don, especially mississippi, alabama on into western kentucky and tomorrow this moves into the eastern seaboard and though

the cascade of failures plunged some 55 million people on the eastern seaboard in to the dark.strands commuters. but within 24 hours, it's over. >> if we don't improve our transmission grid, we're probably looking at more potential blackouts in the future certainly if we have a growing population which we do in growing electric demand. >> the grid must cope with a 33% increase in demand in the next decade alone. but it faces new challenges, extreme weather and fires already cause 40% of all major outages. climate change will bring more intense hurricanes, more floods, and boosting heat waves. outages of the future could last more than 24 hours. the east coast, 2015. global warming is all too real. the northeast is gripped by a blistering heat wave. high temperatures and increased demand causes transition lines to overheat, bringing power out annals across the grid. >> in a cascading failure, what happens one line trips, it causes an increase flow on the other lines. if another line flips, it causes more and more flow. so eventually you get a cascade. >> the overload ripples thr

eastern seaboard looks like what? a beautiful day, am i right? yes.board, it will be beautiful. and as you head down to sections of eastern texas, you'll have a possibility of rain. the northwest is where we see real problems. some areas in the northern rockies could see upwards of a foot of rain. that's a look of our national maps and now here's an early look at the weather for your weekend. >>> still ahead, we're celebrating easter a day early with the big show easter egg hunt. it's not too late for you to plan your own party on easter sunday. waef g we've got tips on everything from egg dying to hunts. >> did you know only 20% of homes built before 1980 are well insulated? have your insulation checked to avoid a hot house in the summer and a cold one in the winter. for the early show this saturday morning, i'm consumer correspondent susan koeppen. vo: at walmart, you can get all the best easter candy for 20 percent less than leading national retailers. which means more candy... more places to hide it... and of course, more fun finding it. easter co

we had three major storms hit the east coast, the northeast portion of the eastern seaboard in the month of march. if this would have been snow, imagine the amount, over 120 inches in new york, 7.3 times 12, do the math. it has been an incredible weather period that we have now come through. starting in late november, and really until this blocking high settled in over the area over the past 24 hours, i mean, it's just been one low after another low, after another low. training lows. i haven't done the math, ten to 15 lows. doing the same number on the united states probably since late november. over and said and done with for the moment. 41 degrees, 79% humidity, calm winds. that's a good hit in temperatures. we started at 50. the chilliest part of the overnight is right before dawn. you are looking at the overnight low. 48 hagerstown, 44 elkton, ocean city and pax river 42. still 50 in oakland. 37 in cumberland. 46 westminster and kent island and annapolis. bel air and columbia 43. 45 degrees in rock hall. every once in a while a passing fair weather cloud will passover the area. a hug

we're going to see temperatures warming up today all the way up the eastern seaboard, and if it doesn't get you up in boston, you're going to see the numbers in the upper 60s, even 70s toward the weekend, especially in new york city. here you can see some of the areas in brighter oranges and reds. in a few you're seeing isolated rain showers in the dakotas. those are the areas that are likely to be more active. as far as the rain is concerned into tonight or tomorrow, even a few thunderstorms spilling out into the plains, even out toward dallas. and, again, primarily on friday initially we're going to see temperatures cooling down and that's mainly because of the clouds in the region. here's a look back at wyoming, colorado. here in colorado, a foot of snowfall. meanwhile some meager rainfall totals. here fairly mild numbers from little rock, dallas coming in at 65 right now. 81 later today. those warm temperatures will spread east into the region. that's a look at the region. let's check out your local forecast. washington, d.c., getting in on some of those warm numbers today. 76 with

highs tomorrow 80s up and down the eastern seaboard. as we get into saturday, mid-80s for a lot of spots here in and around town. yourhuday forecast, sunny, dligtsfully mild, again, a little bit of a bay breeze will keep temperatures a little lower right up alongside the chesapeake, but for tomorrow more of a southwesterly wind flow means an offshore wind and as a result high temperatures even warmer around here for the next couple of days. barbara, our average high temperature this time of the year only 62, so 83 on saturday. there's some extra clouds on nday with a high of 77. our next even chance of a rain drop shows up on wednesday of next week. but again, all those highs in the 70s. we will have probably, like i said, the warmest first week of april on record here in washington. >> those vegetables coming up early. >> spring forth. >> what did your mom call brussel sprouts? >> she didn't even try to get me to eat those. even she didn't like brussels sprouts a kid so i got the waiver. >> we'll talk to you later about the weather. >>

here is what we're looking at, tell us rain moving off the eastern seaboard and out of here. we have a chance of rain coming in today. an isolated shower possible as the frontal boundary works in. it's the fog that we're most concerned about this morning and candace will give us an update on the roads it morning. we do see the fog advisory from the majority of the state as you look on the west side of the chesapeake bay from harford county all the way across the washington county and across the chesapeake bay. all of those areas from d.c. and beyond in virginia, until 9:00 a.m. it's going to be hanging around for a while. 52 in washington, it's rather mild because of all the clouds, 48 degrees in salisbury. 48 in hagerstown and 45 in oakland. we're going to pick up again just a chance for an isolated shower as i mentioned to the next front. if we get anything, it will be about .10 of an inch of rainment and that will be in the afternoon hours at 2:00 p.m. it s going to be here and there. most of us won't be affected by the front. that is the culprit if we do see a shower at a

the latest satellite picture shows it's gray and stormy along the shores of the eastern seaboard. to cool the region. and he 00 nice and clear around the midsection of the nas and west coast. later today skies will clear across much of the east. temperatures settle to more seasonable levels. it will still be a beautiful day throughout the south after yesterday's storms. a gorgeous weekend is in store at augusta for the final rounds of the masters. the midwest and plains will be sunny and the southwest stays dry and warm. >>> turning now to sports and the masters, the opening round turned out to be oldtimers day. we mean that in a nice way. as fred couples finished with the lead at six under par wearing sneakers without sock, the 50-year-old couples is the oldest first round solo leader in the masters' history. and right behind him, one shot back, is 60-year-old tom watson in a five way tie for second that also includes phil mickelson and last year's pga champion yan gchlt. and another reminder, cbs sports coverage of the two final rounds begins saturday afternoon at 3:30 eastern.

this is where we stand the chance to see severe weather across the eastern seaboard, parts of floridahio river valley and i don't think we'll see anything like yesterday, but only takes one tornado it cause certainly some big devastating consequences, guys. >> thanks, rick, we'll check with you in a little bit. first the rest of the headlines this morning. >> the coast guard ended the search for 11 workers missing since tuesday's oil rig explosion. right now huge amounts of oil are leaking from that rig off louisiana's shore. coast guard officials estimate as much as one thousand barrels of oil escaping each day into the gulf of mexico, each day. and bad weather in the area, still hammering cleanup efforts there. an al-qaeda group front in iraq confirms the two of its top figures have been killed. confirming what u.s. and iraqi officials reported that the two men were killed in the joint operation near tikrit north of baghdad. the u.s. describes the deaths as potentially devastating blows to al-qaeda in iraq and terror network says the deaths will not affect operation. goldman sachs r

evening into early tuesday morning time frame that, area of low pressure headed out off the eastern seaboardback behind it cooler and drier air coming in for tuesday afternoon and on into wednesday before a nice little reprieve comes but by the end of the week. stuck in the clouds for now. i think we'll get a break or two of sunshine. noticeably warmer today than yesterday. only the low and mid 60s. today low and mid-70s. a chance of a thunderstorm late this afternoon. tomorrow, rain showers, maybe a rumble or two of thunder coming tomorrow. tomorrow's high near 71 degrees. tuesday, the last of the showers tapering off around sundown on tuesday leaving us with a dry day for wednesday. with a high temperature up near 67 degrees and then as we zoom into the end of the week back into the 70s we'll go for thursday and friday and up near 80 degrees as we head into next weekend. never too early to start thinking about next weekend. >> can't wait. thank you. >>> still ahead this morning, a thriller at nationals park. could the nats pull off a huge comeback win against the dodgers? >> he's mastered

tomorrow, it will mostly be the eastern seaboards, from, say, the jersey shore on southward but it's less favorable for rotating thunderstorm, don, as it will be straight-line wind damage and some hail. >> all right, jacque jeras is going to be very busy tonight. jacqui, thank you. we'll check back with you. >>> meantime, let's get you to the ground and tell you exactly what's going on. the death toll at mississippi now stands at nine and could rise after the deadly storm system went through the southeast. a live tower cam pictures from yazoo city. from yazoo city. that's a live tower cam picture. look at the devastation there. that's only a part of it. two of the victims we've told you from the nine people who have died, children. and you need to be on alert at this hour, if you're in alabama, kentucky or tennessee. already there are 43 unconfirmed reports of tornados from northern missouri, through mississippi, perhaps the most destructive one hit yazoo city, mississippi. you just saw live pictures from there. it was before the storm cell traveled across the state and then into ala

don, especially mississippi, alabama on into western kentucky and tomorrow this moves into the eastern seaboard and though tomorrow while we're expecting severe weather we don't anticipate as many strong violent tornados. >> yeah, don't anticipate. we never know what will happen. jacqui, just unbelievable. jacqui jeras, thank you. jacqui's watching this for you. make sure you stay tuned. we will cut into our next program. i'm don lemon. i'm i'll see you back here at 10:00 p.m. eastern. that storm system, so stay tuned right now for "planet in peril." >>> we begin our journey here in central africa where a rising food prices are pushing deeper and deeper into previously untouched forrests. they're just trying to make a living, of course, clearing land, hunting for food. the problem is, not only are they threatening fragile habitats and wiping out animal populations at an alarming rate, they're also exposing themselves to potentially deadly viruses. viruses which once unleashed in humans can quickly spread around the world. these forests may seem remote, but what's happening here now affects us a

is going to be ongoing through tonight and even tomorrow as this storm system approaches the eastern seaboard, the areas of concern highlighted in red here and it does stretch from missouri all the way down into the florida panhandle and it's this midsection right here, these watches that we see here, called pbs watches, that's where we're expecting more violent long track tornadoes, they can cause a lot of damage, just like they did in yazoo city, this one in the st. louis metro area. there you can see st. louis, and the storm itself right up here to the north and east. this is i-55 leading all the way up through springfield, so this entire area under a tornado warning at this hour, this area has a history of producing some wind damage. the next area we're watching, nashville, tennessee and areas off to the west and southwest. see how the storms are developing right along this line? any one of these are developing rotation, and you can see one that has it and it could be impacting nashville, so be aware, your storm's right around the corner, and last but not least, we're looking at storms th

beautiful weather up and down the eastern seaboard. big area of high pressure controlling our weather for the next several days. as it does so, expect a very warm weekend ahead. that general southwesterly wind flow will pump warm air all the way into the mid-atlantic. there are showers entering the western parts of the state of missouri, part of a weather system which may bring an increases number of clouds as we get into the day on sunday. i think most of our rain chances remain less and that 30%. i don't have it posted on the seven-day forecast. here's a look at our future cast model over the next 48 hours. by sunday on saturday, that weather boundary moving onto the western side of the appalachians. one or two lonely sprinkles in far southwestern virginia. as we go from there into sunday morning, notice how almost all of the rain showers dry up as they come into our dry air mass and down sloping as well should eat up most of whatever rain drops will be out there. we'll call it a partly to mostly sunny day sunday. it will remain very

temperatures are going to be in the 60s in the areas to the great lakes, 70s and 80s right down the eastern seaboardis morning and also down there through portions of north florida. out west is where we have the worst of the weather and that will continue through easter sunday, unfortunately. but most of the country is >>> good morning. i am news4 meteorologist, justin drabick. we will see a repeat of yesterday as the temperatures soar into the 70s and even approach 80 in some spots. a few mid to high level clouds. again, the coolest along the potomac bay. and inland areas certainly on the warm side. easter sunday, a weak front will come through a >> that's a look at your wonderful easter forecast. >>> in december, tiger woods announced to the world that he was leaving golf indefinitely and now he's returning to the masters. peter alexander is here to tell us what he's facing this week in the masters. >> tiger woods taint bid the scandal that doesn't show any signs of letting up is returning to golf. the question is how is he going to handle the pressure and how are the fans going to be react? and w

this is part of a bigger system that's moving towards the eastern seaboard, also want to point out, megyn, we are watching the golf tournament, the masters in augusta and some of these dangerous storms could be heading towards this area, so this will be a developing situation obviously for parts of the southeast. by route now, confirmed tornado, moving eastward towards the city of enterprise, alabama. we will watch the situation, this city obviously hard hit in the past, and a developing situation here in the weather center. megyn: that is a scary and dangerous situation. we'll keep you updated through our meteorologist, janice dean. >>> we're getting word from mexico that a producer for the cbs show "survivor" is being held in connection with the death of his wife. the mexican police saying the body of monica bear sister redmond -- baris redmond was found in the gutter near moon palace. this guy was the producer of "survivor", we heard his wife was missing in mexico and now they're turning to the husband. >> reporter: they are. we're getting a better idea of why they're holding him, bruc

sunny skies up and down the eastern seaboard. little on the chilly side today. tomorrow. where is your >> good morning, everyone. i am tony. it is a chilly start, but it will turn up to be a nice day. generally sunny, >> and they've come full circle. you guys announced your engagement on the "today" show and now you're married? >> we got married in central park. >> we froze for you. we froze. >> now let's head back down to matt. >> al, thank you very much. >>> when we come back, exclusive new video of 15-year-old josie ratley, as she discovers from that savaged text rage beating. we'll show you more and talk to her mother, right after this. have you tried honey bunches of oats yet? every spoonful is a little different. mmm. they got three kinds of flakes. this is delicious. it's the perfect combination of sweet and crispy. i love it. this is so good. this is great. the magic's in the mix. parents magazine and edmunds.com called it "one of the best family cars of 2009." the insurance institute for highway safety calls it a "2010 top safety pick." consumers digest

on the eastern seaboard, we've got just a little bit of warm weather and fog to start the morning.oast, we've got definitely some cooler temperatures there are rays. there are sea turtles. it's amazing in here. juju? >> sam, that's fantastic. you found like a cross between sam champion and darth vader. but i subconsciously take breaths with you each time. fantastic, sam. >> don't make me laugh. >> sorry. all right. stay safe. we'll see you back in a bit. >>> we have to change gears. there's this fascinating story i need to tell you about. we've heard about the bizarre things some do in their sleep. talking, walking, eating, even driving without waking up. but what if you commit a crime while suffering from a sleep disorder? it's tore one family apart and landed an oregon husband in jail. it was 4:00 in the morning. without warning, adam kearns attacked his wife, randi. >> my son has night terrors. my husband woke up. he started yelling at me. i couldn't understand what was going on. >> reporter: and perhaps most shocking, adam, she says, appeared to be sleeping during the attack. >

the regional temperatures showing generally a cool pattern throughout the northern eastern seaboard and up and down the atlantic seaboard. it's in the 40s and 50s. out of the mountains it's cooler this morning. they're in the upper 30s now. elkins is now at 38 degrees. it's in the mid and upper 50s in southern virginia. over the last 12 hours or so we've seen a few sprinkles. those are heading to the east. our sky is clearing out. we have high pressure that will be moving in and that will be in place here for today. looking across the nation, are you traveling today? if you're heading out to the perhaps central plains or the intermountain west, a big storm system may be causing flight delays. strong strorms from the plains to texas today. this is the storm system heading our way for the weekend and bringing a change as well. we'll have temperatures by 9:00 in the upper 50s, lots of sun. by noontime, we should be well into the 60s with lots of sun. but a few clouds developing this afternoon as we reach near 70 degrees by midafternoon. sun vies this morning around 6:20. sunset around 7:55

and high pressure building down the eastern seaboard should shove dry air into place.ult sunshine coming back into the picture. southwesterly winds move back in and bring the warmer air back by the end of the week. highs upper 50s to low 60s. and your extended forecast here, nice weather back for tomorrow. the sunshine i get credit for comes back on thursday, chance of a shower or maybe a thunderstorm on fridayth and the weekend, there's a big question mark hanging over the weekend. saturday looks cloudy with a chance of showers and there's a chance we may have to put the raindrop on sunday as well. we'll keep you posted. >>> for the most part this morning, clear, dry road surfaces close in. interstate 66 through fair oaks and vienna, en route to the capital beltway, incident-free. let's see how we're doing elsewhere, trip south of town, the inner and outer loop crossing the wilson bridge, travel lanes reported open. it looks like we're moving along pretty well. getting word of a proeken-down vehicle near the capital beltway so coming through upper marlboro headed to t

that slight risk for severe weather up and down the eastern seaboard.today's high temperatures in the mid 80s, jerry. temperatures will be only in the 50s tomorrow. >> checking out the commute along 270 southbound to 370. travel lanes are open. a report of an accident on 370 near shady grove road. out on the rails at this hour, the earlier delays on mark rail, they have cleared. all are looking good at this hour. that's how we're doing now. eun, back to. >>> it was a terror scare caused by a diplomat's undiplomatic behavior. he sneaked a smoke and people thought he may be trying to set off a bomb. tracee wilkins joins us live from reagan national airport on how the man's words added to the confusion. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. when they say no smoking on a plane, they mean it. last night one diplomat and a planeful of passengers found out how serious they are about this. it was a united airs flight that took off from reagan on its way to denver. a passenger complained of smelling smoke coming from a bathroom. a crew member questioned the m

there is a cold front there, some rough weather across the appalachians and pushing into the eastern seaboard. severe weather will be a threat up and down the front and later tonight. if you are traveling today, atlanta thunderstorms and wind, especially around noontime, so that will delay that major hub. chicago will see colder air. 80, high temperature today. a bit of a cooldown. chicago, 44. if you are traveling there, certainly pack not the summer gear for sure. 62, kansas city. 60 degrees, expected in denver. the first round of the masters, kiran. they may see a little bit of delay or suspension of play as the front moves through. the rest of the weekend looks good. potential for snow, believe it or not, after record-breaking temperatures across parts of the midwest. >> that's really unbelievable. rob, keeping you guys on your toes, that's for sure. thanks, rob. >>> we want to update you on a couple of breaking stories we are following this morning. one is the nuclear treaty signing that's going to be taking place in prague in the czech republic any moment now. it was set to get underway

across much of the central plains, extending to the eastern seaboard.orts of allergies in the northern tier of the country, right along areas of the canadian border. overall, this has been a very tough allergy season and it will continue at least through the weekend. >>> more scenes like this one are popping up across the eastern plains. take a look. the same storm system that's already caused several tornadoes is now dumping snow, sleet and rain, too. >>> people across america are watching arizona. seeing how we implement this law. >> the debate over immigration reform is heating up thanks to a new law in arizona. what supporters and critics are saying about it. >>> a great story. a german shepherd came to his family's rescue when their shop caught fire and state troopers honored him for being both a guide and a hero. >>> you're watching hln on this saturday morning. as always, it is great to see you. i'm susan hendricks. >>> the month of may starts in just a week, but it looks a whole lot like january in colorado. some tornadoes were spotted, several

. >> my congressional district is the size of the eastern seaboard from here to connecticut. >> we controlledthe size -- that's what regression analysis do, is to control -- >> my district has the highest unemployment of the whole state. >> these regressions -- this is why we do regression analysis rather than just comparing, you know, numbers. it's because there's controls for all the variation. >> the funding in minnesota is controlled by the department of transportation under a republican governor, who, if you were attempting to manipulate, would have avoided my district. but clearly not the case. he did not put his hand into it. he did not involve himself. i don't know of any other states where governors have attempted to -- there's no evidence on the record that there's been manipulation. >> i'm absolutely not judging intent. i'm just looking at facts. in fact this report was done, and it's to provide facts about the stimulus to you, members of congress so you could actually decide what's happening. >> we would be concerned if there were any manipulation at the state level of these funds

eastern shore, temperatures in the mid 50s. out of the mountains it's in the low 40s, now it's hit the 50s into the carolinas and north and east of us as well up along the atlantic seaboardin the 50s from eastern pennsylvania up into southern new england where they are having a mostly sunny day. high pressure nosing down from the north and east that's going to be over us here throughout the day today. that is going to be exiting after tomorrow afternoon as we do have an area of low pressure forming over the mid-mississippi valley. this low is going to be tracking just to our south. it's a very weak disturbance and it may give us some clouds with a cans of rain throughout the day on wednesday but just maybe some sprinkles or light rain. so as we look at the temperatures, we're not alone with the cool air mass over muff of the eastern half of the country. only in the 50s from atlanta all the way to boston and the upper great lakes down through the central plains. for the anxious sunny and mild. not as breezy as it was over the weekend but winds gusting to around 20 miles hour out of the northwest as highs reach the mid 60s this afternoon. then overnight tonight by mid even

seaboard. right now it's in the low to mid 50s in the nearby suburbs of prince george's, montgomery as well as fairfax and arlington counties. elsewhere, on the easternshore in the mid 50s out of the mountains as well. mid 50s, so a mild start to this monday. all these storms coming courtesy of the large area of low pressure over the ohio valley. this low will be drifting right over us by later this afternoon. as it does, it will give us more showers and more storms by later this afternoon. between now and then we actually may see little sun this morning, especially south and southeast of washington. we'll have temperatures by noontime with showers likely developing once again, perhaps climbing to the mid 60s by noon and upper 60s to near 70 by mid afternoon. that's when we could have strong thunderstorms developing, some could produce more hail and maybe damaging winds, 3:00 p.m. to around 6:00 or 7:00 p.m. after that lingering rain overnight. perhaps a few showers tomorrow morning. sun back in the afternoon. highs mid 60s. we dry out on wednesday and thursday. thursday near 70. still dry friday. looks like more rain again for next weekend. jerry, h