one of these freshman elected from corpus christi who is a very interesting guy if you pay attention to the delegation. he's more interesting and fun to write about and cover than the others. why did you pick him to write about? >> yeah. >> would you talk about him to this group. >> many of you know the name, but know it in a different context. his grandmother is a liberal icon. black did not get politics from his grandmother. he was an entrepreneur and accidental congressman running in 2010 in the texas congressional district including corpus christi, and at the time included brownsville, a district, in other words, that was 70% hispanic. blake, himself, spoke no spanish, and was a political unknown; however, in 2010, despite the numbers being overwhelmingly again him, a midterm year, latino voters stayed home, and there was a big tea party movement in the area, and he won by 800 or 900 votes. >> beat senior, a long time democratic member of the congress. >> that's exactly right, yeah. he arrived because he was inexperienced of the ways of government at large. he arrived three and a

evening thunderstorms from houston to corpus christi. thawing out there new york to denver. >>> 50s in atlanta and dallas. 30s in the middle of the country. 55 in sacramento. and 61 in phoenix. >>> and when we come back this morning, the hollywood star who spent part of new year's day in jail. he apparently partied just a little too hard. >>> then, new warnings about the flu that's making so many people sick. how to protect yourself. >>> and later, face to face with 1,000 pounds of raw animal power that wanted to make lunch out of a photographer. >>> welcome back. we're closing in on a foreclosure deal. a $10 billion settlement over foreclosure abuse reportedly could be announced soon, possibly later today. 14 banks have been cited for shoddy paperwork and botched loan modifications. a third of the money will go to people who have already lost their homes. the rest to people in trouble now. >>> we're looking at another year of higher prices, but no increases in our pay. food, travel, housing, college, even government fees are all going u

temperature readings, looking at temperatures into the upper 70s in some cases, even 80 degrees in corpus christi. tomorrow potentially even warmer in those spots. and this is why. we have a big area of high pressure, keeping things very warm. but dramatically different by the end of the week. cooler air moving down from canada. this is how it plays out in it chicago. 58 degrees tomorrow, almost 40 degrees cooler by thursday and friday. and brian, this will come at a price. we're looking at the threat for severe weather in the lower midwest and the south, possibly tornadoes tomorrow and wednesday. >> all right. chris warren, weather channel headquarters tonight. chris, thanks. >>> and still ahead for us on a monday evening, news for women facing a tough decision on breast cancer. it's about major courses of treatment and which one may amount to the better option. >>> and later, a woman who is making a difference by using her entire life savings to give a lot of kids the drive to succeed. >>> as we mentioned, tonight's health news may be of help to women faced with a big decision about breast canc

. >> among those who also got out was mark cobb of corpus christi, texas, described as the vp at the facility. their bodies displayed today on tv. officials said they were heavily armed with automatic weapons with explosives-packed vests. as jeerian tanks and special forces surrounded the plant, officials said they had no choice but to go in with guns blazing. even after other countries asked them to hold -- >> we don't negotiate. we don't mess around. >> the official algerian news agency said they began to execute the remaining hostage as they moved in. now it will shift to the mastermind mokhtar who's made himself one of the most wanted terrorists in the world. >> developments still fast moving. you continue to follow it throughout the night. >>> also this evening, we're hearing more of the portrait of the terror inside from those who managed to flee. those who, walked past the dead. many have been flown to italy, at the island of sicily. >> reporter: david, u.s. officials tell us about a dozen survivors are recuperating at the u.s. naval hospital here in sicily. they are just begi

we're going to see showers and thunderstorms evolving especially from san antonio to houston, corpus christiack up towards austin. we'll have to watch out for isolated tornado or two. that's with that storm system here. again, that warm air all the way through the heartland. this morning, not a lot of severe weather. a few thunderstorms towards victoria. again around houston, i think your morning commute you're dodging the rain drops. later today this area of yellow, damaging winds. a few tornadoes are possible from houston to austin, san antonio south wards to the brownsville area. i mean we're looking at just beautiful weather. i mean today in d.c., we could be 53 and sunny. i mean that's like mid-march like forecast. >> you have to love that in january. thanks so much, bill. >>> well, aig weighs a cureies way to say thank you. >>> the place where silence is not golden. >>> and a computer the whole family can sit down. to. >>> plus, a bumpy start to one couple's day to remember. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] staples is the number-one office superstore ink retail

a lot of the know -- >> a lot of you know, i grew up in corpus christi, texas.w up in a family of volunteers and a family and community of people who wanted to give back. my three sisters and i were very blessed to have a great role models, which were my parents, who dedicated their lives to serving the others. i mother was a special-education teacher. [cheers] yeah, teachers. my dad worked on the army base. my parents were crystal clear about what they wanted for us and that was an education. so a lot of what we did to give back was in the educational arena. i love that president obama house the same values. -- has the same values. he knows that, for our nation, and education cannot be a luxury. it will strengthen the middle- class and strengthen the work force that will keep us innovative. if you're thinking about how you can search or how you can follow the president's example to honor this national day of service, start with this. make a difference in one child's life. mentor a student. donate a book to a library, donate supplies to a school. i am here becau

showers in corpus christi, dallas and midland. and showers in west palm beach. and flurries in western new york. >> upper 20s across the midwest. 40s from seattle to portland. >>> and when we come back, think your job is stressful? well, the new list of most stressful jobs is just out. >>> and flu cases are spiking far and wide right now. why this season is already so miserable for so many. >>> and capturing memorable moments from a day of firsts on capitol hill. >>> and welcome back, everyone. as we reported at the top of the broadcast, there's a positive preview ahead of today's all-important december employment report from the labor department. the adp private sector numbers show that businesses added 215,000 jobs last month. that's the best in ten months. >>> and it turns out 2012 was a good year for auto sales in the u.s., which topp eped 14.5 mill. the biggest numbers, with sales jumping 21%. and ford's f-series trucks were the best-selling vehicles for the 31st-straight year. >> not a bad record. >>> an offshore oil drilling giant will be digging deep in

among those who also got out was mark cobb of corpus christi, texas, described as the vp/senior manager at the facility. the algerian military said that it killed at least 32 of the terrorists. their bodies displayed today on tv. officials said they were heavily armed with automatic weapons and explosives-packed belts. and were preparing to blow out the natural gas facility. as algerian tanks and special forces surrounded the plant, officials said they had no choice but to go in with guns blazing. even after the u.s. and other governments asked them to hold off out of concern for the safety of hostages. >> we don't negotiate. we don't mess around. >> the official algerian news agency said they began to execute the remaining hostages as the algerian army moved in. now the focus will shift to the mastermind of this attack, mokhtar, david, he's made himself one of the most wanted man in the world. >>> and also this evening, we're hearing more of the portrait of the terror inside from those who managed to flee. those workers who had to walk passed the dead. many have been flown to italy, at

corpus christi, arthur, texas.oughts on the responsibility of those industries to respond to the mass shooting in new town? caller: i do not think a lot can be done. as far as industry is concerned. people pretty well get what they want. as far as children's exposure, you know, that has to start in the home. my mother was an elementary school counselor for 33 years. people talk about how kids have problems learning and all of that stuff. the parents want them used as an example. parents basically want the schools to raise the kids and it does not work. kids need a good, you know, stable home to grow up in so that they can learn and be taught different values, good values. as far as this gun business, you know, guns are not going to go away. we have always had guns. if another shooting happened tomorrow, this is off topic, but concerning these past shootings, the most disturbing thing that i can find about them is that they are done by young people. some older mentally ill man, like charles whitman, but these are ki

he's from corpus christi, texas.he algerian government said that 32 of the terrorists were killed and officials said they were heavily armed with automatic weapons and explosive pack suicide belts and were preparing to blow up the natural gas facility. as algerian tanks and special forces surrounded the plant, officials said they had no choice but to go in with guns blazing, even after the u.s. and other governments had asked the algerians to hold off out of concern for the safety of the hostages. >> the algerians' position has always been we don't negotiate, we don't mess around. >> that was brian ross reporting. >> this year's president obama's inauguration, as you know, falls on the martin luther king holiday. mark matthews spoke with the world's foremost authority on dr. king. the question, if they could have met, what would the leader of the civil rights movement, who was murdered in memphis, what would he have to say to president obama about guns and violence in our society? >> claiborne carson was just 19 year

but another american, mark cobb of corpus christi, texas, is reported to be safe. cobb is a senior manager at the bp facility. and sent a message to them, i'm alive. the al qaeda-linked group that claimed the facility had been planned for some two months. in both assault, the algerian army, using tanks and helicopters, found the terrorists were heavily armed and prepared to fight to the death. one official described the aftermath as carnage. hostages who escaped or were freed, said the terrorists only wanted westerners or americans, and were brutal in the treatment of some. >> it happened so fast. >> we were lucky that we are still alive. >> reporter: another worker said he escaped as the terrorists tried to drive them to another location. and the algerian army opened fire on the convoy. american officials urged the algerians to go slow, out of concern for the safety of the hostages. >> they didn't let the terrorists dig in. they didn't negotiate. they moved quickly. >> reporter: the attack has led the u.s. and its allies to marshal resources, to track down the all

showers around corpus christi, dallas and midland.m jacksonville to orlando, west palm beach and some flurries in western new york. >> 30s in boston and new york. upper 20s across the midwest. 40s from seattle to portland. >>> coming up next, a dramatic rescue and also a valuable lesson. >> we'll tell you about two boys who are very thankful this morning for an old tree. >> saved their life in a very precarious situation. >>> later in the show, we're keeping the party going on. tim laird is mixing up some drinks over there in the insomniac lounge. the show is turning 21 years old today. you're not going to want to turn away from this. there's jack and pete at the bar. this is like every other friday. stay tuned everybody. you're watching "world news now." we're 21. ♪ if you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart ♪ before the sneeze, help protect with a spray. before the tissue, help defend with a wipe. before the cold & flu season, help prevent with lysol. because when you have 10 times more protection with each hand wash... and kill 99.

i grew up in corpus christi, texas, and i grew up in a family of volunteers, and a family and communityf people that wanted to get back. my three sisters and i were very blessed to have great role models, which were my parents, who dedicated their lives to serving others. my mother was a special education teacher. yay, teachers. my father worked on the army base, but my parents were crystal clear on what they wanted for us, and that was in education, and so what we did to give back was in the educational arena. i love that president obama has the same values. he knows that for our nation, a good education can not be a luxury. it is imperative that we will create jobs, strengthen the middle class and build a workforce that will keep us innovative and in a global market. like you, he knows that giving our students the tools they need to succeed is the best way to give back, so if you are thinking about how you could serve or follow the president's example, to honor this national day of service, start with this -- make a difference in one child's life. mentor a student. donate a book to a

evening thunderstorms from houston to corpus christi. showers, thunderstorms in florida. thawing from denver to new york. >> 40s here in the northeast, 30s, fargo to detroit. 55, sacramento. 61 in phoenix. >>> oh as you all know, christian holiday season is officially over. ending with this weekend's feast of the three kings. >> right. i celebrated that. absolutely. in mexico city the celebration was especially festive. aimed primarily at children. who traditionally receive their gifts on january 6th. more than 150,000 balloons were released. each one carrying a letter asking for their favorite toy. >> the celebration based on the story of the three wisemen who journey to bethlehem to greet jesus christ shortly after he was born. great meaning and pretty pictures. >> yeah, a big deal. in puerto rico where i was briefly on vacation. we always celebrated this at home. it's bigger than christmas. >> really? huge. >> you put out this box. fill it with grass. three kings come. camels, horses, eat the grass. they replace it with gifts. >> filled with grass, huh. sound like chri

. >> host: mary in corpus christi, texas, you're on booktv with david roth cob of -- rothkopf. >> caller: mr. rothkopf, i find this conversation very interesting. i was wondering if you could comment on the reckoning that is to come a little bit? >> guest: well, i think one dimension of the reckoning that lies ahead is, in fact, the competition between capitalism. right now in the united states we have, you know, coming out of a period where we've been the ascending power, we've been the ones who have sort of set the standards for how markets and governments should work together. but clearly asian economies are driving and growing faster, and their version of capitalism -- which has a much bigger role for government, which has government playing a more of a strong-handed role in sort of picking winners and losers in determining who gets educated and how they get educated -- those forms of capitalism seem to be gaining the upper hand in the global debate. and i think we have to recognize that if we don't address the flaws in our own system like the flaws associated with inequality or the

hostages who survived, steven of albert, colorado, and mike cobb of corpus christi, texas.manager of the plant. a friend says cobb texted, "i'm alive," and said he hid in an unused room until he was able to escape unarmed. bp won't comment on the workers, citing privacy concerns, but says executives are offering their families the company's full support. and there are ripple effects here, including concerns that crude could top $100 a barrel. also, that oil production could be impacted in places where there's political disruption, like algeria. chris, back to you. >> thanks, janet. >>> also on our radar this morning, officials in moscow evacuated about 80 russian women and children from syria today. the first evacuation organized by russia during the civil war. meanwhile, as fighting raged near damascus, violence has broken out along another front as well. kurdish rebels in northern syria have attacked rebel groups in an effort to establish independence from president assad and the opposition. >>> now, you know what we say here at "the daily rundown," if it's tuesday, someo

showers and thunderstorms along the gulf coast from corpus christy to the florida panhandle and georgia and south carolina. a bitter cold morning in the northeast, hovering in the teens and 20s. light snow in the dakotas and upper midwest. >> 20s in fargo. miami up to 80. 40s from dallas to new orleans. 50s from phoenix to sacramento. >>> so if working out is not among your new year's resolutions -- not here. been there, done that. so here are 101 reasons to add it to your list. >> meet gertrude of boca raton, florida. believe it or not, she's 101 years old. still hits the gym about every day, spending 30 minutes on the bike before the treadmill. she says she's been doing it all her life. >> i had three bicycles. i was always on a bicycle, shopping, and everything. >> an active lifestyle. her much younger caretaker says she has trouble keeping up with her. she also likes to dance, meet new people, and hit the bars. i love it. she's just going to go on a rager. she turns 102 this summer. the question after we brought this up in our meeting was whether or not she's worked an overnight shi

we will go to corpus christi, texas. go ahead, independent line. caller go -- colorado -- caller: he has been making vacillating statements. with the context, he obviously never was. chuck kate: has made some comments. with john kerry for secretary of state, why not check cable for defense? coast go ok. gus: i know someone who would have something to say about that. coastal this is from -- post co this is -- hostco: this is from an interview -- host: this is from an interview. being openly and gay, we have to point out that senator hegel has apologized for those remarks, saying they were ill founded -- senator hagel has said they were ill founded. >> i do think both his record on domestic issues, whether it be guns or abortion or gay rights, it is not just that. there are votes, various positions with the u.s. military having to deal with gay rights, and the naacp gave him very low marks for his civil rights record. all of this raised the question as to why the president would want him. and there are things that have to be paid attention to, like,

showers from corpus christy to mobile. thunderstorms from orlando to the coastal carolinas. and lake-effect snow from erie, pennsylvania to grand rapids. >> upper 40s from atlanta to dallas. 80 in miami. just 20s from boise to salt lake city. >>> all right. do you want to get your caffeine fix and help the environment at the same time? no. but if you want to, you're in luck. >> starting today, starbucks is rolling out its reusable plastic cup. it will cost you $1 and you can get ten cents off each cup of coffee when you use it. hopes are not too high for it. a few years ago, starbucks said they wanted to serve a quarter of their drinks in these things. that goal has been reduced to 5%. every little bit helps. >> i'm just thinking how to keep it sanitary. >> go home, put it in the dishwasher. >> and then you have to carry it or what have you? >> they wash it for you when you get there. they do. thank you, suzanne, for that little tip. put you at ease? >> i'm at ease. it's going to be a great year. a phobia free, germ free year. >>> coming up, how two 5-year-old girls had the

corpus christi, arthur, texas.our thoughts on the responsibility of those industries to respond to the mass shooting in new town? caller: i do not think a lot can be done. as far as industry is concerned. people pretty well get what they want. exposure,children's you know, that has to start in the home. my mother was an elementary school counselor for 33 years. people talk about how kids have problems learning and all of that stuff. the parents want them used as an example. parents basically want the schools to raise the kids and it does not work. kids need a good, you know, stable home to grow up in so that they can learn and be taught different values, good values. as far as this gun business, you know, guns are not going to go away. we have always had guns. if another shooting happened tomorrow, this is off topic, but concerning these past shootings, the most disturbing thing that i can find about them is that they are done by young people. some older mentally ill man, like charles whitman, but these are kids wh

we will go to corpus christi. go ahead. caller: i really don't see what the problem with the nomination is. if you look at john kerry, he made allegations about war crimes in vietnam and iraq. he made statements about his medals and ribbons. he made statements about being a cambodian. in a political context, he never was. chuck hagel makes some comments, anti-semitic comments, anti-gay comments. [inaudible] [laughter] host: ok. guest: lowering the bar. host: this is from an interview in 1998 when bill clinton was in the white house and the nominee for the u.s. ambassador of an openly gay individual. chuck hagel said, "there representing america. they're representing our lifestyle, our values, our standards. and i think it is an inhibiting factor to be gay, openly, aggressively day, like mr. hormel, to do an effective job." he is saying those remarks were ill founded. guest: if he gets through the senate, he will be the secretary of defense. he is not in a domestic policy position. i think his record on domestic issues, whet

tuesday, telephone below in great falls, montana, but corpus christi, texas hit a high of 91. 27 stateses on tuesday. >> the weather is getting more extreme. we had the coldest day if 20 years in january for l.a. we had wind chill factors in the rthern dakotas of 60 delow zero and just last week 76 in kansas city setting an all time record high. >> wednesday it felt like 40 below for the people in north dakota. in marathon, florida, it felt like 82. that's more than a 120 degree difference. the extreme weather also packed a punch when violent tornados ripped through the southeast. atlanta yesterday at 6:00 a.m. was 68 degrees. fast forward 24 hours at 6:00 a.m. today, 33. seems everyone is talking about and feeling some kind of extreme weather this winter, but what really is going on? to get normal temperatures on a winter day, you need the jet stream to slide. the warm stays to the south. we haven't had that jet stream for many weeks. we had big troughs in the jet allowing the cold air to come to the south or rinls to allow the warm air to go to the north. this was what it was like las

so corpus christi, be aware. the heavy rain is going to make the big story. likely have video and pictures coming in the coming days of houston, dallas, at that four to six-inch range. little rock, you're in the two to four-inch shield. and then, there's that january thaw. hasn't it felt nice? anywhere from 10 to 15 degrees above average. dallas today will make 51. atlanta, 53. washington, d.c., a high of 50. i'll leave you with a look at this, it includes the severe storm area. now, your local forecast is coming up in 30 seconds. >> coming up, we've got video and pictures of record snow from somewhere up here. you'll have to stick around to see it. for now, back to you. >> that game out of the way in miami just before the big rain. >> just in time. >> ginger, thanks very much. >>> coming up on "gma," dramatic, new details in the trial of the woman accused of killing her ex after he broke up with her. what the jury is learning, now, about the couple before their split. >>> and the million-dollar murder mystery around a lottery winner's death, just one day aft

evening, along the southern third of the texas region and then by wednesday, we shift it from corpus christileans with a chance for some heavy rainfall, damaging winds and as i mentioned, a chance of an isolated torn. john. >> thank you so much. rain coming too, huh? 41 minutes after the hour. up to date on all of the morning's top stories. preliminary hearing for the suspect in the aurora, colorado, movie theater massacre. james holmes accused of killing 12 people, wounding dozens more. prosecutors will lay out their case in week against holmes and a judge will decide if there is enough evidence. >>> the track coach at the university of texas will resign after she admitted to an affair that lasted two years. the former student told them about the affair in october. kearney was left with serious spinal injuries, but she continued to coach her team and eventually learned to walk again. kearney won six national championships with the university of texas. >>> lindsay lohan expected in a new york courtroom. accused of punching a woman at a new york nightclub. no word if the prosecutor plans a mi

whole thing involved what was supposed to be a state of the art coal fired plant to be built in corpus christi, texas. lauren simonetti is reporting on the fox business network, what went wrong for the company here? >> hi, megyn. good afternoon. this is a story, the power plant came, and they looked to get the appropriate air and water permits to need to build the power plant and they wanted to use something petroleum coke or pet-coke part of the petroleum process, a remnant and use that in the plant and usually it's sent internationally and they were like let's use it here in the u.s., it will help texas. that's not happening anymore, the plant will not be up and running and 4,000 jobs direct and indirect won't be had and a billion dollars in local spending over the next ten years, that was predicted, is not going to come into fruition, not to mention that the owner, chase power, looking to liquidate itself right now and it's blaming outright the epa. >> megyn: originally they'd been granted the permit. >> right. >> megyn: reversed once others like the sierra club, and across from a residenti

houston, corpus christi, eastern and central texas, that's where the heaviest rain will fall not onlyor today but for tomorrow. so through thursday, between four and six inches. and you can see eastern texas really gets the balance of it because it doesn't move a lot today and tomorrow. but then it begins its trek. thursday picks into louisiana. but here's the severe threat. not only incredibly heavy varai but the potential for damaging winds and even the severe weather threat with possible damaging tornadoes today. corpus to houston down to brownsville, keep an eye to the sky and certainly listen if those sirens go off. tomorrow it pushes eastward and gets toward new orleans. new orleans gets into that not for today but for tomorrow. so here's the futurecast with this. there goes the rain as far north. by the time we head toward thursday, chicago, it's a rainmaker, so this is certainly more wet than white because chicago will be in the 50s by friday and saturday and in the 40s tomorrow. big picture today, the heavy rain, pretty dry. and guys, we're seeing much milder temperatures aro

brounzville, heads up, you could look at severe weather, houston, corpus christie and austin.dos possible, damaging wind gusts in excess of 60 miles an hour. the reason we're not seeing snow out of the storm system because temperatures have been very mild. jenna, we're talking about temperatures, easy 10, 15 degrees above normal this time of year. even here in new york city, 46 degrees for our high temperature. 41 in kansas city. jenna: maria molina in the weather center. thank you. >> thanks, jenna, the controversy over senator chuck hagel's nomination to be defense secretary and some of the harshest criticism centering on comments about israel and quote, the jewish lobby. the american dip did low mat he made those comments to joins us minutes from now with his take on all this. >>> the deadly flu outbreak across the country, why it is so bad so early this year. new information about the flu vaccine and stats that could surprise you. news you need about your health coming up tyou wouldn't want your adoctor doing your job, hello.... so why are you doing hers? only your doctor

host: next on the independent line, gym, from corpus christi, texas.aller: my name is james, i am calling from dallas. host: yourself from texas, you are on the air, welcome to the program. caller: thank you. one thing that sticks out to me -- being our first african- american president, i don't get the sense from talking to several african american friends, that the president has done anything that stands out to champion and the of their causes. one cause that often comes up is prison and most of them feel a -- i have felt like this for years. people are locked up in prison and this not only affects them but it leaves a single parents house hold brian is joining us next from pomp and a beach, fla., democrats line, good morning. caller: good morning, i would like to say that i think the president is doing an awesome job. it's just that congress needs to realize that they work for the people and they need to work with the people and with the president, also, and go ahead and help the country instead of bringing it down like they have been. they need to

severe storms around houston and san antonio and corpus christi.rolina to florida. >> 82 degrees in miami. upper 40s in the northeast. 30s from omaha to fargo. 54 in colorado springs. see how warm it is in miami? >> i'm always jealous of miami's weather. >> 81. notre dame had to deal with that heat. >> moving on. you want some cheese with that whine? >>> a wealthy businessman in india said he needed a little help charming the ladies. you think high-end cars or traveling to exotic places would be the ticket, but you would be wrong. his plan, get a solid gold shirt. >> he hired 15 gold smiths working for weeks to fashion this, a 22 carat solid gold shirt. he said, i'm not the best looking man in the world, but no woman could fail to be dazzled by this shirt. you add a matching set of cuffs rings and a few gold chains and i would say he's ready for a stint on abc's "the bachelor." look at that. would that grab you eye out in club? >> the shirt is kind of cute. novelty. it's 24 carat gold. it may do something for me. >> you would be like let me talk to

steve is up next from corpus christi, texas. he's a republican. i'd like to remind all our listen there's we have a line for folks who are illegal immigrants. they can call in at 202-585-3883. go ahead, steve. caller: yeah, how you doing? i'm just kind of a frustrated republican here. i'm a first-generation hispanic, retired military guy. i got a college degree. did that while i was in the service, even on active duty. i mean, we actually created this system to get, i guess, cheaper labor in good economic times. and when it becomes difficult, now all the sudden we look to immigration. you know, i'm wondering what in the world is going on here when we want these reduced costs? we have people who refuse to do this kind of work. we got americans who would rather get three years of unemployment rather than having to get out there and hustle. the gentleman that was complaining about the lawn care job, move to texas. there's plenty of jobs out here if you're willing to go to move to them. host: thanks, steve. guest: it was interesting to hear that comme

houston, corpus christi, storms firing. yesterday we broke a good streak. the longest streak ever recorded between killer tornadoes. it's been 198 days. and hopefully that's going to continue. the other story we'll watch, a january thaw in progress. chicago, 15 degrees above average today. louisville, about 14 degrees above average. we get toward tomorrow, approaching 70 in nashville, 67 in memphis. are you kidding me? by friday, we see the 60s in atlanta, 70s this weekend in d.c., well up into the 16. eventually we're going to cool things off, especially in the west. if you like winter, it's the rockies, the plains. friday into the weekend. the east coast staying warm. for folks in new york city, wouldn't bet on big snowstorms any time soon. >> haven't had snow yet. >> no. >> we had -- >> two weeks ago we had quite a bit of snow. >> i was down, didn't happen -- >> quite a bit for us. >>> we're focusing on financials this morning. gerard cassidy covers the sector for rbc capital markets. we have earnings coming up later this week. then we move to more serio

corpus christi could hit a high of 92 degrees this afternoon. the record is 86.would just shatter the old record high. >> eric, i had a friend who went to chicago and what was the -- who was the low in chicago and where is it now? it's like -- what's the -- i mean, it's a huge spread, isn't there, like unheard of. >> it is. chicago actually just got to 59, which ties the record high already this morning. >> and where was it three days ago? >> we had a high of i think 10 was the lowest high temperature that we saw. >> that's great. i'm starting to be a believer in climate change because i'm seeing the weather change almost every day. i'm just noticing that, the weather does change. so climate change is real. >> this is unusual and climate change is real because the climate is always changing. >> yeah, exactly! >> the question is what -- >> you don't like the weather, wait a minute and it changes. i really appreciate fully tha the weather does change all along. you've been right, andrew. you call someone a murcurial they like the weather because the weather changes

some cloudy, wet weather from corpus christi to brownsville.pse houston, baton rouge, and coastal louisiana during your day. so your wednesday forecast, very quiet weather pattern. this is going to continue for the next couple of days. there's no big snowstorms in sight. there's no big shots of cold air. we could gradually warm it up from here. highs today are going to struggle. it's a very cold january day from new england to the great lakes. we'll have another one on thursday. but even for our friends in the great lakes and the midwest, who are frigid the last week or two, i think by this weekend, you're going to see a little temperature surge. i think you're going to like it. we leave you with a shot of st. louis, a very cold-looking st. louis this morning. you're watching "morning joe," we're brewed by starbucks. weight watchers online worked for us. we don't argue much. we really don't. meg usually just gets her way, and i go along with it. i think it worked for matt because i did it for him. when i'm the one cooking, i'm the one calculati

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