u.s. that we don't have plans at the airports. the airports were not required to have contingency plans. that's a mistake. >>> coming up in sports: the 49ers start t

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mexico during the day today. the mountains of colorado are going to see heavy snow and it will push up into the northern plains. the storm itself is moving out. cold air back behind it though. temperatures are definitely on the chilly side. check out the december rainfall totals. we have now had ten inches plus in downtown l.a. for the month of december. very rare to see that much rain there. even the desert has got pretty good. vegas, almost two inches. that's more than seat who also had a very wet december with eight inches. as far as the radar goes, there's some of that snow north of phoenix in the highur high temperature. san diego, sunny and 57. cool but dry. be careful driving around flagstaff, arizona, where it's going to be snowy. lynn, the weather pattern's changing. it looks like a dry beginning to the new year. we'll have details coming up. >> all right. there is good news. thank you, bill. >>> coming up, the santa claus rally continues, sears has a new line, and if you can't beat them, eat them. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, who had this year's top grossing world concert tour? i bet you won't get this

and frigid air stretches far and wide. 29 states are being pounded by a system from the great lakes to the gulf of mexiconts of the twin cities started digging out. we found richard myer, shoveling his walk. >> out here, i had to do this four or five times. >> reporter: entire neighborhoods are paralyzed by snow and slippery ice. neighbors are coming to each other's rescue. ahmed dipps spent two hours trying to help a stranger. >> you help someone else out. next time this guy sees someone stuck, he'll probably help them out. >> reporter: when they do dig out, people are dealing with freezing temperatures and windchills in the double digits below zero. they are even opening shelters in florida to help people get out of the cold. clayton sandell, abc news, minneapolis. >>> and parts of the pacific northwest are still under water today, after a record rainfall. up to six inches of rain fell in western washington and oregon yesterday, triggering widespread flooding and mudslides. hundreds of homes were evacuated. and some people had to be rescued from rising waters. >>> the winter storm in the midwest has le

the cold air is in place and now you've got some gulf of mexico moisture. louisville, lexington, nashville for a little time will get some freezing rain and icing conditions. and tomorrow morning, certainly going to be dicey and icy here to say the least. let's talk about current temperatures and what it feels like. the windchill feels like it's below freezing in places like in indianapolis, certainly in minneapolis it's below freezing. 4 degrees is a feels like temperature in cleveland and 6 here in louisville. the actual temperature is, and that's what the precip cares about. it can't feel the windchill. we're talking about will this fall in the form of snow, in the form of rain, freezing rain, you've got to look at the actual temperature, and it's 12 in louisville, 26 in nashville. that's cold enough to support snow or sleet at least to start. and then we're going to see things change through the next 24 hours. here's the moisture across mississippi and a alabama, moving into birmingham and huntsville. very little reports in the way of frozen precip ther

suggest that president obama go to states like california, arizona, and new mexico should request for special forces and airional guard to rid out those drug cartels and blow them away. guest: the use of military force, -- first of all, the mexican cartels are here in the united states. i think they have networks in 230 cities in the united states. it is not just the border, texas, or california. it is boston, atlanta. this is a nationwide problem, the cartels operating, selling drugs in the united states. they control about 90% of the cocaine chain. we have to step up law enforcement efforts against the drug cartels in the united states. the use of the military, both here in the united states for counter-drug operations and use of military in mexico, a very controversial issue. militaries are generally not prepared to do the law enforcement activities, the investigations, they have the arrest power in the united .tates boarde so i agree that we need to continue with a show of force against the cartels, but little thing called the special forces is the answer today. host: james, you are on the "washington j

mexico, coast to coast. cleveland is getting socked with lark-effect snow. that area sunday a winter storm warning. air travel all over is a mess, long lines. cancelled flights and frazzled nerves. buffalo's airport. typically used to winter storms. wintry weather is even blowing through the south right now in nashville, the snow looks pretty on the grass but ugly on the highways. black ice causing accidents everywhere. snow even made a rare appearance as far south as atlanta today. it didn't stick, but bitter cold temperatures and high winds are in the forecast for tomorrow. and just check out the long lines tonight at atlanta's hartsfield airport. our very own deb feyerick, here anchoring, took this shot of people standing 40 deep at the airport help desk with no let-up in sight. she still hasn't gotten a flight out back to new york city. but perhaps the most telling video of all is from minneapolis. a storm cost the minnesota vikings their home field. the teflon roof of the metrodome, well, it couldn't hold the tons of snow that had piled up. they will play tomorrow night at detroit's ford field. we

air force blocked access to 25 website posting wikileaks documents. the sites include the "new york times" and guardian newspapers. the u.s. government is involved in the effort in guatemala to fight drug gangs from mexico. we look at what is happening and what the u.s. is doing about it. >> reporter: in the jungles of northern guatemala the military carved out a training base, the base is secret but it is no secret that the mexican drug cartel want to expand their operations south into guatemala to control the land routes and eliminate the drug families who long served as middle men in the drug trade. some cartel king pins moved their families out of the country. >> when you have drug are traffickers afraid of other drug traffickers, things are pretty bad. >> reporter: u.s. green berets sent the past three years training the special forces not just how to shoot straight but how to push back against cartels. a few days before we arrived, the zeta staged a prison break. the special forces want to make sure that doesn't happen. >> when several decapitated heads appeared on the steps of parliament, a calling card for the cartel, guatemalan authorities suspected they were moving in. the mexican military's p

air to fight off a possible attack. on the other side of the board, new mexico governor bill richardson met with top officials.hardson said the north has agreed to let u.n. inspectors visit its main nuclear facility. it appears in the end, north korea may have got just what it wanted, international attention and cash. juju. >> clarissa ward with the latest details, thanks. >>> in mexico, the death toll has risen to 28 after this massive oil pipeline explosion. 13 of the dead are children. thieves apparently trying to steal oil triggered the blast. >>> gas prices rose another eight cents in just the last two weeks. prices of gas averaging just under $3 a gallon nigswide. just in time for the holiday. >>> finally, a building's implosion didn't go just as planned. the building on the right, as you can see, came down. but the narrow white building wouldn't budge even after workers went inside to find out why. then an hour later, this happened. it toppled catching everyone by surprise. fortunately, the workers made it out in time. george, elizabeth, apparently, they heard the creaking and ran out. >> i sure hope so

mexico, don. you are on the air. >> caller: high. i just want to make an observation. you know, peter talked about the oprah affect, and one of the pleasures of watching jon stewart reading and promotion of books and earlier you talked about the book all the devils are here by bethany mclean, and one of my concerns is that we are just going through this great recession and i was really surprised that bouck didn't appear on the reader list were often and the second point i would like to say is i just returned from seattle. i was there in the early part of december and was on the way back to help casseaux with somebody that had a kindle, and what she had pointed out is that she got all these books and her husband had put a hold she could only by free looks as a result of having this kindle because she found she was born in more books as a result so what is your comment? >> guest: actually we have seen some studies that seem to suggest that people have the kindle and ipad and nook are billion more because it is so easy. think about amazon marketing campaign. almost every

aires. >>. >> pues nadie se salva. >> félix qué tal?. >> muy bien gracias. >> y vamos. >>. >> saludos a ustedes con gusto, presten atención. la noticia que todo el mundo comenta en méxicosa este martes el manchester united del chicharo visitó al birmingham, y el bulgaro berbatov abrió la cuenta y a uno del final bowyer anotó para el uno, y el mexicano hernández entró en el último minuto del encuentro. >> y el técnico de la selección inglesa capelo apoyó la idea de jugar el invierno por el temor de varios expertos en la materia de que el calor de qatar perjudique el rendimiento de jugadores y si la copa del mundo se hace en verano. >> y el director deportivo del milán dijo que el equipo no tiene planes de dejar libre a ronaldinho por el momento. esto lo dijo porque la prensa italiana dijo que sería llevado a otro equipo italiano. >> y pasamos a la nfl, la semana número 16, y el equipo visitaban a fal cons y el mariscal de campo se recuperó de un par de ente entero... y 17, 14 el marcador final. asegurando el pase a la post temporada. >> y este lunes clippers visitaban a reyes de sacramento y ganaron 100, 99. >> y dallas perdieron en el segundo periodo a un jugo programa

mexico in the thick of things in terms of precipitation as well. here is our little system. this thing is streaking eastward but there is upper airrgy left behind it and that's supporting this little snow area. we are up to the this evening in this animated forecast. then one of these broad low pressures that's developing and this will bring a stronger northwest wind in and re- enforce the cold to some extent the next couple of days and it's conceivable there will be lake snow on the other side of the lake but nothing on the order of what we have seen. a bigger storm out to the west. models getting excited about that toward monday here. late monday, monday night. but that's a long way off and we will keep watching that. here is the snow area and you can see the ice. but there are some stronger returns coming in on the radar and these snows do seem to have a capability to reach the ground because our models have been advertising atmosphere of saturating a little bit with moisture so we will get the flurries down to the surface. heavier snow will occur in that area. here is what the systems produce. parts of north dakota have seen

air. there are winter weather advisories except where the warnings are out and these are the red areas. there is growth in this storm. it takes moisture from the gulf of mexico it has produced 11 inches of snow in north dakota. munich north dakota had 8 inches. mason city had about .9 of an inch. let's get a feel for when this is supposed to be where. this is midnight tonight. see how the dry air in the low levels is impeding the progress up to that point. we're expecting to saturate the column and get to the surface during the rush hour. then we'll have light snow or snow from time to time during the day tomorrow. there's just a hint of a little lake moisture getting into this. in fact you see that area there. this is not a big lake effect setup. the winds aren't right for that. the highest area is to the south and west of us. peoria perhaps 4-5 inches of snow when we say heavy. this is a close up look at the rpm model. see where the snow moves to aurora and joliet by about 3:00. then some drier air comes in and impedes its progress. and then they do come in at 7:50, 8:00 tomorrow morning. then it snows from time to time during the morning hours and the res

air and water. note new details in the gulf of mexico oil spills this milk commission is meeting to discuss the findings disaster cannot be entirely blamed of bp he pointed to other icompanies they all made questionable decisions the meeting comes one day after the administration announces they will have no drilling in the eastern gulf of mexico 47 years. critics say will hurt the economy and said more jobs overseas. making a last-ditch effort to be censured for ethical misbehavior the democratic congressman from new york plans to argue on the floor today center is for " a congressman in he claims is not one. e-mail 25,000 supporters are urging them to us are congressman to vote against a center but if the house votes for censured their veteran will have to stand before the chamber while the speaker read the resolution condemning his behavior. investigators this morning identified the source of an oil leak because the super jumbo engine to blow apart mid-air loss want they suspected defect in the rolls royce engine is to blame. they'll one in the flock could cause failure investigators recommend three a

. >> 5:10 and new mexico's governor is talking about pardoning a famed bank robber who died in the 1800s. why the issue is coming up now. >> taking a look at a link between air pollution and autism. what researchers have found. >> now a live look in the bay bridge toll plaza as drivers are not having problems yet making their way into san francisco. more traffic and weather coming up. >>> welcome back at 5:14 and a live look at san jose. not raining out here now, but rob said the rain is on the way. we will hear from him in a moment. >> threats from north korea who said they will use nuclear weapons if they go to war with the south. the new mexico governor is in north korea to see if he can reduce tensions through a series of talks. richardson was invited by north korea's envoy. the north said it will strike if the south goes through with a live fire drill on the border island. the governor said he received a formal petition to pardon billy the kid. he set up a website where people can share opinions. some believe he was promised a pardon in return for testimony in a murder trial. he said he will make a decision before he leaves office at the end of the year

mexico, don. you are on the air. >> caller: high. i just want to make an observation. you know, peter talked about the oprah affect, and one of the pleasures of watching jon stewart reading and promotion of books and earlier you talked about the book all the devils are here by bethany mclean, and one of my concerns is that we are just going through this great recession and i was really surprised that bouck didn't appear on the reader list were often and the second point i would like to say is i just returned from seattle. i was there in the early part of december and was on the way back to help casseaux with somebody that had a kindle, and what she had pointed out is that she got all these books and her husband had put a hold she could only by free looks as a result of having this kindle because she found she was born in more books as a result so what is your comment? >> guest: actually we have seen some studies that seem to suggest that people have the kindle and ipad and nook are billion more because it is so easy. think about amazon marketing campaign. almost every

mexico city. >> were stuck up there in the middle of nowhere in the snow. the >> new york port authority runs the airports and planes the air lines for putting the flights in the air without checking >> the airline to that check before the cut to the airport whether they were getting a date to put people didn't have the staffing, to put the plane so without that to their route on the tarmac. what i can tell you, the gm and at jfk spent the entire morning trying to find a date for these people even though it has nothing to do with his responsibility it's strictly an airline responsibility and they didn't fulfill that. >> the problem is not just at jfk. >> at the korea we had three planes come in with no gates to park at our staff spent several hours finding dates, pulling every airline at laguardia to make sure we could put the plans for the patriot once again were taking on the responsibility and is generally something that belongs to the airlines >> one day area passenger rights advocates said the finger pointing will not help anyone stop >>. it's something we ought to be embarrassed about in the u.s. that we don't have co