on the tail end of it, more snow is falling in the colorado rockies. thunderstorms down near the gulf. that will track through tomorrow night and friday morning. clouds during the day tomorrow. clouds may break out tomorrow evening, but that will be spotty until thursday night in to friday morning where we may get moderate to heavy rain in time for the friday morning rush hour. knowed this ribbon of changing precipitation to the north and west. some of the western fringe of this rainmaker changeover to wet snow or sleet as it drags the colder air through here friday afternoon and heading off the coast saturday morning. saturday looks like the best day of the weekend with sunshine before another storm brings more wet weather for the second half of the weekend. every couple of days, a new storm arrives with some unsell weather. another mild day with south wins pushing temperatures well into the 60's. there is a chance for a shower just about anytime 1 to get past the morning. around the bay, the showers hold off until the evening. warmer and 67, an incre

snow working into the colorado rockies. winter storm watches are posted here.ee anywhere from six, maybe as much as 18 inches of snow depending on where you are. we will get a little front range upslope. with winds coming up and out of the east, later on tonight, denver will see some snow. we are starting to see some snow develop across the higher countries. this would be a good one for those folks. after that, though, what's keeping things cold, the jetstream, very far to the south, slowly starting to make its migration to the north. the warm air is going to return at some point here. we are seeing hits of that, certainly. a high temperature of 75, expected in dallas today. 71 degrees in memphis. finally, bouncing into the lower 60s in atlanta after seeing some snowflakes fly around the deep south yesterday. kyra? sfri spring is coming. just be patient. >>> alleluia! ♪ >> that's right, today is the 267th alleluia! anniversary. it was performed in london in 1743. >>> the words heard around the new nation on this day 1775, patrick henry delivered one of the most

this is dropping south across the colorado rockies and dumped quite a bit of snow.t seems to be winding down. it is transitioning more ithe just thunderstorms. the futurecast shows that for most of the day tomorrow, it stays dry. 11:00 going in the midnight, scattered showers breaking out. pretty decent rain being forecast during the friday morning rush hour. there is that little bit of snow on the northern fringe of this precipitation. the rain is ending friday afternoon. saturday looks like it will be a sunny day with temperatures coming down after tomorrow. 64-69 thursday, when out of the south 6-12. they will have more rain a little earlier. 67, dry weather at ocean city until very late tomorrow night. there is a small craft advisory up to the day, increasing out of the south. bay water temperatures are hovering right about 50. it will turn chillier with 49. sunny skies on saturday. rain again on sunday afternoon and monday followed by lots of sunshine. >> it feels a little less like hockey whether every day, but tonight's matchup will make you feel ready for th

set up east of the colorado rockies certainly lending itself to spring flooding.east didn't help the situation and the cold pack in the upper midwest not helping the situation for the folks around fargo. last year they had what they considered to be a hundred-year flood. this year they may have the same flood just one year later. >> reporter: in fargo, north dakota, residents are trying to stack 1 million sandbags in hopes of pushing back the red river, which could crest 20 feet above flood stage late they are week. last year, about 100 homes in the area were damaged and thousands of people were evacuated when the red didn't go down for a record 61 days and crested twice. in the northeast, a wild storm has left hundreds of thousands of residents either without power or with most of what they own under water. trees ripped down power lines, tore up sidewalk, crushed cars. the storm is being blamed for at least seven deaths. >> i'm living in the school right now because i got flooded out. a bunch of other people got flooded out. >> many had to leave their front doors

snowy and wintry final day of winter across the central plains into the front range of the rockies in colorado. 29 degrees right now in colorado springs. snow stretches all along the cold side of that fraud into western kansas and colorado. -- of that front. it will be slowly moving in our direction as the weekend moves along. temperatures back up around 70 tomorrow. a few more clouds on sunday, and there may be a few light showers and sprinkles as we get into sunday night. during the day, it will be a beautiful first full day of spring on sunday. then the front off to the west moves closer. rate is likely on monday, probably for the morning rush- hour. some of the showers may linger into tuesday. we have one more picture perfect day, 68-73 tomorrow. the girl equinoxes, the beginning of spring tomorrow afternoon -- the purnell equinox -- vernal equinox tomorrow afternoon. it will be chilly on the beach at oaks in city -- ocean city. a 1 foot shot on the bay tomorrow. the forecast, 70 tomorrow, 70 on sunday, but more clout sunday and may be a 20% chance of an evening shower. on monday, the rain

rockies. the map, a line of areas shaded in green and parts of grand junction, colorado, even areas of red. winter storm warnings and advisories in effect for some places in the rockies. could see up to a foot of snowfall today. here is the reason why. scattered snow showers and area of low pressure will bring moisture way back into the rockies, and as it falls through the lower layer of the atmosphere, they could receive a foot of snowfall. look for storms in parts of arkansas in the late afternoon hours. little rock, west memphis, might have rough weather to deal with. strong thunderstorms, heavy rainfall. maybe even flash flooding. can't rule out an isolated storm or two. very pleasant with high pressure to the east. out to the west, the same situation for california, for much of oregon and back to washington state. of course, four corners, some areas, snowfall in the highest elevations. in terms of high temperatures, memphis, 70 degrees. 64 in atlanta. 7 tampa. 80 for miami. and 53 in chicago and d.c. 55 in minneapolis. back into las vegas. 67 degrees. 60s and 70s for much of the west co

. >>> it's springtime in the rockies but doesn't look like it. folks along colorado's front range including denver are digging out from up to 20 inches of snow. the wet, heavy snow also caused problems with downed trees and power lines. >> now the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> bit of a chill in the air. >> yeah. coming in especially by this time tomorrow evening. we will get a good high temperature but tomorrow evening cold front. rain and windy on friday. chilly stuff. almost done --. >> spring. >> let's take a look outside. pretty nice night. traffic getting along fine. i tell you nice dry roads. that will be the case for the morning. tomorrow evening we might get in a generally dry drive but tomorrow night rain, friday morning rain. 48 right now. winds calm. humidity low. 56% right now. take you out to mount eerie. blue skies, beautiful middle part of the day if you had a chance to get outside and enjoy it. you were one of the luckies ones. few more clouds toward sunset. it was a lit breezy at times.

rockies. denver, snowing right now. eastern colorado, the plains, it's snowing right now. it will be ending.but they did get several inches. west of denver, in the mountains there. they had like 20 inches of snow. so the ski resorts are having a nice little boost there. they have been having their best season ever. but they're getting snow now. this system is heading out to the east. it will bring with it some clouds. moisture moving from the gulf of mexico. overnight tonight, a few clouds. in fact, we have a few in the area now. during the day tomorrow, we'll see sun. and clouds definitely coming back in the afternoon. by tomorrow night, rain in the region. it will probably end sometime friday afternoon. and then it gets cooler or colder, actually by tomorrow night. weekend, with high pressure moving in will be sunny. but a little cool this time of year. bays gust as high as 25 knots. tonight, then, clear. a few high clouds here and there. less winds for sure. down to 40. maybe 30s in the cooler suburban areas. 66. a nice mild day. tonight, look for rain moving into the region. that will en

colorado and montana. early showers in washington and oregon. >>> mostly 50s in the midwest and rockies. phoenix, 82. sacramento, 70. just shy of 70 in kansas city. highs in the 60s in new york and baltimore. 75 in miami, 57 today in new orleans. >>> when we come back on "america this morning" -- salty snacks without the health concerns. a designer salt that can slash sodium on your chips without changing the taste. >>> and tiger woods opens up. he is ready to get back into the swing of things, but does he have his life in order? ♪ the usual? yes, please. anything else? ♪ when you're trying to be good, tempting treats can be wicked. no thanks, i'm good. new special k fruit crisps. with two crispy bars for 100 fruity calories... it's the delicious, new way to stay on track. now, being good's a cinch. with new special k fruit crisps. my muscles just ache... ... all over my body... ...it just doesn't go away. it's so baffling. (announcer) ! does this sound like the pain # you've been experiencing? this is fibromyalgia. chronic, widespread pain and tenderness that # affects millions. sometimes i need a h

colorado and montana. some early showers along the coast of washington and oregon. >> mostly 50s in the pacific northwest and the rockies. 57 in minneapolis. 52 in chicago. 48 for detroit today. 60s in new york and baltimore. 75 in miami. 67 down in dallas. >>> almost every girl loves a good shopping spree but it's not nearly as much fun if you can't show off what you got. >> that's right, brag about it a little. teens and tweens across the country are going viral to show off their fashion finds. there are more than 100,000 of what they call these hall videos on youtube showcasing every purchase from lip gloss to designer duds. >> sisters elle and blair are some of the biggest video stars. youtube pays them for those videos. they have hired a hollywood agent and they are planning to appear on "seventeen" magazine. >> you basically have to be told what to buy by these people? >> it's sort of like -- no. hasn't your wife ever come home and said, look at this sweater, i got this for this amount. look at, this i got this for this amount. >> yeah, and i zone out. >> right, that's why she needs this. that's why women created

colorado. jamestown, now, if you were on your way up towards the rocky mountain national park, they saw 19 plusof snowfall. they can say genesse, colorado, 14 plus inches of snow. this snowstorm as it pushes into the plains, ahead of it thunderstorms. ahead of that, thunderstorms in parts of north central texas. >>> let's get you caught up on top stories now. president obama signs an executive order dealing with abortion this afternoon and borrows federal money for abortions beyond what current law already allows. it is part of deal with anti-abortion house democrats. and more than 100 people have been arrested in saudi arabia. official with the interior ministry says they were planning attacks on police and oil refineries. >>> it isn't exactly what we wanted but we'll take it. we are start doing hear that more often about the new health care reform bill. ted rowlands is in nevada asking some small business owner what's works and what doesn't. >> reporter: the las vegas suburb of henderson, nevada, is historically a hotly contested congressional district. freshman democrat dina titus represents

rocky mountains. all snow when you get to colorado. that's what you have with the white.yellow, all heavy rain and you see that around kansas, missouri, iowa, more rain stretching into oklahoma and northern texas, too. 10 to 18 inches total for you south of denver to southern new mexico. not quite as much when you get around the panhandle and western oklahoma panhandle. the next 48 hours snow south of denver your snow tapers off in the mile high city and then the heavy snow has already fallen. still there hanging around tough through colorado springs and pube low and stretching down towards northern parts of new mexico. stretching through oklahoma and kansas. kansas city, lots of rain and be there for the entire day. the unfortunate part of othis, a lot of snow and soils are saturated and along with one to two inches of rainfall. snow melting and now heavy rain coming in and it's going to be a bad sit washz in central missouri. that's something we're looking at. more rain around oklahoma city and stretching into dallas. weak area of low pressure up to the north and strong

a major snowstorm spread across the rockies and headed east on this day before spring officially begins. denver, colorado, drivers faced snow throughout the day. and possible blizzard conditions were also forecast for oklahoma city and elsewhere. wall street finished the week on a down note. the dow jones industrial average lost 37 points to close below 10,742. the nasdaq fell nearly 17 points to close at 2,374. for the week, the dow gained 1%; the nasdaq rose a fraction of 1%. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the newshour's web site. but for now, back to jeff. >> lehrer: now, a preview from margaret warner of her reports from yemen. she's there to report on the growing presence of al qaeda, among other things. ray suarez spoke to her earlier today from the southern city of aden. >> suarez: parg receipt, well come. let's begin with the efforts of the government in yemen. have they been stepping up their attacks on al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> warner: they have very much, ray. in the last few months they

over the great plains and rockies, and skies are mainly clear across the south and mid-atlantic states. now later today the snow will continue to pile up across eastern coloradotern kansas, and some strong thunderstorms are possible from southern missouri to northern texas. >>> in sports, denver is struggling to win a second seed in the nba's western conference playoffs next month. but the lowly knicks surged past the nuggets for a 109-104 win. that's the second straight loss for denver. and charlotte outscored washington in overtime for a 95-86 victory. that was win number 36 for the bobcats, a new franchise record. charlotte is also fighting for one of the last three playoff spots in the eastern conference. >>> nfl commissioner roger goodell will meet with quarterback ben roethlisberger of pittsburgh. the steelers player has still not been charged, after a college student accused him of sexual assault. roethlisberger's lawyer says he committed no crime, and police have withdrawn a request for a dna sample. >>> and sudden death isn't dead, but there will be a big change in the nfl's overtime rule for postseason games. starting next season, if a team wins the

. >>> in the rockies, another round of spring snow to deal with. the national weather service says the colorado mountains could get another ten inches of heavy snow this morning. heavy crashes closed roads and passes yesterday. today some 84 united and united express flights have already been canceled. we're joined on the weather ahead. they're getting snow in denver. it feels like winter here on the east coast as well. bill, what do you have for us this morning? >> good morning to you, contessa, and chill is the word, wind chill. we haven't talked about this in about a month. we've had a very mild march, and that changed yesterday when the cold air rushed in. wind chill in the teens all over new england. they're in the low 20s in the big cities, from new york city southward, and some of the suburbs are a lot lower than these numbers, so be prepared for a winter-like saturday. the one good piece of news is it will be sunny almost all day long. huge piece of pressure overhead, so we'll try to get this really cold air mass into the 50s in d.c., 40s in much of new england. boston will struggle aro

. >> rocky mountain high. you went to colorado.e know what you spent the best six years of your life doing. >> it was only five. >> 5 1/2. >> studying and skiing. >> poor john denver. he was flying high there for a while. >> i met him once. we went to a book signing one day and he had written a book and she gave him the book saying please autograph it and make it out to my uncle so and so and took the book wrote john denver and gave it back. >> i love his music. >> you guys are young. >> who can argue with anyone who sang with the muppets? >> i'm waiting for them to call us. penny above expectations on oracle. revenue above. licensed revenue was good. analyst making positive comments about this especially after the sun acquisition and how it is going. research in motion upgraded to overweight from neutral at jpmorgan. price is 84. pf change upgraded to neutral from sell. i'm nauseous. cheesecake factory upgraded to buy from sell. see you in a second. >> when we come back, putting market fears to rest. the bulls overcome their worri

colorado getting socked. what about the rest country? >> it's mostly going to be limited to the rocky mountains.have a fairly easy day of it. let's go right to the maps. the snowfall totals yesterday, many of these places over a foot of snowfall. you're seeing on the map a bit of a bull's-eye in the dead center of the map. the area of low pressure will bring strong thunderstorms to parts of the dallas ft. worth area. pretty good in some places but in parts of new mexico and into colorado could see heavy snowfall. and maybe even the panhandle of oklahoma. more on that coming up straight ahead. back to you. >>> also up ahead, surprising requirements that are very deep in the health care reform law. at 7:14, we'll tell you the changes you and your family will notice next time you visit a restaurant. >>> retaliation from china after google sensored websites. >>> at 7:40 eastern, america's growing weight problems. more american teens are at risk now more than ever. we'll look at the problem and how one 14-year-old is trying to turn her life around. it's ten minutes past the hour. ♪ ♪ >>> with the str