. >> someone came up with this brilliant plan to juice up the economy in east texas, and they used ourm to do that. >> some have even turned it into a business, using often frivolous patents to sue companies for lots of money. they're called patent trolls. >> these patents could be stretched to cover all sorts of things that nobody contemplated when they were originally filed. >> new egg was sued for their use of an on-line shopping cart. >> shopping carts have been around for hundreds and hundreds of years, and they're ubiquitous. >> that lawsu >> reporter: that lawsuit was filed in east texas. >> there's no reason for this type of lawsuit to be concentrated in one courthouse or that one venue. >> reporter: the act ully consi changing the law. what could it effectively do to ou p othe patent cases. >> reporter: the blue frteri bu take a hit. >> if they weren'tcertnly it wo dynamics of what downtown feels li. it would not affect our restaurant >> reporter: marshall has f strus ge struggles before, janet cook explained, as sheou of her history museum. it's cot this town has found a w ad

and the orange, elevated risk in arkansas and east texas, that's the area that needs to watch. through mississippi, saturday, afternoon and evening, from birmingham to montgomery to the gulf coast. tom? >> thank you. >>> next tonight, the amtrak derailme derailment making a mess in new york. suffering a minor derailment, sideswiping a new jersey >>> there's still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this friday. >>> the street inferno. cars in flames, igniting a fire line. >>> and harrison ford's exchanges with the control tower. >>> and "america strong," the firefighter breathing life back into a dog. the incredible story, coming up. will walk into a room where 15 people will be waiting... 12 behind the sofa, 2 behind the table and 1 and a half behind a curtain. family: surprise! but only one of them will make a life long dream come true. great things are ahead of you when your health is ready for them. at humana, we can help you with a personalized plan for your health for years to come. the markets ch... at t. rowe price... our disciplined approach remains. global markets

tomorrow some 20 million are at risk for more strong to severe storms from east texas through western mississippi. those storms threaten to hit with damaging wind, hail and even possible tornadoes. >>> it's pretty safe to say it was the cutest day of the year. that's because it's national puppy day. celebrated each year on march 23rd. millions today sharing adorable photos of their puppies on social media including lucy holt, a labradoodle from new york who happened to be the cutest of them all. i might be just a little too close. come on. >>> when we come back, cuddlers wanted. the most in demand job at one hospital that's inspiring america. whsompeoe s th'reoo riy tattd.= >>> finally tonight, a story about some bundles of joy who need extra love and care and the compassionate volunteers who are greeting the task with open arms. nbc's joe fryer has our "inspiring america" report. >> reporter: of all the positions at this idaho hospital, it's easy to see why one is attracting so many applications. >> what's your title here? >> cuddler. >> volunteer in the cuddler program. >> i'm a cud

texas. the storms moving east tonight. 14 million americans in the path, from kansas to louisiana. to the west, a blizzard shutting down highways in colorado. a total whiteout. several trucks stuck between castle rock and colorado springs. let's go to ginger zee. >> reporter: tom, that severe weather threat is happening now. let's get straight into the maps. you can see upper level low pressure system, twisting over oklahoma. the counterclockwise rotation, sending the front there with the line of storms through parts of arkansas right down into texas. and the severe thunderstorm watch in wichita at this moment. and the orange, elevated risk in arkansas, louisiana, and east texas, that's the area that we need to watch over the next couple of hours. through mississippi, saturday, afternoon and evening, from birmingham to montgomery to the gulf coast. damaging wind, hail, and the isolated tornado threat. tom? >> ginger, thank you. >>> next tonight, the amtrak derailment making a mess in new york. train service temporarily suspended in and out of penn station. one of the busiest train

. >>> now to a tragedy along an east texas highway where officials say an 18-wheeler swerved and smashed into a bus carrying a high school track team. one of the team's coaches who was driving the bus was killed along with the driver of the truck. the crash which left the bus on its side and sent debris flying is under investigation. >>> tonight we officially have the first new cloud names in decades, they're written up in the world meteorological organization's international cloud at las. yes, it's a thing and it's not published that often, though. the last one came out in 1987. the new edition is out, it includes the esperitus. it looks like waves in the sky. you could call them waves in the sky. >>> they grow up quickly. can you believe it? kensington palace says prince george is already ready for school. the duke and duchess of cambridge has selected thomas' battersea prep school, a school that places emphasis on kindness. the little prince will turn four in july. >>> when we come back, the incredible story of a retired marine, overcoming a tragedy to realize his dream. "inspiring am

major storm system currently brewing, very heavy thunderstorms, squall line, boeing out here in east texasnd rain, thunderstorms across texas, kansas, nebraska , all this eventually hits us but not until friday, so it is a very sluggish system in the way, and it will be bringing us plenty of moisture so some more rain too thursday looks like a nice day , cool, more seasonal then anything on thursday and here it comes. that storm system bringing lots of moisture, it looks like cold air would be well off to the north and east and worrying about icing, snow, period of the rain, are on, tap for us, really anytime throughout the day on friday. possibly starting as early as late thursday night but thunder comes too. so that is the hay light when it comes to stormy weather of our seven day forecast but both today and tomorrow looks nice. saturday and sunday back to the lower 60's. skies are clearing out for what promises to be a nice weekend and we will keep low 60's with sunshine into monday we will take it. >> absolutely, it will be a nice welcomed break. thanks very much, katie. good morning,

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. >> before police found the truck, it slammed into this bus on a rural two-lane road in east texas.n board were 35 boys and coaches from the mount pleasant high school track team, including coach roderick sneed. >> when i came to, i just checked myself as far as body parts to make sure i was all there, and i immediately walked out of the front windshield because it's gone. >> reporter: state troopers say the 18 wheeler hit headlight to headlight with the bus. as the bus rolled and stopped here, the 18 wheeler kept going. the driver was ejected. he died where he was ejected. then his cab with no one in it hit head-on with another coach that was driving behind the bus. that female track coach died as the 18 wheeler went another 20 yards before stopping. that female track coach was 30-year-old angelica beard, a mother of. two police are investigating why the truck driver, 50-year-old bradley way farmer, was swerving. texas authorities say the defensive driving of the bus driver, carl van bowen, was heroic. >> he prevented us from losing more lives, my own included. >> reporter: the bus

. >>> severe storms rocking the texas panhandle and working east.rologist chad myers with the forecast. oklahoma was on watch. now it moves. >> it moves into missouri and arkansas. we had 14 tornadoes yesterday. some on the ground for some time. it moves farther east today as we would expect. that's how storms do. they move from west to east along with the jet stream. we will get them again in east texas, arkansas, louisiana and maybe up to st. louis or memphis later on this afternoon. now nothing really popping by 4:00. you look up and say it is sunny. no, that isn't great. that sun is the heat for the storms. that energy will pop up by 6:00. storms severe. some rotate. some will have storms on the ground. keep your noaa weather radio on hand if you have one. storms continue tomorrow. >> thank you, chad. >>> on friday, as you know, the health care deal was dead. last night, president trump said he is resurrecting the health care fight. what does the freedom caucus think about that? we'll ask one of the founders of the freedom caucus. congress membe

. >> there are tornado watches in effect from east texas up into missouri. rgely overnight. louisiana and arkansas. as you can see on the weather radar. greatest threat will be in northern mississippi and western tennessee. the severe weather has claimed two more lives, in texas, two boys electrocuted by downed power lines in fort worth. in a heavily wooded area of a park. after severe storms earlier in the day. the boys were only 11old. there was also flooding and damage from tornados in the houston area. vehicles were tossed around like toys. >> today the senate intelligence committee is holding its first hearing into russian election meddling as the the house investigation remains stalled. the panel's top republicademocr front yesterday as they promise to work hand in hand and steer clear of politics. they plan to interview at least 20 people including president trump's son-in-law, and senior adviser, jared kushner. >> i have confidence in richard bird that we together with members of the committee will get to the bottom of this. that, you get nothing else from today. tak

today 8 million people are at risk, arkansas, texas, east texas, northern louisiana, and then saturdayppi and portions of alabama. so here's how the forecast looks. we are warming it up, too. chicago, 76 today. d.c., 63. remember, a few showers are out there during the morning hours. boston and new york, some of this may not reach the ground. i don't think the airports will have any problems whatsoever. then heading into the weekend forecast, we see the severe weather threat shifting down to new orleans, through mississippi and alabama. atlanta, you look okay. a lot of the severe storms stay to your south, but cloudy on your saturday. there will be drizzle around on the saturday afternoon. so new york, 60 degrees. it's warmer, but you won't have a beautiful, sunny day by any means. then on sunday, raw and cool. new england, kind of the back door cold front situation whe temperatures drop. look at the difference, d.c. is 20 degrees warmer than new york. so unfortunately, not quite yet spring warmth in new england, but the midatlantic and the southeast are looking pretty good this weeken

a track team assistant coach and truck driver were killed and 20 students hurt in this crash in east texas last night. investigators say the 18 wheeler crossed into on coming traffic and plowed into the bus. another car driven by the team's assistant coach. they were returning from a track meet when the crash happened. >>> it is being called the most vandalized statue in all of d.c. take a look. you are looking at meridian hill park and the statue certifient. >> it is maintained by the park service. few know it is missing a hand, its nose, part of its toe. mike is live. the statue has been in worse shape than it is now, right? >> reporter: that's right. four years ago the national paer spray paint off of serenity's face. if you zoom in you see she's missing her nose and other facial features and has clearly seen better days. her name is serenity but how she looks and has with stood the test of time, serenity may not be the first word that comes to mind. >> it was chipped a little. i never noticed the hand missing and the face was done as bad as it is. >> reporter: we looked to the library

that as a representative in congress of 750,000 people in east texas, from houston over to louisiana, we have to make sure that these are not projects driven from d.c. these have to be locally driven projects. we don't need to be throwing money at stuff because some bureaucrat said he have to do so out of d.c. we have to listen to our constituents. we have to look at the needs and address them as they come. and he's proposed about 50 projects. i have looked through them. several of them are good. i can -- i can't say that i agree with everything, but for us to compete on a global scale, we'll have to address our infrastructure projects. we have to have regulatory reform. that will drive costs down as well. >> sandra: sean spicer in a white house press briefing made a point to say infrastructure used to be a point of pride. now regulatory systems can keep projects in limbo for years. the preference started removing some of those struggles and challenges. congressman good to be here and react to that. we'll keep watching it. some survivors of a deadly crash in mississippi are returning

speaker, with really tens of thousands of people that we reached out to in east texas. and the technology is so great, i can ask questions and have ,hem punch a number for yes, no and get results on what people are thinking. and it was feelings about obamacare and the need to do something about it and the help that's needed and the losses of insurance they had before obamacare, problems they've had since obamacare. east texans, my constituents, need help. they want help. they want obamacare repealed. and they want a system back where they can choose their doctor, they have a relationship with their doctor, and they don't have an insurance company between them and their doctor, their hospital, telling them what they can or can't have. and they don't want the government in between them and their health care provider telling them what they can or cannot have. the health savings accounts that republicans believe strongly could get us off this final road to complete rationed care, socialized medicine like they have in england. temperatures a -- it was a pleasure to talk to a

owned a valuable slave, you wanted that sleep working for know, and mississippi or louisiana or east texas where you could get a good return on your investment. there's also this question of the future of slavery, the possibility of expanding. many historians, some probably in the room today, would say, hey, this is a big deal. the south was desperate to expand in the caribbean, and this is really what the fuss was about in 1860 and 1861. i don't think so. south,te an independent the confederate states of america, you immediately give up and renounce any chance for expansion into cuba or the caribbean. and they seemed to have done that without camino, without a twitch. so i think the whole argument of the need to expand slavery has been greatly overplayed. you have a kind of mirror image situation where the republicans are saying, we want to stop slavery in the territories and we want, by the way, our radical so let hear us say that them feel, hey, this is the first step in the right direction. but the way it worked in mirror image reverse is that southern slaveholders and southern politic

hoax and scott pruitt recentlynk beten c w it's a prime teat of severe weather is shifting east arkansas, texas, and louisiana could see significant thunderstorms, hail, ibflood-pr rain. there were reports of over a dozen tornadoes in texas yesterday. the described this storm in central texas as large, dangerous, and enurs or significant damage are reported. >>> police in west texas srm ch in a car crash yesterday apparently while driving toward a tornado. it miles southeast of tornadoes had been reported at the time. police say one vehicle ran a o severe weather was not the direct cause of the crash. committee took up a sex abuse scandal that's usa gymnastics. sexually abused by a former gymnastics doctor larry naser and the government has failed to protect them.disbelieved and ev criticized by some in the gymnastics community to bringing this disturbing issue to light. w alone. >> the culture was money and medals. the culture wasn't about the senator dianne feinstein is sponsoring a bill that requires tough tougher for sports. larry nassar is being held in ig charges. >>> prime minister there

to north central texas, running slowly to the east, those areorts of hail, but reports of wins, this is running its way to the dallas area, east of the dallas area we will continue to see storm reports pile up as the system shifts to the east. early this morning reports of tornadoes very early moving to the dallas area toward oklahoma city. this is a large system that will work off throughout the morning. this afternoon looking at the shifting towards the arkansas area, louisiana area, a really big system we will be paying close attention to. we are talking severe weather moving across the southeast until the end of the week. >> springtime definitely here. >> warm air and cold air meeting. heather: some nice warm spring weather. abby: democrats forceful opposition after the president declares the war on call is over, vowing a major fight before the epa order is dry. abby: the white house is cutting red tape, chris jenkins in washington with what the executive order means. >> reporter: the executive order, epa headquarters, president trump rollin

texas legislature did was they packed hispanic voters into one district that centered around austin and they cracked those voters apart in different communities. they divided similar communities in another district on the east coast of texas and a third district that runs along the texas-mexico border. this is all part of a pattern that parties engage in, in states think control state legislatures in hopes of building more safe republican districts and in cementing their majority in the u.s. house of representatives. >> there used to be communities the department of justice would monitor and say hey you've got a history of bad voting practices. we want to get in there. that was kind of lifted by the supreme court, what happens this that case now? >> what we see voting rights voaks doing now is challenging these gerrymanders, under section 2 of the voting rights act, that requires them to prove that the -- whoever is making these laws that are involving election procedures, are doing so with a racially discriminatory intent. and the court said that's what the texas legislature did in this case. now redistricting cases are special in that any time they are appealed, a decision at a district court level is app

. >> a very strong to severe line of storms blowing through east texas, still well west of houston. but these were the vivid images that grabbed our attention overnight. those tornadoes, at least 14 reported tornadoes in west texas, plenty of hail and damaging winds still happening this morning. >> reporter: violent tornadoes cutting across west texas. [ sirens ] >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: this twister in stamford ominously hovering nearby. >> oh, god. oh, god. windshields shattered across the state. in aiken, texas, you can barely see the car headlights through the fog and rain. in seymour, one mother says the hail blew through her back window, the glass injuring her baby girl. >> i have to take her to urgent care to get that checked out. >> reporter: this driver in lubbock forced to pull over. the hail hammering her car. outside of spur, texas, three storm chasers involved in a fatal accident after police say one ran a stop sign and they collided. >> every tornado i see is amazing. >> reporter: one of the men, kelley williamson was live streaming storm coverage just moments befor

. >>> back in this country, a school tragedy in east texas. killed and 18 students injured when their bus collided with a tractor trailer near mt. pleasant. school officials say the truck driver who was also killed had swerved into oncoming traffic. it is unclear why. >>> the frantic search is over for two toddlers abducted in a stolen car. an amber ale 2-year-old carlos cortez and his 1-year-old brother after police say their baby-sitter left her honda unattended near palm springs last night. now, police overnight found the car abandoned in a nearby town. those boys were safe. >>> a sky high rescue playing out near miami when a construction worker was left dangling 12 stories in the air after his scaffold folding collapsed. he was resting one foot on a window ledge when a rescuers finally got to him. and lowered him down the side of that building. >>> in new york city it's about to be thrown for a loop. literally plans are being drawn up for the world's first u-shaped skyscraper being called the big bend. designed to get around zoning rules o

the jobs that are coming in texas, east texas, are rather extraordinary. if i were president, i'd get down there right now and say, look, this is where you have to come. this is where the jobs are. >> a lot of jobs left north dakota, which boomed for a very long time, didn't it in. >> yeah but these are more -- absolutely, the pri-- >> you break even and we move below it, we know what happens. stop talking about man camps. >> right, the man camps. stop talking about crude by rail. >> right. >> these are mostly natural gas related jobs, to be able to -- remember, even mexico has a shortage of natural gas. texas has a shortage of natural gas. >> some of these, carl, i think were originally planned as far back as 2013. >> yup. pay an average of 100 k. good jobs, as jim points out. >> great jobs. i've got to tell you, unfortunately, one of the things we don't do well in this country are trade schools. if you're illinois tool works, a remarkable company that makes fantastic quality equipment, it's welded and designed. if you don't know how to weld, you can do i

what we need, i represent 700,000 people down in east texas, part of houston, over to louisiana and what we need to remember are the people who like their doctors, who like their plans, and who lost them, priced out of the market or have deductibles so high they simply can't use them. so, i think we really need to concentrate on getting these premiums down. i love the part that was yesterday on the work requirements and the more pro-life issue that will put in there. i like that. but we have to get these premiums down. elizabeth: how do you do that, and get those premiums down with what is presented? >> competition. elizabeth: so across state lines? >> across state lines would be a good thing. elizabeth: what if it's not in the first face, what it's in the first or second phase, are you still going to sign onto it. >> we'll look at those certainly closely. we promised to get rid of this horrible obamacare, that's what i campaigned on and i'm a health care professional and even members of my own family have been impacted. the average family's premiums have gone up $5,000 under obamacare.

he later returned to his native east texas to open his own dental practice which he operate fot over three decades -- operated for over three decades. he's served on the texas state board of dental examiners and is the member of the american dental association and i'm happy to yield to the gentleman from texas. mr. babin: thank you, mr. yoho. thank you for holding this special order on a topic that could not be more relevant than at this very time. the failures of obamacare. as a health care professional myself, the elected representative of over 700,000 constituents, and the grandfather of 13, i have a duty to see that access to medical care is more affordable, for the welfare of my patients, for my constituents and for the livelihood of my children and my grandchildren. obamacare moved us away from the patient-centered affordable medical care, thereat tradigsal doctor-patient relationship that we've enjoyed for well over a century. it was designed by washington bureaucrats, obamacare was. who unlike other americans, are exempt from obamacare. and the last 24 hours, i have heard fro

it all happened east of texas.e united kingdom is leaving the european union. this is a historic moment from which there can be no turning back. we are going to make our own decisions and our own laws. abby: this happening just moments ago, british prime minister teresa may kick starting in parliament, britain has two years to complete the removal process from the european union. also chief mayors across the nation will meet with john kelly to discuss sanctuary cities and this as some start a initiative to cut funding. the mayor of new york city demanding that nypd keep ice agents off of school grounds unless they have a warrant. and the governor of vermont signing a new law limiting police involvement with the feds. and does this ever happen to you when you go out to eat? >> hey, thanks. are you my therapist? take a walk. you want a happy meal? can we get a happy meal? will somebody get the kid a happy meal? >> we can all relate. well, fine dining restaurant wants to make sure that doesn't happen on their watch. b

texas. the storms moving east tonight. 14 million americans in the path, from kansas to louisiana. to the west, a blizzard shutting down highways in colorado. several trucks stuck. let's go to ginger zee. >> reporter: tom, that severe weather threat is happening now. let's get straight into the maps. you can see upper level low pressure system, twisting over oklahoma. the counterclockwise rotation, from arkansas into texas. and the severe thunderstorm watch in wichita at this moment. and the orange, elevated risk in arkansas and east the area that needs to watch. through mississippi, saturday, afternoon and evening, from birmingham to montgomery to the gulf coast. tom? >> thank you. >>> next tonight, the amtrak derailme derailment making a mess in new york. suffering a minor derailment, sideswiping a new jersey train. >>> there's still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this friday. >>> the street inferno. cars in flames, igniting a fire line. >>> and harrison ford's tower. >>> and "america strong," the firefighter breathing life back into a dog. the incredible story, coming u

east and midwest and to the central plains. the reason is a low pressure system coming out of the midwest. we have fire danger weather on monday and from omaha nebraska to el paso texas and to the east the threat of severe weather so be on the look out as we go forward in time. there's a lot of rain down toward houston through the first day of the work week also joining in on the rainfall as we go throughout the day. i hope you have a good day where ever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> our top story once again north korea's ambassador to malaysia is on the way out of the country. they ordered he leave after he criticized their investigation into the killing of the half brother of north korea's leader. the ambassador arrived at the airport before 5:00 p.m. on monday. he is expected to fly out soon. at the airport, the ambassador told reporters that he regrets what he called an excessive reaction from malaysia's government. he said it was damaging friendly relations of 40 year standing between the two countries. he repeatedly blasted malaysia's investigation into kim jong nam's death. it's triggered tensions between the countries. malaysia recalled it's amba

but yesterday evening, however, it all took a tragic turn in spur, texas, about 70 miles east of lubbocking to the texas department of public safety, two storm chasers were enroute to a developing storm system when the driver of a black suburban ran a stop singet the suv slammed into a jeep driven by a different storm chaser. all three occupants of the vehicles died at the scene. the two men inside that suburban 55-year-old randal yarnall and 57-year-old kelley williamson were both featured in the weather channel show storm wranglers. >> things i really like about doing this is we are able to stream it live right on the weather channel while it's happening. people can sit at home where it's safe and we are out there getting the shots for them. they can sit there and watch it on their tv screen and we enjoy doing it. >> the weather channel says both men were contractors of the network and released this statement to fox. it reads in part i'm quoting here kelley and randy were beloved members of the weather community. we are saddened by this loss and our deepest sympathies go out to the fam

and then i remember one restaurant in east texas where a single mom basically was laid off from her full-time job and forced to work two part-time jobs to make up for that lost pay because her employer couldn't comply with the employer mandate under obamacare. so what he decided to do is lay off his full-time workers and hire people on a part-time basis. obamacare was -- is riddled with stories like that that demonstrate its flaws. and you consider a 24-year-old individual in texas could spend up to 30% of their gross income just paying for their health care premiums and their out-of- pocket costs. hardly affordable health care. we really should have called it the unaffordable care act. and so we have begun the first step to repeal and replace it. yesterday, the congressional budget office offered us a glimpse into the impact the legislation would have, but i hasten to add this is just a first step out of multiple steps, and there is additional work to be done. first of all, by the secretary of health and human services who has enormous discretion in terms of how to administer health care pol

plus -- >> those dangerous and deadly storms that struck texas, are now moving east. i am abc's stephanie ramos in nashville tennessee with the latest from here. >> and, making history in space again. we're going to till you what this astronaut did this morning. stay with at nature valley, we know that you have to put good in here to be great out there. real good energy. real delicious energy. nature valley granola bars. just good. you don't normally run through a meadow at sunrise. but once you indulge in rich, dark chocolate, lightly salted almonds and slow roasted peanuts... you might surprise yourself. nature valley sweet and salty bars. blissfully good. >>> welcome back. here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. governor jerry brown making his pitch to raise the excise tax on gasoline by 12 cents a gallon. increase will raise more than $5 billion a year. intent to use the money to fix the state's damaged roads. tweetin ing ing about of a part boulevard in moraga. closed for a $2.6 million repair project. today they reopened it. leslie will have details on ab

will hurd in the blue shirt, and democrat beto o'rourke represent neighboring districts in texas when the eastruined their travel plans. so they rented a chevy impala and hit the road. >> we're doing the 1600 miles from san antonio to washington, d.c., and we would love to take y'all's questions. >> reporter: they're live streaming on facebook and periscope. we caught up with them on skype. they said they're already reaching some bipartisan compromises. >> it's possible we both ordered a number 2 with cheese from waterburger. >> reporter: and when they don't degree-- >> we can disagree without being disdisagreeable. >> reporter: with congress sharply divided they say members need to get to know people from the other party the way it used to be. >> i hope some of our other colleagues take the lead and we see more of these bipartisan road trips. but it wouldn't have happened without the east coast being shut down ♪ weert best of friends >> reporter: sometimes even a blizzard can be a good thing. chip reid, washington. >> mason: we wish them safe travels. up next, a sheriff turns catching fugitiv

texas a&m, he joined the u.s. air force. he piloted c-130 tactical airlift aircraft in europe as well as the middle east. he served as a state representative, as agriculture commissioner, lieutenant governor, and of course governor of texas. and during his time as governor, rick perry showed that economic growth and environmental stewardship cannot only survive and company exist but they can really thrive. over the course of 14 years, texas added 2.2 million job, saw its population grow by more than six million people and at the same time, at the same time that you have this robust growth within your state's population, the state reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by 17%, reduced its sulfur dioxide emissions by 56%, and reduced their nitrous oxide emissions by 66%. 66%. in most states where you have a growing economy, you also see going levels of impact and emission, but governor. dealt with this had on and wess saw the results over the course of 14 years in the state of texas. he led an effort to decommissioi older and dirtier power plants. he prioritized the development of emerging and innovative tech

likely, essentially, east of the mississippi, back into texas, southern plane state, will likely be above average as we look ahead to the new month. so if you're fan of the warmth, i honestly feel like this is probably intuitive, march been anomaly, above average, so many above average months as of late, not real a shock their we would have that. looking at storm scan locally though, this disturbance bringing in the light rain, that bill was reporting out in cart inning ton. but this is going to clear out of here with time. actually end up with high pressure over tracking the region for the next couple of days. there is cold front passage that takes place here tonight. that will will send us on nosedive. tomorrow and thursday, don't break out of the 40's, might as well be january for those couple every days. this will catch you offer guard if you're not ready for it, especially tomorrow, windy, doesn't feel much better than the 20's most of the day. but quick turn around, look at this, flirting with 70, guys by saturday. so, fear not. even if you're not a fan of the chill, eventually does

will hurd in the blue shirt, and democrat beto o'rourke represent neighboring districts in texas when the eastst blizzard ruined their travel plans. so they rented a chevy impala and hit the road. >> we're doing the 1600 miles from san antonio to washington, d.c., and we would love to take y'all's questions. >> reporter: they're live streaming on facebook and periscope. we caught up with them on skype. they said they're already reaching some bipartisan compromises. >> it's possible we both ordered a number 2 with cheese from whataburger. >> reporter: and when they don't agree -- >> we can disagree without being disagreeable. >> reporter: with congress so sharply divided on everything from health care to taxes, they say members need to get to know people from the other party, the way it used to be. >> i hope some of our other colleagues take this lead and we see more of these bipartisan road trips. but it wouldn't have happened without the east coast being shut down. ♪ we're the best of friends. >> reporter: yes, sometimes even a blizzard can be a good ching. chip reid, cbs news, washington. ♪

. >> reporter: in the east bay, andria borba, kpix5. >> tragedy in texas tonight. at least 13 people were killed when a pickup truck slammed into a church bus. that collision left behind a heap of crushed and mangled metal. it happened near san antonio. authorities say the pickup veered into oncoming traffic and collided with that bus head on. >> our church families doing what church families do. they are coming together. they are crying together. they are praying together. of course, there is anxiousness as to who was on the bus. >> the church members were returning home from a three day retreat. they were all senior citizens. >>> san francisco police are investigate ago hit and run that nearly killed a 76-year- old woman. the car struck a pedestrian in north beach just after 3:00 this afternoon. the woman suffered life threatening injuries. witnesses say the car sped off northbound on columbus so far, no arrests. >>> if you have driven anywhere in the bay area lately, i don't have the tell you our roads are a mess, especially after all the storms. tonight, democr