where does downstate new york end and upstate new york begin?e city dweller upstate is anything north of the bronx. we did a little digging. here is what we came up with. first you have new york city. there it is, right there. that's the bronx, new york, queens, brooklyn, staten island. to the north, we have the down state suburbs. according to the mta and "the new york times," that's nassau, suffolk, on long island and the counties of orange, putnam and duchess. anything north of that is upstate. if you look at those downstate suburbs, you can see the political transition taking place with the exception of rockland county, which is solidly democratic, the rest of them are pretty evenly divided. suffolk county is almost an exact 50/50 split. despite being upstate albany, democrats outnumber republicans 2-1. more like new york city than its upstate neighbor. like the political divide there's a demographic divide between upstate and downstate. according to the study of census data, 7% african-american, 2% asian. in their study they included dutche

. >> this plot of rain fall shows the heaviest amounts occurred downstate. we were no shrinking violets over here. look at the snow in wisconsin. here is another shot of the snow and st. paul minnesota. it is like winter on the north side of this very same storm. you can see why it is cool. >> look at the rain on the other hand in our area. people in indiana leads the pack with rainfall. 2.5 in. out of that system. >> the southern suburbs were favored. the strong wind is blowing. there gusting over 30. they will gust over 40 at times as this huge storm circulation dominates the midwest weather seen. again and it looks like we will stick windy into tonight. tomorrow a whole different ball game. the wind dies down. a nice day on sunday. the data could flirt with 60 degrees. >> the chicago cub fans are bundled up today. the downward trend in temperatures. a started warm this morning. land is sustained at 20 to read now. here's our storm. high pressure comes into the area as it passes class will begin to increase in the afternoon and evening on sunday. you'll se

has been a tornado touched down downstate. powerful spring storm comes through the area.check out this picture. kind of captured the tone of the day. raindrops right here. lightning thunder and rain have been coming down. >> there is a sign of spring. >> also shows us, check the spurt of. beautiful sunset. that is adjacent to the university of a wisconsin campus. i suspect there are more ice free. what a storm the says. your full purpose spring storm. it has severe weather going on one side. a snow storm heading into the upper midwest on the north side. that is the second snow storm to hit the upper midwest. >> more rain and thunder on the way. there's a pause going on to the afternoon and evening. they will redevelop tonight. howling wind will come in tomorrow. when all is said and done we might get 1.64 in. as an average. this is our model take on more info. because some of these totals down state. >> heavy rain down along the ohio river valley. in the meantime there is snow heading for the upper midwest. maybe a lot of it. you can see how the iran has moved on. it is q

to feel great however there could be some changes looming that is gas company asking for either downstate for its shipments to ukraine where a president that and said that now is not the time to make radical changes and consultations are needed to that which is to them. this is in full accordance with the corn track starts considering ukraine's difficult situation toss the government and gazprom to abstain from using these options to fill the dish. how can you help others agree to these types of court. having said that it's important than ever that i go green olives sixteen point six million dollars to the russian dance including whether dollars for gas and allows evidence taken from russia at the end of last year the track cuba's notorious for sometimes failing to either make payments altogether or for falling behind on their payments. russian troops most neutral from crimea because the deal the country had with ukraine over its black sea fleet base is no longer in effect a resolution stating just added in post today by the parliament recently of the council of europe the last of all the

our downstate director in illinois. >> did he have any hint this was coming when he walked in and said, you were going to leave? >> when you get ready to leave the white house, you don't go in in one day. you don't do that. i had previewed several months prior that i thought my time was coming. >> did he try to talk you out? >> of course. [laughter] but he knew. sometimes -- i think he knew for me, to actually get to the point where i said, you know what, it is time, he understood. >> you got married in what year? >> six months ago. >> and how long was the honeymoon? >> there has not been one yet. >> your husband is chief of staff for senator reid, the majority leader. there must be a lot of off time between the two. >> when we come home at the end of the day, there is a lot of work talk. >> pillow talk is about politics. >> more about who did what to who. [laughter] >> who screwed who today. >> i will not put it that bluntly. you relished the fact that -- >> you wonder why they are scared of you? [laughter] >> it is not like that. democrats have many priorities. sometimes the white ho

the 16th-annual roger ebert film festival is underway in downstate champaign.ovie screenings and guests are planned. dean is there among the ebert- fest fans at the landmark virginia theatre. >> 15 years he got together here with fans and should movies he thought was overlooked. last year he died on april 4th. that was 17 days before the final film festival that he had personally put together. this year it was put together by his staff and his wife kicking off five days of the films for fans that started yesterday afternoon. it all started with a vip party at the home of the university of illinois president. after some food and thinking of the sponsors it was off to the historic virginia theater where roger grew up watching movies. the festival's opening night film is a documentary about himself. the much acclaimed life based on his final book. the film was presented to the crowd. >> when we started the project he said i've explained to my wife the way it works. you make the film we don't have any say in this at all. i e-mail back and said i appreciate that bec

one of the people killed at fort hood was originally from downstate illinois. timothy owens was a native of effingham, which is south of champaign. he worked at fort hood as a counselor. his mother says she tried to check on her son when she heard about the shooting. >> he didn't answer a phone. i left a message for him to call me. but never got a call. so i thought i don't let it be him. >>owens will be buried in lake spring, missouri. some breaking news in afghanistan ... two journalists working for the associated press were shot in southern afghanistan. a camera operator from germany was killed. the second journalist was from canada. an unidentified gunman opened fire while the team was with an independent election commission convoy in a rural area. the reason for the attack is unclear, but police have arrested the suspected shooter. elections in afghanistan are tomorrow. almost a month after a malaysian passenger jet vanished, the first *underwater search for the plane has begun. an australian ship and a british ship are searching a 150-mile strip of the in

. >> i was either going downstate for five years or taking a drug program.got a long-term inpatient, which is six months. still waiting to hear if i got accepted into the one program i did apply to. >> sha lossberg also had good news from her judge. she pled guilty to her charges of distributing cocaine and was sentenced to the state's drug court program for a period of five years. if she completes the rigorous program that includes inpatient drug rehab and frequent testing, she will avoid further incarceration. >> and alyssa left five days ago and and as soon as i found out the address i was writing. just like i do every day. i write faithfully. i wrote here. but she's not going to get that letter -- actually, she'll probably get it around today. what i hear, it's a five-day blackout period. >> aaron sofield continues to deal with his addiction, and the jail's drug rehabilitation center. >> aaron sofield's growth was amazing. he came in with the attitude, maybe i'll do this program. from that day, just progressed into, wow, i do have a problem. i do have so

he's from downstate, my neck of the woods, born in effingham, illinois, dreamed of being a soldier since he was a little boy. he used to wear cam camouflage sunglasses to look like a soldier. went to high school in missouri, where he went billie, the young woman who would later become his wife. they were married just last august. after high school, tim and his family moved to effingham where tim worked and taught i could occoquan dough at a local gym. in 2003 tim owens decided to pursue his lifelong dream. he enlisted in the united states army. sergeant owens served proudly in iraq and afghanistan and he'd recently signed up for six more years. his tours in iraq and afghanistan gave him a special understanding and empathy for other soldiers who face difficulties when they come home. he used his skill and compassion in his work as a counselor at fort hood, helping veterans to deal with posttraumatic stress disorders and other mental health challenges. it was an irony sergeant yoarns was killed as he tried to pervade the shooter to lay cowan his weapons. he was 37 years old. i offer my dee

i've met those in downstate illinois who worked all their lives, they're 62 years old. this woman who's a friend of mine, never had health insurance one day in her life. never missed a day of work in her light. now she's got the protection o of -- never missed a day of work in her life. now she's got the protection of health insurance at age 62 for the first time and thank god she does. she's just been diagnosed with die beessmentdiabetes. she's got a chance now because of health insurance. and what's the response from the other side? get rid of it, repeal it, it's a waste, too much government. well, let me tell you, we're not going back. we're not repealing. oh, we can make it better and we ought to do it on a bipartisan baiz but wbasis, but we are notg the affordable care act. what does repealing the affordable care act mean to the rest of us who have health insurance? the affordable care act guarantees that if you have a child or a spouse with a medical condition, a medical history -- asthma, diabetes, survived cancer -- you cannot be discriminated against when you b