we bring in billionaire republican donor and oil man boone pickens. e have the dedate tonight. energy will be on the table especially considering oil is plummeting. first you have a controversial idea you would put forth, you feel there are too many candidates who aren't experienced enough and bipartisan panel should screen who gets to run for president? >> oh, there has to abettor way to pick these candidates. and you know, you've got, what three or four senators in there, a couple of governors in there. governors do better. we know than senators do in presidential race. i don't remember any senator other than truman was president. liz: barack obama. >> that is a bad odds deal there. but i would like to see people that are better qualified to lead and, not unlike headhunters looking at who they wanted to run a major company in america. they would get headhunters to find the candidates and board directors would look at them. that is not the way we elect the president, i understand that but there should be some better way to pick our candidates i think,

that's why i'm thrilled to have boone pickens. here with us tonight, it's the energy business and boom welcome back to "mad money." lower longer. it will go lower than we think. >> and i was just a year off. 70 or 75 by the end of the year. you know, if we go back and look at the long stretch we had in the 80s we had were 20% over supply. today the world was 5 million barrels a day. so it's not going to take much to balance the market and when you do, it will start to move up pretty fast. >> were you surprised that when we heard about iran and saudi arabia, saudi is cutting off relations that oil rallied but gain? >> no, that may be a real turning point is the saudi iranian situation. usually commodity market like that, you can have an incident that you can -- that marks the bottom. that could have happened on the saudi iranian deal. the world to me is numb to war. we had war for a long, long time now. if you would have had that happen a long time ago it would have shot the price up and not sold. >> do you think that maybe oil pum

boone pickens is the man, original wildcatter in oil. he will be with me first on fox business to talk about newest prediction on oil prices. natural gas hit a year-low today. he has controversial idea. he thinks that presidential candidates need to be screened by bipartisan panel before they get out there to ask for your vote. wow. that is coming up. 3:00 eastern. our team in charleston trolling social media to find out which issues matter the most to you. we'll get that to you. check out shares of will. shares getting hammered after one wall street firm downgraded the stock to a sell. we'll be right back. yelp down 2%. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like ordering wine equals pretending to know wine. pinot noir, which means peanut of the night. at ally bank, no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like working from home equals not working. numbers look pretty good, how's it on your end dave? oh, the numbers look so good. dave, dave's on it. liz: for all you people who went to cash in your

boone pickens would say, wait a second.are only 1 million barrels in excess of demand, 1 million, versus the 80s when there was 20 million barrels. there is a supply/demand issue. hey, let's produce as much oil. no one says, we ought to hold back. i do think this is the level. it is interesting we are holding the december of 2008 level, isn't it, at least for a day. it is interesting. if we go back to where we were the last time. 12 years ago, that was iraq. we went into iraq and we thought that iraq was going to pump 12 million barrels. they have never o gotten to that. there was a belief we could go substantially lower. the 20s were where we were from 2000, 2003, and 1998 to 2000, we were below 20. these are within the realm but we did have tremendous oversupply then. you are going to anticipate what china is going to bring tonight. >> we are going to talk about the relatives, what did happen and what can happen with our dow. i am focused on yield and whether or not the stocks have come down. maybe we pick. i still think

there are people like boone pickens who say, look, we don't want to be taking our money and giving it to people who hate us, paying the middle east for a lot of these things. we'd rather be self reliant and not go outside. what do you say to the safety issue? >> we're still going to be taking saudi oil, mexican oil, venezuelan oil, but why i think it's important to keep u.s. production going and keep this north american story alive is, it does mean in the end we're less dependent on these countries from a foreign policy perspective. right after 9/11 we were very concerned in the u.s. government with access to energy, you know, with places like nigeria because we never thought we'd have u.s. production, so we can have a different foreign policy relationship with these governments than we might have had because we have this abundant resource in the u.s. >> let me ask you this, when you look at the jobs picture, plenty of people in the industry and beyond that say this is a very good thing for u.s. jobs, because it will create those oil jobs we might not necessarily have otherwise, parti

boone pickens has been pull ish on oil and he has been wrong.dis, most people think is a bull is much more cautious. my take is that if we go back to august 25th where we saw china bottom, a lot of u.s. stocks that could fall much more. the two that hit my radar screen are exxon and radar. we have to realize that the u.s. economy, we are going to one own domestic stocks. you have some fluff in those too. >> you mentioned boone pickens. he was on "mad money" last night. he had been optimistic about oil prices, thinking that by the end of this year, you will really see a turn. what does he think changes between now and then? >> he is using this marginal 1 million barrels in excess, 96 million being produced. boone did think it would stop at 30. there is a crisis. i also think we have to remember that we were in the 20s for a very long time before the iraq war. there are levels that we could go to in commodities. i know it sounds really foolish to even mention earnings. you have great earnings this morning. constellation brands. l brands was great.

when we see very smart oil men like harold hand, talk about how crude will rebound or boone pickens said the same on our show last week, hey, any day now, any moment, it has to bounce, doesn't it? then, we get my consultant friend, rusty brazil from rbn energy. he is talking about in his book that oil can stay down for years and years. the difference between rusty and these oil men. they are talking about their book, their position that they own in oil. they want it to go heimer. particularly harold ham. he owns a lot of oil. rusty maybe talking his book but an actual book, namely "the domino effect." the best seller he has penned that described why oil may not a very long time. the big, quick recovery scenario, way optimistic. he, not the oil man, has been right. it is starting to down on many that he may stay right. let's put it together. we have a once in a lifetime decline and nobody is crowing about it. you have the appalling losses of the oil companies. if no one is spending more, no company saved a couple of cruise ships and airlines are doing better, you can see why we ignore the

boone pickens said he didn't think you could go much below 40 however last time he did say that the saudi iranian tension is being viewed way too complacently by the market. i think crude might stay right around here. lower longer. my point, if oil's weakness is a sign of anything it's going to be of economic strength for the 317 million americans that use some form of energy in their day-to-day lives. even as those that toil in the oil patch won't be able to make up their own economic losses. energy consumers, not producers are in the vast majority. even as the damage being wrought on the market threatens to overwhelm the stock of the very companies that actually benefit from lower oil prices. sooner or later this crazy town insanity will end and the companies that benefit from lower oil will at last see their stocks benefit too. stick with cramer. >>> stay right where you are. i'm about to join a cnbc special report and we have every angle covered. you do not want to miss this. i am constructively negative. how about that? i don't like the market but i'm trying to be constructive and tr

boone pickens said he didn't think you could go much below 40 test so you know what you're doing and maybe you should be thinking long-term. that does help. i like to say there's always a bull market somewhere and i promise to try to find it just for you right here on "mad money." i'll see you tomorrow.

boone pickens said he didn't think you could go much below 40 test so you know what you're doing and maybe you should be thinking long-term. that does help. i like to say there's always a bull market somewhere and i promise to try to find it just for you right here on "mad money." i'm jim cramer. i'll see you tomorrow. >>> it is friday january 8th. coming up on "early today," breaking news, a philadelphia plimpb ambushed. shot multiple times in his police cruiser. strongest case yet for increased

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boone pickens said he didn't think you could go much below 40 however last time he did say that the saudi iranian tension is being viewed way too complacently by the market. i think crude might stay right around here. lower longer. my point, if oil's weakness is a sign of anything it's going to be of economic strength for the 317 million americans that use some form of energy in their day-to-day lives. even as those that toil in the oil patch won't be able to make up their own economic losses. are in the vast majority. even as the damage being wrought on the market threatens to overwhelm the stock of the very companies that actually benefit from lower oil prices. sooner or later this crazy town insanity will end and the companies that benefit from lower oil will at last see their stocks benefit too. stick with cramer.e. you can support it by eating healthy, drinking fluids, and getting some rest. and you can combine these simple remedies with airborne. no other leading immunity brand gives you more vitamin c. plus it has a specially crafted blend of 13 vitamins, minerals and herbs. so whe

a bold call from boone pickens getting a lot of attention today.e talked to jim cramer last night on "mad money" and he has been calling for higher prices for awhile. here's what he says now. >> close to the bottom. i was just a year off. we'll be back up to 70 or 75 by the end of the year. if you look at the long stretch we had in the 80s we were 20% oversupplied. today the world is using about 95 million barrel ace day and we're oversupplied by a million barrels so it won't take much to balance the market. >> down 70% since 2014 and a lot of fund managers are predicting that recovery but you wonder with the sharp moves and sharp declines on oil what is going to get us there? what's going to turn it around? everybody said it has to bounce back and they fell another third. >> it was like catching a falling knife. >> we can't have another year of falls and look at what happened this week. crazy stuff. the world bank is cutting it's global economic forecast for this year announcing growth accelerating to 2.9% down from the june forecast of 3.3% growt

jim cramer spoke to boone pickens. the founder and chairman of pb capital and asked him where the oil price is in the commodity cycle. >> close to the bottom. i was just a year up. we'll be back 70 or 75 by the end of the year. if you go back and look at the long stretch we had in the 80s we were 20% oversupplied. today the world is using about 95 million barrels a day and we're oversupplied by a million barrels. so it's not going to take much to balance the market. >> he believes a likely turning point in the oil price could be attributed to saudi arabia's position to cut diplomatic ties with iran. he says the incident may mark the bottom. let's get back out to haddy gamble. >> good morning, it certainly raises bigger questions. pressure on the market yesterday brought the market down 3.3% and it's also down in trade today but a bigger question is going to be whether or not the action by the government here are going to have a further destabilizing impact on the region. if you look at the oil prices tod today. this ag

boone pickens, he has been bullish in oil. not a great call, but he's long.e takes a long view. let's find out more. look, i -- i love to be as negative. i want to be negative. i will go home and i will just take some medicine that makes me as negative as everybody else. i will feel so much better. so i'm in synch. boyz ii men. you said i could be a man. >> we'll see you tonight at 6:00 p.m. >>> breaking news, ism services. >>> good wednesday morning. welcome back to "squawk on the street," i'm carl quintanilla with sara eisen, simon hobbs, david faber at post nine of the new york stock exchange. a lot weighing on the markets not to mention north korea and oil. we are getting some data as we speak. let's go to rick santelli for ism services. >> starting with the older data first. november factory orders down 0.2. if you strip out transportation, down 0.3. close to expectations. durable goods orders. these are for the month of december. headline number on durable goods unchanged. unchanged. if we look at ex-transportation, also unchanged. down 0.3 on what may

boone pickens about the market, he knows as much as anybody.n the other hand, it's going cause interest rates to tighten, and when you look at a knock on effects of that with the fed's monetary policies, we could be headed for very difficult times this coming summer. neil: do you think that knowing what we do now about the 2007 and 2008 experience, those say get ahead of the curve, do something, the government should intervene, support the markets, throw more cash on them to avoid what happened then and now. what do you think? >> the one thing is we shouldn't be encouraging companies taking on more debt, and there are some ways which the fed's policy does that. because what happened in 2007 is we had this amassing of debt and overleveraging and the creation of a ponzi scheme. today, we have to insist on more discipline with monetary policy, and the monetary policy of the fed right now encourages expansion of debt, that's not good for the country and the economy. neil: that is very well put, dennis kucinich, very good having you. >> thank you. n

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i do not see, unlike my friend boone pickens who was on last night and thinks it's going to go to $70. i don't think that's possible. there's a glut of substantial portions. we did trade in the 20s from 2000 to 2003. there was more oversupply then but i can't be as bullish on owning an oil company. absolutely right bob pisani said exxon is good but that's up substantially from august 25th. would you rather have the chevron 5% yield or the verizon 5% cheyield? i know which one i prefer. >> verizon. >> we'll come back and talk about that and finding good yield stokcks for reasons those companies may not deserve -- >> it worked in 2008! >> we're going to take a quick break. you manage a lot of money so we'll talk about where to put cash in this market. the answers from mr. cramer right after this. there's a lot of places you never want to see "$7.95." [ beep ] but you'll be glad to see it here. fidelity -- where smarter investors will always be. if only the signs were as obvious when you trade. fidelity's active trader pro can help you find smarter entry and exit points and can help prot

spartanburg, 31 in gaffney , 30 five in union and laurens, 34 in anderson, pickens, and walhalla. 37 in abbeville. asheville, 13 in boone. factor in the wind, and we have the wind in certain areas west-northwest and gusty. the windchill feels like 19 in toccoa, 16 in gainesville, 20 three in anderson, 26 in spartanburg and laurens. single digits in the mountains in boone, asheville, and hendersonville. wind chill 16 in rutherfordton. humidity very low, current temperature 19 in bristol, 38 in florence, barely above freezing in atlanta. these are actual temperatures. 13 in cincinnati, 55 in orlando, and in miami, 61. lake effect snows, extremely heavy snow. a piece of energy coming out of the southern rockiesl slide in our direction into the middle of the week. current temperature, negative two in international falls, minnesota. four degrees in chicago. 55 in orlando. 23 in boston. arctic high dominates the eastern half of the country, including us. here is the low at the surface. a storm in the upper atmosphere, through tomorrow, lots of sunshine but unseasonably cold air across the area. that cold air is heavy. it will

temperatures ranging from boone, 29, anders at 31, anderson at 32. upper 20's in pickens this my a few more degrees and then slowly climb into the 40's for the afternoon. 10-15 plus mile-per-hour wind makes it feel like 18 in hendersonville, only three in asheville, and across the -- 23 in asheville. average this time of year is 32 in the morning, 52 for a high. not today. 46 is the best the upstate will see. look at the record. 80 setback in 1910. we can have unusually warm periods in the winter from time to time. it won't be that way that i. average in the mountains, 47. the record is 71 was set back in 2005. we have seen showers in southern florida, clear skies across the upstate and mountains here mostly sunny today. the next couple of days we stay dry. our next front comes in thursday into friday. we kick up showers then. in the meantime, we have cold mornings and nice, sunny days. if you are heading down to the beach this weekend, both days, saturday and sunday, a chance of afternoon showers. temperatures are warmer in the low 60's. greenville, spartanburg, anderson

boone. 28 in spartanburg. let's check on a few other communities in anderson county, pickens, oconee. pickens where it is 27. 29 in salem, low 30's in clemson. by the end of the day, we won't see a climb much. maybe 40, 41. in the mountains, when you factor in the 15-20 mile-per-hour plus wind, here is how it feels. minus one in boone, 10 in hendersonville where aly myles is reporting just to verify that it is cold and windy. it is. it will be rough for those average this time of year for gsp is 52. today, 41 maybe the best we get up to. a record of 71 was set back in 1928. asheville's average is 47 for this time of year. today, 27 for the afternoon. 50-20 degrees colder than what we normally expect. tomorrow morning, actually, getting colder as a blast of cold canadian air is driven down by the northwest wind. atlanta at 31 this morning. looking ahead to this coming weekend, if you are heading down to the beach, temperatures will be better than they will be in the upstate. we will see 40, 41 for the afternoon high today. asheville will see temperatures reach into the upper 20's at be

boone, 42 in toccoa, wind through the upstate. temperatures will start cooling down. 46 in walhalla, 47 in pickens, 41 in anderson, abbeville, and greenville. cold temperatures across the area, but we have little wind. light and variable wind, good news. there will not be wind chills. humidity low, 27% in greenville. 23% in asheville. cold temperatures in the deep south, 46 in columbia, 45 in charleston, 41 in florence and myrtle beach and wilmington, 36 in raleigh. 35 in nashville, 25 in cincinnati. chilly in orlando, 55 degrees. 69 in miami. 35 in cape hatteras. the country feeling more like the middle of january. flurries and snow showers for the dakotas, nebraska, and the midwest. lake effect snows in the great lakes, especially coming off lake erie south of buffalo and heavy snow showers coming off lake ontario between watertown, snow showers around minneapolis. wow. it's cold. a warming trend, six degrees in minneapolis. six degrees. they were negative six to start the nfl playoff game yesterday in minneapolis with the seahawks against the vikings. i watched the game. wow, was it cold. third coldest nfl playoff game on record in minn

boone. 62 in alberton. much laser threat the upstate -- much nicer throughout the upstate. 52 in greenwood. 56 in pickens. upper 60's in walhalla. 52 in greenville, laurens, and union. spartanburg at 52. 54 in dakoa. what a difference between the mountains and upstwind out of the northwest at 12 miles per hour. it is gradually coming down. it gives us a windchill of 27 27 in boone. humidity levels coming down. only 22% in downtown greenville. 55 in columbia. 58 in charleston. 58 also in macon. only 39 degrees in bristol. colder to the north. 61 in savanna, just as warm as orlando and miami. i'i'm sure they are bundled up in florida.that is chilly for those folks . the west. e south through the weekend. that means a nice warming trend.big storm system out west will affect us, but not into early next week. high-pressure moves away by tomorrow morning. we still get a cold start to the day with southwesterly breeze. it will be a very nice day for tomorrow. as we go through sunday, maybe if you want clouds rise in the even milder temperatures sunday afternoon. this front is becoming very maybe a major outbreak

boone. low 20's in greenwood, abbeville. anderson currently at 23. let's check on a few other communities in pickens, oconee county. 17 in salem, 13 in pickens right now. very cold temperatures across the area. again, any breeze at all accentuates that. a nine mile per hour breeze in anderson makes it feel like 13, feels more like one in hendersonville. boone, a windchill, -15. dangerously cold to be outdoors. average this time of year for the upstate is 52. we won't come close. the mountains of north carolina, on a 30 year basis, typically average 47 it is time year. forget about it. 28 may be the best we get through today. this will be the coldest day of the week with clear skies. we have a low that is tracking in our direction. it will bring precipitation starting tomorrow. we will have a couple of days where there is a chance of a wintry mix. arctic air, cold air coming from the north-northwest, high pressure dominates today. here comes a low tracking across the country. by wednesday morning, starting to see snow in the mouwednesday afternoon, a wintry mix across the upstate and changing to rain

pickens in northern greenville county and laurens. it will be ended before too long. 46 in greenville, 38 in asheville, 36 in boone. climb very much. the 50's for the upstate and mid 40's for the mountains. those breezes make it feel like 27 in hendersonville, feels like 30 in asheville with the wind. here is a quick look ahead. after today, more sunshine tomorrow and temperatures start to warm toward the weekend. saturday, sunday, and monday are beautiful days. upper 50's to low 60's monday. the good start to next week. gabe: talk about a real life cliffhanger. residents here in california left teetering on the edge by the effects of el nio. local officials have declared a state of emergency and are urging these residents to leave but a few of them are defying that order. i'm gabe gutierrez in pacifica, california, and we'll have the very latest on this developing story coming up on "today." of their woodruff road skycam. construction on woodru road ricardo good morning. : i'm ricardo lecompte. after splitting a pair of s on the road last week, south carolina returns to the friendly confines of the cla tuesday evening. the gamecoc

boone, 40 and franklin with rain, 47 in toccoa. in the upstate, upper 40's to low 50's. 45 in pickens, 49 in anderson and greenville. 49 in union, 48 in spartan her, 50 in gaffney and newberry. 51 in greenwood, 52 in abbeville. liquid precipitation outside the mountains. even in the mountains, mainly rain, could be mixed with freezing rain. humidity on the increase. 54, not too bad in columbia. 51 in atlanta. 37 in bristol, tennessee. 56 in savannah, below freezing in cincinnati. 61 in orlando. miami looking nice at 74 degrees. cold front slowly pushing through the area. look at the smoker the great possible up here. not extremely cold, 22 in minneapolis, 51 in atlanta, 61 in orlando, 20 nine in denver. overnight, your comes the rain. it may briefly mix with recitation early tomorrow morning socked in with clouds. rain slides to the south, then sunshine by tomorrow afternoon. high pressure builds in in the mountains. we could be socked in with clouds all day in the upstate. cloudy with patchy let -- patchy rain in the upstate, 42 the low. light rain, then mostly cloudy in the afternoon in th upstate area tomorrow, high 5252 startin

pickens at 24, walhalla at 30. williamston at 28. cold beginning to our day. bone and franklin are both at 17. -- boone at 17. it feels like single digits in boone with the windchill in greenville feels like 17. dress warmly as you head off to work and school. 39 in the upstate. a gradual climb as we get back to normal range by thursday. more clouds thursday, isolated showers possible. rain likely on friday. a good day saturday. another chance of showers on sunday into the weekend. geoff: a break in like n/ other. one family finds an unwanted guest in their basement allyson: a pizza price war is cooking. year's resolution. janet? cough if you can hear me. don't even think about it. i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. yeah...but what about mike? it works on his cough too. cough! it works on his cough too. mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs for 12 hours. let's end this. allyson: 4:41 happening today. , a special inspection is scheduled for the oconee nuclear station after degraded power cables were discovered there. the nuclear regulatory committee will examine startup plant's three units today. officia

going to be all day long for spartanburg and greenville county, ba towards pickens and oconee county north. 20 degrees in boone, cold air shooting down the mountain.n. let me show you the latest computer model over the next couple hours. it just updated. you see the lull in spartanburg county, it will fill in between 11:00 and 12 clock and we get freezing rain until 3:00. then we cease body again as the low from memphis -- then we see spotted again as the low from memphis comes, a break and then it changes to snowfall. snow will be heavy between 7:00 and 10:00 tonight. we could pick up three inches on top of what we had today. the new model from the rpm showing snow coming to an end around 2:00 for the upstate and continuing for the north carolina mountains unti a long way before this is over geoff: thank you. you are seeing different conditions wherever you aryou've got a great shot in your backyard or maybe outside in your fro yard, send us a picture. ulocal, it is easy on your phone. allyson: you can send pictureses of the roadways, tell us what is goi am seeing quite a bit going on. ucr dot camera. here's

boone and there is still some end on the ground. >> things are kicking up there. >> keeping up with team coverage here, and we are going to take you to pickens cou>> we are getting clemson off of highway 76 better known as tiger boulevard, you can see that the snow has finally stopped for the first time this mornactually, there is a little bit, a tiny, tiny bit of snow falling right now. that is the least of what we have seen this morning. we heard from blue ridge electric, there was about 90000 outages. you can see it is sticking very well to the sidewalks rayna. people seem to be driving by just fine. we haven't seen a plow driver since about 5:00 a.m. this morning. we have seen a duke energy car. back into those howe are live here in clemson. geoff: thank you. allyson: taking a look at the roads now. on the interstate, a smooth drive. we are being told interstate -- vehicles on the roadways, cars sliding off the ice or having issues with the colder weather. watch for downed trees or power lines. that is i-85 around white was road. you can see, looking a little icy. be careful if you're heading out. geoff: a few cars on the road. taking an

pickens at 40. mid 40's expected for the upstate. the mountains should climb to the upper 30's before the afternoon is out. what about the wind? breeze in hendersonville. 16 in boone. 13 in asheville. it still feels like 12 to the low 20's in the mountains. warm gear definitely needed if you are working outdoors this afternoon. normally this time of year, 52 is the average high for the upstate. 45 or 46 is the best we will do today. asheville regional airport normally on this day in january gets up to 47. not today. more like 38 for an afternoon who is getting snow? we are seeing scattered snow in the plains and the ohio valley area. cool temperatures blanketing a good bit of the u.s. here at noon time, 36 in atlanta. 37 in washington, d.c. chicago in the single digits. sunshine and temperatures just likely to get to the mid 40's and dropping down to the 30's and 20's tomorrow morning. asheville and hendersonville 20's by midnight. tomorrow night will be cold again. temperatures tomorrow in the low to upper 20's to begin the day. highs of 46 to 50. still cooler than normal wednesday. back to normal by thursday. the rest of the week will be in the typical temperatu

pickens just dropped to 21. 23 and easily. it is colder in belton, where it is 25, presently. it feels colder with the breeze blowing at 5-6 miles per hour. laurens, spartanburg, asheville, boone, more like 7-10. feeling like 18 and spartanburg. dress warmly as you -- the kids heading out to school, they have to have goes on this morning. by the afternoon, these cold morning temperatures will rebound a little. just getting into the 40's for the upstate, staying in the 30's in the mountains. most of the country is feeling like winter today. we will get back to normal by the end of the week. actually, by thursday, we will be back into the 50's were afternoon highs. if you are heading 10 to the beach, saturday or sunday, a chance of showers both days. temperatures will at least three in the 60's. here is how it will be the rest of the day today. 43, 44 may be the best we get up to between two and five. asheville seeing temperatures cold this morning, reaching upper 30's for the afternoon. in the four-day plus forecast, that to normal range on thursday with a slight chance of showers and friday looks to be a best chance for rain this week. saturday looks good, cool in the morning,

in the city of pickens, 28 in seneca, 22 in temperatures will feel colder as the breeze blows that eight to nine in the mountains and the wind chill right now makes it feel like six in boone. afternoon highs, low 40's about the best for the upstate and the mountains will climb to upper 30's. we will talk about our next chance for rain in a few minutes. allyson: parts of western north carolina looking like winter. this time lapse behind us shows extra snow able to be made thanks to colder temperatures on beech mountain. geoff: a drastic change from last week where the ski area was bare. aly myles is joining us live from iq valley. -- maggie valley. aly: good morning. it is one of those days where i am literally doing jumping jacks to keep myself warm. the best news for all of you who love snow and winter, take a look behind me. you can see how beautiful that is for those of you who like snow. they have been making snow all night long. we were talking with the snow maker who came down the hill over there and he says it has been a rough season. they have only been open for about 10 days. they have made four feet of snow overnight and they are taking every second they can to