if you're in areas of east texas, louisiana, you could see damaging winds and gusty winds and hail. as temperatures go in the east a mild morning. 60 degrees in buffalo to start your winter morning. that's incredible for the beginning of march. as far as today's forecast goes with the warm temperatures, the front going through, there is a chance of a thunderstorm in the buffalo area but will be dry during all the daylight hours. the big cities on i-95, there's your heavy rain threat today, tomorrow, especially east texas, oklahoma, arkansas, memphis area, and down through northern portions of louisiana. and this is the piece of information that gives me confidence about the lack of cold air. this is the map that shows where all the cold air is. it's up in areas of the hudson bay, eastern canada and as we go through the upcoming weekend into next week, the cold air retreats all the way practically to the arctic. even canada will be warm next week. it's looking good, lynn. we are -- looks like we're going to get through st. paddy's day nice and warm. >> thanks so much. >>> whitney's w

the meantime something else were watching is this area of rain and thunderstorms moving through east texasparticularly strong thunderstorms. notice its tracking into the chicago area and eventually our computer model kicking that moisture into the chicago area probably not before midnight tomorrow but as you saw there is at least a chance we could see a passing thunderstorms with that stuff do. temperatures i assure you in a moment notice the moisture our computers are kicking out may be as high of a half inch of rainfall in the area. here is the forecast for tonight, clear skies and gusty winds low temperature 38-44 and tomorrow morning sun but the skies cloud over lee in the day 63-68 degree highs. by monday morning maybe a few lingering showers high-temperature 61-64 i'll show you the 74 cast here check out these numbers. all the way down the line. for the moment wednesday looks good. i remember how awful last spring was. tonight's local lottery drawing is coming up next, in sports the shorthanded goals look for a win over the jags. the cubs into the white sox continue their spring floo

>> i played football forever nine years in the deep south in east texas.never heard anything like this. >> bill: really? where is your green card? come on. >> you took on your opponents one-on-one. you didn't talk about their ethnicity. you talked about maybe they from. >> bill: you have got to play ball in new york. >> i would love to play ball in new york. >> bill: a lot more than you heard down in east texas. it's coming up here not a reflection of a wider prejudice, i don't believe. linda, what say you. >> i think that's absolutely right. first of all these kinds of nasty ethnic slurs they are a fabric of history, the irish were always blamed for being drunken, you know, germans, for being too aggressive and, you know, disciplinians. was it nasty for these kids to do this absolutely. as i understand they have apologized. we had a player named vasquez who probably did a v. a green card because he was born in venezuela who went on to play for the pros a great player. he was taunted occasionally when he went various places. >> terrible thing to do but i d

>> i played football forever nine years in the deep south in east texas.e never heard anything like this. >> bill: really? where is your green card? come on. >> you took on your opponents one-on-one. you didn't talk about their ethnicity. you talked about maybe they were weak. you didn't talk about where their momma came from. >> bill: you have got to play ball in new york. >> i would love to play ball in new york. >> bill: a lot more than you heard down in east texas. it's coming up here not a reflection of a wider prejudice, i don't believe. linda, what say you. >> i think that's absolutely right. first of all these kinds of nasty ethnic slurs they are a fabric of history, the irish were always blamed for being drunken, you know, germans, for being too aggressive and, you know, disciplinians. was it nasty for these kids to do this absolutely. as i understand they have apologized. we had a player named vasquez who probably did a v. a green card because he was born in venezuela who went on to play for the pros a great player. he was taunted occasionally wh

storm in the midaemi middle of the country that brought rain over the weekend to areas of arkansas, east texas. and we continue to watch the rain threat this morning. thunderstorms in louisiana and a shield of rain heading up through wisconsin into areas of michigan. the worst of that weather definitely down here from new iberia, heading straight across louisiana, baton rouge. a lot of thunderstorms that will advance towards new orleans throughout the morning hours. so, your forecast today, east coast very mild. enjoy it. but we have that wet weather and the possibility of getting some strong storms around chicago later this afternoon. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. from chicago to grand rapids, you've been getting some strong thunderstorms. could even be a few isolated tornadoes later today. so, a very rare mid-march severe weather out break there in the lower portions of lake michigan. this is a pretty incredible week, and we are going to see temperatures that are may-like throughout much of the country. >> it's just bizarre. >>

scattered showers from east texas to the carolinas. cooling down in new england with snow ending this morning in maine and vermont. sounds like you need an umbrella or a shovel right now. >> just 47 in boston. 80s from baltimore to miami and dallas, 77 in indianapolis. 65 in the twin cities. a wet 52 in seattle. 70 in salt lake city. >>> coming up on "america this morning," parting shot, a wall street worker quits in a big way costing his company billions in just one day. >>> and small signs that gas prices may have peaked in one part of the country. >>> and one man's obsession with white house. this is not washington, this >>> welcome back, everyone. gas prices may be peaking. this are signs that colorado prices may do down soon. it doesn't appear that high gas prices are keeping people out of the stores. maybe because they're saving money on home heating bill this is winter. gas is up a nickel in the past week. >>> if you're flying soon, fasten your seat belts. buying a ticket could be bumpy. some fares could double this spring and s

and his grandfather was a tough guy, east texas guy who was a wildcatter who took in john and john's brother when he was a kid, and his father and his grandfather was a spiritual mentor. so as he's on the mountain and he thinks he's going to die and he's thinking about his wife and his small children, he almost starts thinking about his grandfather and just what a wonderful person and inspiration he was. and he channeled that. and that really, that helped, i think, to a certain degree keep him alive because a lot of his will, a lot of it is you want to stay alive, you want to keep fighting and fighting and fighting, and he did. but that wasn't something you get from that first interview. that's something you get from hours and hours and hours of interviews when you start really digging deeper. because, to me, i wanted to know what they felt, the human emotion. the human toll it's taking. and he wasn't the only one on the mountain who was wounded who had those same kinds of thoughts about their own mortality. dylan, there were times when he was dying up there and he thought he was dyi

showers and thunderstorms will dot the southeast from east texas to the carolinas.me severe are likely from the mid-atlantic states to new england. >>> in sports this morning tiger's not great but his latest injury may not be so bad. tiger woods pulled out of the tournament. but on twitter last night he wrote this. got good news from doc tonight. mild strain from left achilles. can resume hitting balls late in week and hopeful for next week. next week will be march 22nd at the arnold palmer invitational. >>> to the nba. celtics and the clippers. boston led in much of the second half. slam dound an alley-oop. clippers chipped away, in the lane for a sparking left-handed jam. in the fourth, paul pierce dropped a three. kevin garnett hit a turnaround from the wing. that nailed down a win for boston. >>> and in chicago jeremy lin makes a great steal. the knicks led the bulls in the third quarter. he cow. stop derrick rose. 32 with seven assists and the bull bulls. the knicks have lost six straight. >>> remember the name. josh adams. and this is why. watch. >> for the wi

. >> thbecause their crime story began in east texas and involved louisiana, they are connected to the 1930s story of shreveport as well. probably most people associate them with an intense two year period from 1932 to 1934 when they were involved in a string of armed robberies and murders throughout this part of the united states. we think that they actlly met initially in 1930 when bonnie parker was working as a waitress and clyde went to prison. their first crime took place in texas. the shreveport times was reporting their exploits in the newspaper and people in this area kept up with it as they did the gangters in american history. it was the age of john dillinger and pretty boy floyd. all three of those all were killed by almolaw enforcement i 1934. so people were engaged in that story buy these criminals in the great depression. in 1934 they were inply cated in a prison escape in texas a man named raymond hamilton and so that is when the net of law enforcement began to close around them. after the murder of the prison guard early in 1934. so it was april of 1934 that they were i

today will be a wet day from memphis to little rock all through arkansas, east texas including the dallasld deal with strong thunderstorms late today. so that's kind of the stormy spot if you're doing any travel today. or if you're going to be outside. as we look towards the midwest it's chilly but by your standards this isn't that bad. nice today as advertised. a chance of hitting 70 in new york city. >> as warm in new york as it is in atlanta, georgia, according to your map. amazing. thanks so much. >>> turn to sports, no shortage of tears in indianapolis yesterday as the colts made it official and said good-bye to its long-time super star quarterback peyton manning. the 11-time pro bowler spent his entire professional career with the colts after the franchise drafted him first overall in 1998. both manning and team owner jim irsay struggled to keep it together as they remembered manning's tenure in indianapolis. >> this town and this team mean so much to me. it truly has been an honor to play in indianapolis. i do love it here. i love the fans and i will always enjoy having played for

and rivers in east texas are cresting after rising up to 20 feet. >>> and to politics this morning, where mitt romney's campaign has regained the momentum after last night's easy and big win in the state of illinois. >> rick santorum came in a distant second to romney's 47% of the vote, giving him dozens more delegates in his march towards the nomination. and he's even sharpening his attacks on president obama. >>>> abc's tahman bradley joinss live, now, from washington, with more on this. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: good morning, rob and paula. even though mitt romney has been outspending rick santorum by a wide margin, santorum has managed to keep things close, even winning a few races. but not in illinois. this time, it was a big win for romney. mitt romney added to his delegate lead by winning a decisive victory in illinois. >> what a night. thank you, illinois. what a night. wow. >> reporter: this is romney's third, big state win in a row, after the candidate squeaks out victories in ohio and michigan. in his victory speech, romney shifted his attacks back to president obama.

now, in th area stretches from southern illinois and ohio and east texas and arkansas to georgia withost of the states in between. so it's a large area. farther north, showers will turn to snow. the pacific northwest coast will have showers with snow in the central rockies. >>> in sports, the portland the heat's lebron james wasted no time taking a first quarter ball and jamming it. in the second he got the ball after a turnover finishing with an uncontested, boom, slam there, james wound up with 38 points. wade with 33. the heat took their ninth straight, 107-93. >>> in college ball, top ranked kentucky hosted georgia and the wildcats shod why they are number one. darius miller scored on an alley oop on his way to 17 points. anthony davis added a jam off an offensive rebound as the cats won 79 hp 49. >>> in nhl hockey, st. louis ativan kufr. it was scoreless into the -- burrows drilled one off the pads of the goalie. vancouver added an empty net goal for a 2-0 win. they now lead the nhl in points. >>> whether we return, runway rampage. a driver of an suv triggers a security scare at

east texas, that's the biggest area of concern.ve strong storms in oklahoma trying to drift towards oklahoma city so we'll watch that for the peak of your morning rush hour, about an hour or two from now, also the dallas/ft. worth area especially late this afternoon you have a chance of some tornados in your region. that's what we'll keep an eye on. as far as the forecast, warmth, unbelievable warmth continue as cross the country. if it's not thunderstorming near you, if you're east of the rockies it's going to be a very warm day. should be near 70 from philly to nshg city to hartford, pittsburgh and d.c., slight chance of wet weather for you. definitely in the middle of the country, today we'll have a mini tornado outbreak from dallas/ft. worth possibly over towards shreveport. just unbelievably warm and still feels like june. >> it sure does, bill, thanks so much. >>> to sports now, yes, vanderbilt lost a heartbreaker to wisconsin saturday night. let's get that out of the way and never speak of it again. a pair of number two seed

because their crime story began in texas, east texas and involved louisiana, they're very sort of connected to the 1930s story of shreveport, as well. probably most people associate bonnie and clyde with a very intense two-year period from 1932 to 1934 when they were involved in a string of armed robberies and murders throughout this part of the united states. we think that bonnie and clyde actually met initially in 1930 when bonnie parker was working as a waitress in dallas, texas, and soon after that clyde barrow went to state prison and they resumed their relationship in texas and their first crime took place in hillboro, texas. people in this area kept up with it just like they did the big gangsters of that era of american history. there was also the age of john dillinger, a lot of people don't realize that all three of those bonnie and clyde, john dillinger pretty boy floyd all were killed by law enforcement in the same year in 1934. so people were really engaged in that story. probably simultaneously horrified but fascinated by these criminals in the great depression. in early 1934, t

a lot of rain in parts of east texas. they had a lot yesterday. another piece of energy's coming across, watch back here, see how this area? see how this area just redevelops all the moisture once again? so that rain will be hitting texas and you have all this rain, louisiana, mississippi, alabama, big rainstorm for them. for us we just have the showers overnight which are now pushing through it. holding us still for some snow showers up across the great lakes and new york. as we show you the futurecast though, the colder air moves in so today, temperatures will only top out mid- to upper 50s. a chilly night tonight down in the 30s. tomorrow, though, we look good. chilly about 50 and then here we are sunday morning at 4:00 a.m. with warmth is moving in to areas out to the west. so sunday we recover back in the 60s and 70ish come monday. the forecast today 57. it will be breezy. not nearly as warm as yesterday but still not bad. tonight 30s maybe even upper 20s north and west. still a little bit of the northwest breeze. tomorrow lighter winds and n

gangsters of the 1930s crime era in the united states because their crime story began in texas, east texas and involved louisiana, they are very sort of connected to the 1930s story of shreveport as well. probably most people associate bonnie and clyde with a very intense two-year period from 1932 to 1934 when they were involved in a string of armed robberies and murders throughout this part of the united states. we think thatonnie and clyde actually met initially in 1930 when bonnie parker was working as a waitress in dallas, texas. and soon after that, clyde barrow went to state prison and so we know they resumed their relationship in 1932 in texas and their first crime took place in hillsborough texas, not too far from shreveport. the shreveport times was reporting their exploits in the newspaper and people in this area kept up with it as they did the big gangers in american history. it was the age of john dillinger and pretty boy floyd. as a matter of fact, most people don't realize that all three of those, bonnie and clyde, john dillinger, pretty boy floyd all were killed by law enfor

the east side of texas, including dallas doing much better, especially after all this rain. the west side, however, still very dry in what they call an extraordinary drought, josh. >> thank you, ginger. those rains are moving east. and sam will have more on that in moments. >>> now, to the latest on the powerful earthquake that struck tuesday in mexico. the 7.4 quake, damaging hundreds of homes, sent panicked residents fleeing into streets. it was centered about 115 miles outside of the beach resort of acapulco. thousands are in the quake zone, including president obama's oldest daughter. and abc's ryan owens joins us now from mexico city with the very latest. good morning to you, ron. >> good morning to you, josh. malia, the obamas' oldest daughter, is here in mexico on a school trip. the white house says she is just fine. but this very powerful quake rattled a lot of nerves here, especially in mexico city. one of the most densely populated urban areas on planet earth. ten aftershocks have hit this region of more than 20 million people. already rattled by tuesday's massive t

it's east texas, louisiana, that will get some of the heaviest rain out of this.ay, although i can't rule them out. but flash flooding will be a real deal with this. in the northwest, comes a brand-new storm system. this one has eight inches along the coastline, as well. wet day for folks getting rain. it's big rain where it's falling today. >> this may be the biggest crowd for "hunger games" in times square. it may be. lara? >> thanks very much, sam. what a great crowd out there. >>> let's look at our "gma morning menu." we have all the scoop on "dancing with the stars." carson kressley, weighing in on last night's dazzling premiere. >>> plus, "the hunger games" star, liam hemsworth, is live in times square. we can't wait to talk to him. >>> and houses like this for half price? check that out. half price. inside the deals you can get right now, coming up on "gma." [ ringing ] hello? [ sea ] hello, this is the sea calling. [ laughing ] [ sea ] what's the last romantic thing he did for you? ohh, i don't know... ummm... did you have to do that to me? what counts as

it's east texas, louisiana, that will get some of the heaviest rain out of this.e them out. but flash flooding will be a real deal with this. in the northwest, comes a brand-new storm system. this one has eight inches along the coastline, as well. wet day for folks getting rain. we had heavy rainfall and the has now moved off of the town mainly in calvert county. it is moving toward solomons island and clipping lexington park. is a warm start to the day, 62 in washington and college park. it is -- there is a dense fog for parts of virginia maryland until 10:00 until partly cloudy and 72. >> this may be the biggest crowd for "hunger games" in times square. it may be. lara? >> thanks very much, sam. what a great crowd out there. >>> let's look at our "gma morning menu." we have all the scoop on "dancing with the stars." carson kressley, weighing in on last night's dazzling premiere. >>> plus, "the hunger games" star, liam hemsworth, is live in times square. we can't wait to talk to him. >>> and houses like this for half price? check that out. half price. inside the

stormiest weather in the pacific northwest and also sat scattered showers and thunderstorms in east texas and parts of louisiana. we could use rain here. we're a little short this month. the last significant rains were early in the month. today on the national travel map for the major destinations or connect points. atlanta chance of thunderstorms. dallas fort worth area. showers in seattle. also in los angeles often dry. the west coast has had a lot more moisture than we had. the bulk of the country will be dry. our st. patrick's day forecast. let's take a look at it. this morning, temperatures climbing through the 50's. we'll have areas of fog. otherwise once the sun is up, we will see plenty of that during the day today. this afternoon, up around 70 fored high. the sun the dominant feature. women be dropping into the 60's and mostly clear skies with temperatures getting, you know, you expect if chilly this time of year. here is a dense fog advisory. now they have bnl raised for the eastern shore until 10:00. again, visibility is compromise aid little bit. first day of spring is on tues

big storm sitting in over parts of east texas and oklahoma.looks like you get here over the weekend and perino shares and storms that have been breaking out ahead of it. louisiana into arkansas into southern missouri over the past couple of hours, and 3-6 inches of rain in some spots. we will keep an eye on that system. it has been fairly active that looks like it will arrive over the weekend. partly cloudy tomorrow afternoon. clouds breaking a little more significantly tomorrow afternoon. baltimore harbor water temperature all the way up to 67. patchy fog in the morning in the mountains with a little more sunshine out that way. it looks like some wet weather will get to the mountains over the weekend. eastern shore, cloudy to partly cloudy, nearly 80 degrees toward the interior on friday. upper 7's on the lower eastern shore, but a little bit chillier on the beach. of near 80 degrees friday, then some showers and storms over the weekend. next week, a little bit more normal. >> mays chapel will soon become home to baltimore county's newest pub

i was born and raised in east texas.judge in east texas and ran local elections in my precinct for ten years. working with the community, seeing the checks and balances that we have in place and running elections there and seeing that the process did work you had to register to vote, you brought your voter registration card in we checked you off on a list and allowed you to vote. what the justice department has said is that they have not said where all the fraud is hospitalizing. over the last ten years there's only been 50 cases of fraud reported over a ten-year period. >> that's why it's so difficult to report. if all you have to do is show a piece of paper, in texas under the existing law if you don't have your feeter id card with you you can still vote, have someone vouch for you. think ofee already caught 50 case necessary ten years when there is nothing written down, nothing on the books. what is everybody so afraid of? you have to get an id to dive a car, get on a plane and open a bank account. they are providing

some areas in louisiana and portions of east texas and southwest missouri, arkansas. four, five, six, seven inches of rain with flooding in that area. widely scattered showers. in portions of virginia, the carolinas, and of course the mountain areas of southwest virginia. nothing here in baltimore. one shower we found around dorchester and somerset, wicomico county. pretty much done right now. probably another shower activity, i think, until maybe friday night, when the system out to the west gets a little closer. in the meantime, very warm conditions, all across the east. north of that front in new england, it will cool down. but the next day or so, temperatures probably at 80 or even better to our north. might get to 80 here as well. and then it will cool down somewhat, with a risk of showers late friday night. best chance on the weekend. and we really need the rain now. south winds around 5 knots. very light winds on the bay. bay temp around 53. tonight, lotsed of clouds. -- lots of clouds. 51 by morning. 79 degrees tomorrow. with the fog burning off and the low cl

east texas, louisiana, arkansas, when it's all said and done, some places could have more than six inches for serious flash flooding. the system kicks out, warming back up in houston and dallas. looking at 81 for you in dallas. 80 in houston. so that will help dry things out. still wet around the great lakes on monday. and remember, weekdays on the weather channel, you can "wake up with al." 2:30 in the afternoon, a lot to do, and you've hit the wall. but you got to get stuff done. so take 5-hour energy. just open it up, knock it back, and roll up your sleeves. 5-hour energy is faster and easier than coffee. man, does it work. you'll get that alert, energized feeling you need to get stuff done. a lot of stuff. wow. look at you go. 5-hour energy. when you gotta get stuff done. i toog nyguil bud i'm stild stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your stuffy nose. [ deep breath ] thank you! that's the cold truth! yes. yes. noooo! [ male announcer ] yep

we have a disturbance and the big thunderstorms again, though, and out of east texas into louisiana and into arkansas. those mean business, too, like what was happening yesterday. the tornado watches are in place and into some evening hours. what is going on here? we're sitting under a big ridge of high pressure and that wants to be warm and then you have the big area going through north texas and that is on the move and that will get here for the weekend and to make things unsettled to us and have some nice weather. and there is that piece of energy and that is drifting long and that is what is bringing us clouds in the morning and kicking off some showers and thunderstorms and tonight, we continue and this is that persistence forecast, mostly clouds, fog, spotty shower or a thunderstorm out there and? temperatures tonight to 59 or so in the city and cooler in the suburbs, clouds and sun at noon, 68 a spotty shower or a thunderstorm and that is tomorrow late into the afternoon and evening. slightly warmer with some more sunshine, a high of 74 and on tod this, 78;ed from, 82. >> there i

heavy rains over east texas. this has been the drought area for the next two or three years. they got within 3 to 5 inches of rain over the last two or three days. unbelievable amounts of flooding there. further east, not too bad. very, very warm. chicago, 84 today. out to the west, that's where the cool air is. snow in the northwest. cascades in washington and oregon. finally ended in portions of montana. but did pick up 6 to 8 or 12 inches. this rain pattern, beginning to move off to the east and northeast. it will take a long time to get through our area. looks like widely scattered showers heading to the south tonight. our chances of showers very, very slim tonight. but later in the week, that system out to the west, looks like a beginning approaching us, saturday and sunday, with cooler temperatures and cludes. so we might finally -- cloud, so we might finally get some much-needed rain as it slowly moves in our direction. but in the meantime, just extreme northern new england may finally see some cooling. but looks like we'll start seeing temperatures, upper 70s to low 8

opens up and improves delivery of north dakota oil, delivery of kansas, arkansas, oklahoma, and east texas oil so it lowers the price of all of them. in oklahoma they told me it's probably worth $68 a barrel by lowering the cost. second, he could approve the reopening of areas off texas and louisiana in the gulf. that's 400,000 barrels a day. third, he could approve designated areas in alaska for about 1,200,000 barrels. that means in those three steps we've added 2,300,000 barrel as day and over 800 million barrels a year to the u.s. oil supply and kept that amount of oil at home to create jobs here rather than sending it to saudi arabia. now, the president in his speech emphasized drilling is not the answer, and the president offered an answer. anyone here know what the answer was? >> no. how many of you new the president's answer was algae? raise your hand. i believe in science and technology and i believe in biofuels and think the research is terrific and i think some place down the road eventually algae will probably be helpful. i do not think this summer we'll be putting algae in you

we've got heavier rains in east texas, louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and all of that rain is moving off toward the east and even the southeast. the front is cooling through can it's like -- coming through and it's like a big sweep, sweeping all the moisture out of here and for bus it's also bringing in the colder temperatures. by noon northwesterly winds, sunshine, most of the clouds now norfolk is seeing some showers well south and east of us. we get into the afternoon, sunny and breezy. temps in the mid- to upper 50s. chilly tonight and then into tomorrow, it's going to be a cold day. relative to where we've been with highs only around 50 before we begin the recovery by sunday. here's the forecast. 57 today. still with the northwest winds at 10 to 20 miles per hour. tonight upper 20s to low to mid- 30s. tomorrow only about 50 and we turn it around on sunday. 60 to 65. a milder day. how about 70 on monday? by tuesday, showers and 70. this weekend saturday night we spring forward. clocks ahead one hour and some of us have some functions at 7:45 a.m. sunday morning. that's going to b