the next primaries -- what is romney going to do in arkansas louisiana? a lot of states will go santorum's way. >> he is a smart man. what doe he have to doo generate it t is as, -- generate enthusiasm mark? >> he has to win the nomination. that is a trait he is not going to generate intensity. -- that is 8. he is not going to generate passion, intensity. the problem with the etch a sketch is th eric fehrnstrom said in public what people say in private. richard nixon said that you run hard to the right as you can to win the nomination and then dash to the middle when you have got it. romney i is seseen as having changed his position on aboron gun rights, and gay-rights, and then contro -- gun control. it is a moment not unlike john kerry's i voted against the $87 billion before i voted for it, or george bush at the checkout counter looking at the scanner and saying "myoodness, what is this," confirming the stereotype that he is outf touch and that kerry is not constant. >> the problem is partly numerical. i hate to be so data-driven. what romney the candi

what is romney going to do in arkansas, louisiana? there are a lot of states that will go santorum's way. >> what does he have to do to generate enthusiasm, mark? >> he has to win the nomination and be the alternative to barack obama. he is not going to generate passion, intensity. the problem with the etch a sketch was, quite frankly, that eric fehrnstrom was saying on television what people say in private. richard nixon said you run as hard to the right as you can to win the nomination and then you dash for the middle when you get it. -- especially don't do i you don't tell people, and he did especially don't would you or someone like romney, who has changed his position on gun rights, abortion, and gay rights. it is not unlike john kerry, i voted for the $87 billion before i voted against it, and george bush at the checkout counter looking at a scanner and saying "my goodness, what is this," confirming the stereotypes that he is out of touch and kerry is inconstant. >> the problem is partly numerical. i hate to be so data-driven. w

what is romney going to do in arkansas, louisiana? >> he is a smart man. what does he have to do to generate the enthusiasm, mark? >> he has to win the nomination and be the alternative to barack obama. that is it. he is not going to generate passion, intensity. the problem with the etch a sketch -- quite frankly, eric fehrnstrom was saying on television what people really do say in private. richard nixon, the most successful republican in the history of the party -- five times nominated for national office, four times he wanted -- says you run right to get the nomination and then-for the middle when you get it. -- then dash for the middle when you get it. romney has changed his business and on abortion, gun rights, and gay-rights. it is amount not unlike john kerry, where he said he voted against the $87 billion before he voted for it, and george bush standing at the checkout counter and looking at the scanner and saying, "my gosh, what is this," confirming the stereotype that he is out of touch and that kerry isn't constant. >> the problem is partly nume

in fact, likely to see more tornadoes arkansas, louisiana today. that was the case yesterday west. d some flash flooding possible here. they've seen between three and six inches of rain in louisiana based on radar. we could see an inch and a half by the weekend. that storm system arrives here and will be cooling us down. 74 to 79. showers, partly sunny. breaks in the cloud cover. warming up nicely for the evening. 61 to 66 with a light wind. so an isolated shower today. slightly higher chance tomorrow. and we push it up to near 80 degrees thursday. around 80 friday. it's looking nice friday. then not so nice for saturday. especially on sunday with that rain moving in. and our highs dropping to the 60s. >>> i'm checking a couple of problems in montgomery county. first, if you're traveling old georgetown road, this is at rockville pike. all of your lanes are blocked by the crash there. fire department is on the scene. heading over this time, westbound university boulevard at amherst avenue, fire department also on the scene of that crash, as well. let's head over to virginia. there we

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definitely throughout missouri, arkansas, louisiana, during the afternoon today, even the dallas/ft. worth area today. all the heavy rain with the front through oklahoma and look at this on the back side of it, enough cold air the radar is picking up snow outside of wichita and down heading just to the northwest side of oklahoma city. there's cold air behind this. and even in kansas city looks like wet snowflakes are trying to mix in on the back side of our storm. that's not the only areas that need your umbrella today. in cleveland, detroit, toledo, already seeing the rain quickly moving in here and the temperatures are going to plummet. mild this morning. later today we may mix with snow showers in detroit. a big temperature contrast out there across the country today. and you notice from st. louis over to cincinnati the rain is filling in too here and you may have a rumble of thunder or two. today's forecast on the east coast you're going to be dry today. little bit of wet weather later on tonight. a very warm and windy day from 68 in washington, d.c., new york city very warm from

chance of severe weather in texas, arkansas, louisiana, mississippi and tennessee today. the only delays now are in newark flight departure delays. flight tracker abc7news.com. >>> the veterans administration is admitting that dozens of gravestones and markers may be misplaced or missing all together in national cemeteries in the bay area in the latest survey the va found more than 100 headstones marking the wrong graves and 21 markers disappeared all together. most of the mistakes took place at the san francisco national cemetery and golden gate national cemetery where headstones were temporarily removed and some put back in the wrong place. va officials will explain what went wrong in a hearing today. >>> a group pushing for the at decision of a suicide barrier on the golden gate bridge says 37 people leaped to their deaths last year, five more than the previous year. those figures come from the bridge rail foundation which relies on suicide reports from the district. district officials say they prevented 100 possible suicides last year. 1500 people committed suicide of

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we have southern parts of arkansas, louisiana, that's in effect until 5:00 a.m. central time.ve a tornado warning. what it means is there could be a tornado on the ground. when these warnings are issued you have to see shelter. stay alert. there's a possibility some of these thunderstorms could produce some severe weather in the form of tornadoes damaging wind gusts or even strong wind gusts and isolated tornadoes. as far as flooding we have a flood add rise ry across louisiana, up into parts of arkansas and missouri. 6 or more inches of rain spots where there are flooded roadways rod road closures and water making it into some homes. each not too bad if you are traveling across the northeast. 80 for cleveland 81 in atlanta. chicago you are expecting a high temperature today of 85 degrees. we have either tied a record high or broken it. >> extreme weather to keep our eyes upon this morning. thank you very much. >>> back to the illinois primary the economy played a role. take a look at how exactly the economy factored into the illinois primary. jeff flock of fox business networ

more potentially dangerous weather is forecast for today, louisiana, arkansas, missouri, and into wisconsin. >>> mitt romney is hoping for a knockout punch in today's high-stak high-stakes. santorum was forced to skplamt his position on unemployment. susan mcginnis is in washington with more. good morning. >> good morning. you remember mitt romney's flub. now santorum is backtracking after a statement he made yesterday. rick santorum is definding comments he made in moline, illinois, yesterday. >> we need a candidate who's going to be a fighter for freedom, who's going to make that the central theme in this race. it is the central theme in this race. i don't ware what the unemployment rate is going to be. it doesn't matter to me. >> reporter: he said he'd like a do-over to explain what he meant. >> of course, i care. i'm saying my candidacy duchblt depend on the unemployment rate going up and down. >> reporter: mitt romney tried to capitalize on santorum's flub at a rally in peoria. he zresed the economy is his top priority. >> one of the people who's running also for the republican nominat

flash flood warnings have been issued for parts of louisiana, arkansas, texas, oklahoma and missouri. folks in oklahoma are trying to recover from yesterday's flooding and high water. near tulsa yesterday, the thunder was so loud, residents thought it was an earthquake. >>> there are no reports of serious injuries following the biggest earthquake to hit mexico since 1985, but yesterday's powerful quake damaged at least 800 homes. another 60 have totally collapsed. there's been at least one substantial aftershock and in mexico city, hundreds of mile from the quake's center, telephone service was knocked out. we report from the mexican capital. >> reporter: mexican officials are assessing the damage following the 7.4 magnitude earthquake in southern mexico. buildings are cracked and tourists are shaken. >> we were on the 20th floor. everything started shaking. the windows were shaking. i sat on the floor and it was very scary. >> reporter: the quake struck just after noon and was centered near the resort town of acapulco. buildings rattled as far away as mexico city. >> all of a sudden

heavy rain will fall on the both sides of texas/oklahoma and louisiana/arkansas line with damaging winds also on tap from eastern kansas to the upper midwest. scattered thunderstorms are likely in the carolinas and the mid-atlantic. record warm will continue in the northeast. rain and mountain snow will fall from the pacific northwest to the northern rockies. >>> in sports the denver broncos are one contract away from winning the manning bowl. now, there's no official confirmation, but multiple sources say four-time league mvp peyton manning has decided he wants to play in denver. espn reports manning has told his agent to work out a deal. now that almost certainly means that tim debow, who led denver to the afc title last season, will be traded. >>> now to the nba. dallas at denver. in the stands, nugget fans celebrated their city's new football hero, but on the court it was the dirk nowitzki show. the man hit shot after shot from inside and outside scoring 33 points with 11 rebounds as dallas beat the nuggets 112-95. and in the nhl, the bruins, a big night in boston. they sensed the sc

and then the slight risk that guess back to missouri, arkansas and -- goes back to missouri, arkansas, louisianavery big area, almost a third of the country covered by the threat of severe weather today. here at home quiet. they told me they were going to show me just some red bridge i couldn't figure out what bridge were they going to show, beautiful bridge, golden gate bridge. let's talk about temperatures mid to upper 30s napa, concord, redwood city and los gatos low to mid 40s, then we have temperatures upper 30s to low 40s around the monterey bay inland. let's talk about ma is going to happen today, sun, dry and warmer warming trend starts today back to average before warmer than average during the weekend afternoons, a chance of rain possible next week. six degrees warmer concord and san francisco, hayward, oakland, san jose and santa rosa all eight degrees warmer than yesterday. out of the 50s, most areas back into the low to mid 60s where we will be held behind clear lake and along the coast still in the upper 50s. upper 50s around monterey mid 60s santa cruz, watsonville, for tonight, d

rockies today down into the mid south that's why they have a chance of severe weather places like arkansas, louisianassissippi, tennessee and texas. we are going to have pretty much quiet, benign weather clouds get closer friday hang out over the ocean until saturday temperatures drop to eight degrees saturday another six degree drop monday into tuesday when we have our best chance of rain. hope you have a terrific thursday. >>> back to berkeley, following breaking news of this apartment building fire. terry mcsweeney should be there shortly that's the area. here's a live shot from the hills looking west you can see a lot of smoke not as many flames as we saw earlier. hopefully, we'll hear good news from the firefighters. it has affected at least two apartment buildings and third floor collapse one of the builds. we'll bring you more information as -- soon as we get it. closer view on the maps, it is on dwight a few s south of uc berkeley. right now we are hearing that dwight is closed between shaddock and ellsworth i would avoid the stretch out to telegraph. these are the main areas i would avoid th

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heavy rain, strong winds and thunderstorms are rolling through missouri, arkansas, and louisiana. the storms already caused heavy flooding in and around dallas in texas. several drivers abandoned cars on flooded roads. there were no reports of injuries or major damage. three inches of rain fell in houston. >>> and here's something students in indiana can look forward to after a devastating tornado destroyed their school. the group lady antebellum announced it will perform at the henryville high school prom. the deadly twister destroyed the school and a large part of henryville. the group picked henryville during an online video contest. >>> this turm a team of researchers will again attempt to solve one of the country's greatest mysteries -- that is what happened to amelia earhart. they will use high-tech underwater equipment to search the pacific for pieces of the plane. the executive director has a fascinating theory about what might have happened to the heroic pilot. she thinks that she and her navigator might have made an emergency landing on an island and hater died as cast--

the front is slowly but surely moving east for the rain showers throughout arkansas into louisiana andd that is where we have the cool air. you can see it on the national weather map. 45 degrees in denver and check out chicago -- 80 degrees and that is where we have the heat through illinois back into ohio and lower michigan. chicago is starting to get 90 degrees this afternoon. it is unbelievable for them this kind of -- this time of year. we will get some of that want the next couple of days but it is mainly in the 60s now and 65 at the airport. tonight, partly cloudy skies and we are expecting a couple of isolated showers the south of baltimore but not a major concern. other than that, we are warming up into the 70's especially on friday as we get more sunshine, maybe pushing into the 80's and drop down this weekend as cool air finally arrives, 60's with the chance of rain. ♪ >> you may be feeling it now so you know that spring can mean misery for allergy sufferers. a natural methods of breeding in salt particles could help. it is a common remedy in europe starting to catch on in th

shea is professor of history at the university of arkansas at monticello. a native of louisiana. he has a b.a. from louisiana state university. and a ph.d. from rice university. shea has been a fullbright scholar in china, consultant for the national park service and battlefield guide for smithsonian institution. he is also author or co-author of numerous books and articles on american military history. specially the civil war west of the mississippi river. his most recent book is field of blood, from university of north carolina press. it received the fletcher-pratt award of the new york civil war roundtable for the best book published on the civil war in 2010. and the j.w. ragsdale award of the arkansas historical association for the best book published on arkansas history that year. among his other books are pea ridge which we are here tonight to hear excerpts from, civil war campaign in the west, university of north carolina press, vicksburg is the key, the struggle for the mississippi river, university of nebraska press, and the virginia militia in the 17th century, louisian

will be a slight risk of severe thunderstorms, large hail, and damaging winds in parts of arkansas and louisiana, and actually a couple of tornadoes touched down in louisiana, an additional 130 millimeters of rain is expected in the next 24 hours here, and that could be more of the monthly rainfall in march, so the rainfall could be significant here, because it's moving very slowly, the rest of the areas will also see heavy rain. flood watches as well as warnings have been widely posted from missouri into texas. out towards the west, there is another storm to watch out for, because temperatures are on the chilly side, mountain areas are experiencing heavy snow, an additional 45 centimeters of snow is expected across the cascades over the next 24 hours. the other main story is going to be the exceptional warmth in the east. look at this, 29 degrees in chicago, and 25 degrees in toronto, and remaining very warm in d.c. with 24 degrees. heading over to europe then, mostly dry across the continent, but the exceptions are going to be southern france as well as eastern spain, this low pressure system

he alberto z arkansas, missouri, northern, louisiana, and the i understand territory. now he took his army across the river. you have to think of it in larger terms. he took the entire confederate war effort in the trans-mississippi with him. he took all the troops, all the animals he could lay his hands on, all the wag gons and carts, all the weapons, all the equipment, stores, machinery, anything of military value. miles and miles of rope, empty barrels, enormous amounts of canvas, anything that could be used for packing or storing. even the most ordinary things, all of it was packed up, put on steamboats, and sent down to the arkansas and the mississippi up and up to memphis sxr from memphis to corinth. he denewted the upper trans mississippi. only in south louisiana and texas where he could not -- the tentacles of his command did not quite reach that far. only though portions of trans-mississippi were unaffected by this -- what do you call this anyway? this -- it's almost like a hit and run burglary except that van doran was burglarizing his own war effort. okay? n

plains all morning long, some severe flooding now banning to push off to the east into arkansas and into louisiana. this is a slow moving system. this is going to be our weather maker as we work our way into the weekend, so you can see it here. this will slide off toward the east. high pressure is anchored into the mid-atlantic. with that we'll have that southeasterly to easterly flow. that's making the temperature has little difficult. future trend pick up on some showers and thunderstorms as we go into tomorrow and the day after that. we won't start to see a change in the forecast until we head into the weekend. temperature around 56 degrees. that patchy fog will develop once again. that's what we have tomorrow mornings 73. by tomorrow night that temperature at 53. a check of that seven-day forecast as you make your plans, we will warm up nicely, 08 on friday. we should stay dry and dropping temperatures as we head into the and of the weekend. >>> "dancing with the stars," it was hot, hot, hot. season 14 premerde right here -- premiered right here. it's being called one of the most competitive s

louisiana into texas. i-20, from abilene to little rock. and i-40, from oklahoma city to arkansas. wet on i-35, from loredo to minneapolis. rain soaking i-5, in the pacific northwest. and icy on i-4, in the cascades and northern rockies. >> if you're flying, airport delays are possible in the cities of dallas, houston, kansas city and minneapolis. >>> now, a developing story. it was just announced overnight, that the justice department is opening up an investigation into the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen. >> 17-year-old trayvon martin was killed last month near his home in florida. george zimmermann says he shot martin in self-defense. zimmermann is a neighborhood watch captain. but he has a long history for calling police, mostly for false alarms. >> zimmermann has not been charged. martin's father says he thinks his son was killed because of his race. >>> and bristol palin says she is waiting for a call from president obama over nasty remarks made about her by bill maher. palin says if the president can jump to the defense of sara fluke after the rush limbaugh comments,

over the past couple of days we have seen heavy rains pushed out of taxes into louisiana and arkansasway up into parts of missouri. some parts of louisiana had over a foot of rain in the last few days. tomorrow, the fox burns off with some sunshine and temperatures way above normal. 60's in amounts with partly cloudy skies, 7's on the eastern shore. it all depends on how quickly the murrain -- warning fog burns off. over seven's per couple of days except right along the coast. the next few days will be almost identical, early morning clouds and fog, partly cloudy in the afternoon. about a 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms over the weekend. dry weather and slightly cooler temperatures next week. >> nothing shy of divine intervention can help the new orleans saints say their season now. that is next in sports. >> it is america's favorite jackpot game coming to you now, like. this is powerball. we have a big jackpot for you, a guaranteed $70 million, to be exact. 32-43-53-55-56. match this number and you are always a winner. tonight the number is 6. tonight the number is 6. >> the

americas now, it's going to be very severe here in the southern plains area, especially in louisiana, arkansas and mississippi, where the rain is ongoing for a few days now. and that's going to be a huge concern for flash flooding as well as some flooding. we have cold air surging in towards this frontal system. and out towards the eastern area, the high pressure that's responsible for the warmth that is persisting is very strong, remaining strong. so that's why this system cannot move. it's almost stationary in this area. heavy downpours of about 100 millimeters already reported in louisiana and mississippi. in the similar areas, showers are going to be continuing. it will be slightly weakening and slightly moving toward the east. but it looks like it will be remaining here, and severe thunderstorms are going to be including tornadic activity. gusts up to about 100 kilometers per hour, and even some hail is not out of the question. out towards the pacific northwest, another wintry mess to be seen in the cascades. wet snow will be piling up in coastal regions in oregon and northern california,

the ohio valley, arkansas and northern louisiana.and thunderstorms will develop from vermont to mid-atlantic with isolated thunderstorms in the carolinas. it will be windy from montana to new mexico. with snow in the rockies and high plains. >>> in sports this morning, it's sweet 16 time in the ncaa tournament. it was a third round, mostly won by the favorites. let's take a look. purdue took the early lead against kansas. robby hummel 26 points and 9 rebounds. jayhawks' johnson kept them close in the final minute. he stole the ball and sank the go-ahead layup. purdue's desperation shot at the buzzer would miss and that does it for kansas. they get the win, 63-60. >>> dixon's led the way against florida state. a back and forth cemented with 1:32 left. dixon stole the ball and slammed it home. the bear cats beat the seminoles 62-56. >>> it was all in the wrist as north carolina took on creighton. tar heels henson came back from a sprained wrist, 13 points, 10 rebounds, 4 blocked shots. carolina point guard marshall scored 18. he fell a

everywhere twh in the maroon colors, here's flash flood warnings, through the heart of arkansas and eastern louisiana, we've gotten about six to ten inches of rain in the last 24 hours here. right along the border of louisiana and texas. port arthur, around four, you get the idea here and we've had extreme flooding in a lot of small towns and parishes. temperatures have been off the charts. i can't categorize how significant this early warm period has been, we've never seen it in recorded history from chicago through the great lakes. now some areas here in northern new england haven't seen weather this warm, this early in the spring season. it was 85 in chicago. seven days in a row of record highs. that's unbelievable. each and every day we've broken the record high, detroit, the 82 was the warmest you've ever recorded in the month of march, we're still very warm this morning. we're going to do it again today in chicago, if we get enough sunshine once again you'll be up there in the mid 80s. along the east coast, there are more clouds, we'll keep you in the mid 70s. in northern new england today. you

thursday, that heavy rain gets going here in northeast texas, arkansas, northern louisiana.day, three or more inches of rain. flash flood willing be a concern. still, very mild, if not warm from d.c. to new york. the south with readings into the 70s and relatively mild in the northern plains and the great lakes. another system in the northwest, but friday dealing with that heavy rain throughout a huge portion of the south. the gulf coast states still on saturday, dealing with that rain. highs coming down a little bit, but 60s and you head up into the northeast, upper 30s and lower 40s. so still pretty warm for this time of year. then on sunday, we'll see that rain stretch from the gulf coast states to the great lake states. mild in the northeast with highs for boston in the 50s. 2:30 in the afternoon, a lot to do, and you've hit the wall. but you got to get stuff done. so take 5-hour energy. just open it up, knock it back, and roll up your sleeves. 5-hour energy is faster and easier than coffee. man, does it work. you'll get that alert, energized feeling you need to get stuf

front is going to be back towards the area so the zone of drenching rain could be targeting louisiana, texas, arkansas, just around the arklatex region. the total amounts could exceed about 150 millimeters in some areas. things are going to get gusty in the pacific northwest. temperaturewise seattle 11 degrees and vancouver at 8. summer in los angeles. 27 with lots of sunshine. oklahoma city at 16 degrees. and toronto 3 degrees with some snow flurries. let's head over to europe. very strong low pressure system is going to be developing. as it intensifies moves towards the mediterranean sea area. the target zone is northeastern algeria and tunisia and towards southern italy. chances of thunderstorms will be on the increase in the weekend. gusty condition in scotland will be prevailing there. yet again another potent winter system will be bringing wintry mix especially towards the coastal areas of norway. things could get heavy there. very dry still in the iberian peninsula. we want the precipitation here. we're not going to get any for the next couple of days. temperaturewise lisbon at 21. london at 15

got a very good possibility of strong storms across parts of texas, into oklahoma and perhaps arkansas, louisianand done and that's not just for today but also for tomorrow as that front drifts a bit more to the east, we could see the storms really pile up as we get into tuesday and perhaps even into wednesday as well. that's a quick snapshot of your forecast. we have more on "early start" coming up in a few moments. is ah, welcome to hotels.com. i get it...guys weekend. yeah! if you're looking for a place to get together, you came to the right place. because here at hotels.com, we're only about hotels. yeah! yeah! noooo. yeah! finding you the perfect place is all we do. welcome to hotels.com that is better than today. since 1894, ameriprise financial has been working hard for their clients' futures. never taking a bailout. helping generations achieve dreams. buy homes. put their kids through college. retire how they want to. ameriprise. the strength of america's largest financial planning company. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you, one-to-one. together, for your future. ♪ who have us

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