anywhere from eastern texas to parts of new england we have winter weather advisories and warnings in effect here. in the new york city area we saw an upgrade from a watch to a winter storm warning and the snow totals also increased. we are expecting 6-10 inches along the tri-state area. that's in the coastal areas. further inland you could see more snow. one of the greatest risk area is as across georgia and parts of the carolinas. this is where we have ice storm warnings in effect. a big concern out here locally there are some areas that could actually see over an inch of ice is that is major accumulation. northern georgia and south carolina we could be seeing as much as 6-12 inches. parts of the appalachians as well expecting 6-12 inches of snow. you can see that moisture already moving into parts of the southeast and snow filling in across parts of south carolina and georgia. heather and ainsley back to you. >> lots of people watching the forecast. >> an amber alert in san francisco a 13-year-old girl was taken by a 38-year-old man. they are looking for a red sufficient license pl

this is the first system that will pass to our south, a little rain now louisiana, eastern texas, a little snow in northwestern louisiana. we have some high and midlevel clouds and that's about it. so we're dry tonight. keep your plans. if you've got date night tomorrow, keep your plans. 36 chevy chase, 33 white oak, 33 rockville, 35 reston, 37 old town. cold tonight and dry, no worries, mainly afternoon or evening light snow tomorrow. do not see any problems on the roads, call it conversational, another chance for afternoon snow showers sunday, probably a better chance sunday night, don't see any problems. another chance on monday. monday morning we could see a little accumulation, especially north and west of town. that's something we'll keep an eye on for you all weekend. in the meantime break it down, temps around 30 to start, 32 by 11:00, 33 by 1 p.m., could see flakes by 1 p.m., even downtown. next three days again another chance for snow showers sunday night and then another chance early on monday. a little cold are monday, 34. next seven days -- colder monday 34. next seven days, c

flourish of showers and thunderstorms later on some of these storms along the i-10 corridor from eastern texasa in to mississippi, alabama and georgia could turn severe here, we want to be careful later on in the day we have flood warnings in effect across i-10 and i-12 along baton rouge, they can use the rain in the south. another very dry take on deck. the pattern i think will change a bit as we track on in to next week, but look at this deficit we are looking at here. the rainfall that we received since december, san francisco has only received almost three-inches of rain, typically her close to 12 at this time of the year, very different across the north central planes where they have had to deal with snowstorm after snowstorm a light band here back to you, morgan. >> thank. , so much, gentleman leah jelel. thousands of people are dancing along the beach this weekend. check it out. the party is a precarnival right. bands entertaining the crowd with songs. carnival officially begins on february 28 and the parties continue until march 4th which is just a day before the lent and season begin.

increase in the southern areas of the u s still rainy season free seen rain and heavy snow showers in eastern texas and to joyce yet the new monday going into your to stay and to the north moderate snow on the katrina off in the next several hours across the north eastern us and sunshine will come back across the dark in washington d c but temperatures in much the lord and with this due to this and i feared extremely cold across the heart of the us and canada and the kids minus twelve the crease with high despite the sunshine in chicago and we need and twenty one degrees below zero with sunny skies aren't that from now on a texas judge read a book i wound. and. i don't. sth. as i think this is the sin of me signing casting man she says the us

about 2,000 miles worth of winter storm warnings or even advisories stretching from eastern texas alleas are expecting some form of winter weather within the next 24 to 48 hours. and i do want to show you the forecast as far as the southeast 'cause this is going to be one of the worst hit areas and that is where we have ice storm warnings in effect because ice accumulation here could potentially exceed over a half inch of ice, some spots the forecast is to exceed an inch of ice. so widespread power outages are forecast and people are being urged to stay off the road. take a look at the feature radar. we're expecting hours and hours of freezing rain, of sleet and also of snow to fall across parts of georgia and the carolinas, possibly over 12 hours. so that's going to allow that snow and that ice to continue to accumulate out there. here is a look at the ice forecast. you can see georgia and the carolinas. snow heavy at times, expected across the northeast as well. tonight into tomorrow, six to 12 inches forecast widespread. parts of new england could actually see more than a foot of s

anywhere from eastern texas to parts of new england we have winter weather advisories and warnings in. in the new york city area we saw an upgrade from a watch to a

the edge of the eagle ford shale, a strip of oil and gas extraction that stretches from south to eastern texasut they, well, no surprise, don't have the money or lawyers or connections of exxonmobil ceo and they have to live with those costs. >> it just makes constant noise. day have bright lights on all night long. and that one was completed last summer. it flared nonstop for a year. >> we're standing on the road. we own that kind of the road. this is the neighbor's where they're doing a massive frack job. you can hear the noise. loud. really echos late at night. that flame is always going. we don't feel safe having cattle or anything right here. >> there you see the other side of the tracks. and i think that's why our debate over environmental justice is also a debate over social justice. join get down to it, even those oil executives are environmentalists when it comes it their backyard. or their oceanfront views. yes, it's environmentalism for the 1%, and the industrial revolution for everyone else. joining us now to explain all this, the former mayor of dish, texas, calvin tillman who lef

if you're heading out of the major airports in eastern texas be sure to check ahead.into tomorrow, a similar scenario is the something up. maybe not as wintry across the panhandle. freezing rain and drizzle into oklahoma and dallas. showers will be here heading into the western gulf. this is an area we head into the weekend. one quick system cut across the ohio valley and across the northeast that will bring nor more of a nuisance snow, a couple inches. these systems fade across the north of new england. they are not looking at a big snow with this system. lori, let's send it back to you. lori: well it is winter after all. heather, thank you. adam: on the broadcast yesterday we told you about a major salt shortage which is hitting parts of the country. now we're hearing about a surprising ice melting alternative and in some cases it is tasty one too. cheese. some states are actually sprinkling cheese brian and this is not so appetizing but dairy waste products, in effort to melt ice. in wisconsin transportation workers used trucks in part of the state's 140 cheese pla

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we have winter storm watches and winter weather advisories in effect out here anywhere from eastern texasa because we are expecting a round of sleet, light snow between one and two inches and also freezing rain. so this is going to produce all kinds of issues out here and it's going to be lasting through wednesday. out west winter weather advisories in effect because another round of snow and rain expected to move in. now let's head back inside to brian. >> thanks a lot. 21 minutes before the top of the hour. top nfl prospect michael sam announcing he's gay and could be the first openly gay player in the nfl. sam was an all american at the university of missouri. here's what he had to say about his announcement. >> that's a load off my chest. i told my teammates august -- i came tout -- i came out to my teammates and they took it great. i couldn't ask for better teammates. >> as you go to the combines people saying that about him, he didn't want anybody else breaking the news. the nfl releasing a statement saying they admire his honesty and courage. oklahoma state basketball player marcus

eastern china. a few areas often tours or texas in about five to ten centimeters on top with arctic and happy. it's been causing some problems as far as the traffic out here. lots of people commuting after the holidays but as the system does continue police's move across southern japanese island of eighty millimeters of rainfall could occur around here is the risk of some isolated areas with flash flooding then take a look at a forty dollar forecasts so this is one of those storm systems is making that track south of japan's that means the mullahs are not really stopping this moisture as the rides along the pacific coast and not call their stunning in its pumping in that moisture from the south. it is unlikely to have awesome o we treat recent occasion across the comp so eerie including downtown tokyo. by saturday zodiac careful with the sun the snow fog are definitely very slow go mute in it get any flights in and out of much of japan by saturday just checking on ahead of time tokyo five eight on your friday. partly cloudy skies so let's read some rain showers there for you while down for its

eastern sea board. this storm started in texas and end up in maine. millions affected and the roads are a mess and the government in washington is closed. we'll go to the ghost town of washington d.c. >> democrats are feeling that the president's health care law is bad for them in november. >> there is no doubt that our failure to roll out the a ca's smoothly has put a burden on democrats whether they are running or not. >>> quick check the head lines, despite fierce objections of the u.s. military doze knows of dangerous prisoners walked free. hammid karzi ordered the release. the u.s. military is not happy about this. >>> the national security agency told congress that former nsa employee edward noden gained access by copying a pass word by a co-worker who has since resigned. >>> and a tone ager in chicago showing love for his mom. he wrote a message outside of his mom's hospital wino. and she is treated for cancer. hi, mom. god bless you and the o has a smiley face. great touch. >>> looking at the nation's capitol. the storm is crippling much of th

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the lines cross eastern iowa and then the storms blossoming towards parts of texas.f that, national weather service issued receive threat. i don't think today is the day for large tornadoes but a day for small tornadoes that will definitely cause damage and very strong straightline winds, up to 70 miles-per-hour. so we already heard some damage reports, and we'll be dealing with more. >> then moves to the northeast. thank you, sir. we'll be right back. >>> we have a winner. $425 million powerball jackpot but we don't know who it is. lottery officials say there was but one winning ticket in the drawing, and sold at a gas station outside san jose. the store's owner gets a nice prize. $1 million cash for that sale. his son says the owner was on a flight early this morning to india, so he won't get the great news until after he lands. >>> how about an indian spending spree. on this day in 199815-year-old american figure skater tara lip pin ski was the youngest ever gold medalist in her sport. she won a gold medal at junior olympic, and at 14 was in the national and world

eastern half of the nation. scattered showers across the southeast coast of texas and the southeast atlantic coast from the carolinas to florida. >> the midwest shivers in another day of arctic air. chicago and detroit are in for the midteens, highs in the 50s across much of the southeast. miami sounds nice in the mid-80s. >>> well, be careful what you say to siri. it turns out everything whispered is being stored. >>> and cuffed by the cops. why a firefighter who was helping victims at an accident scene was put into the backseat of a police car. >>> and a final farewell. jay leno signs off from "the tonight show" with an emotional good-bye. offensive lineman, defensive tackles, quarterbacks and cornerbacks are all working with united way. for a million little reasons. the kids of our communities. to ensure their academic success, all the way to graduation day. it takes about 12 years to create a graduate. it takes the same time to create a dropout. and the difference between a kid becoming one or the other could be professional athlete. or it could be you. studies show, the earlier we get to kids, the better their

texas, louisville, and mississippi. it will be continuing as it works towards the eastern sea board and snow will pile up. they are going to have higher hills, mountains in the south-east accumulate up to a foot of snow. again, that, again, is on top of ice in places closer to the coast. on the coast itself it will be rain, until the storm works up into the north-east. we have winter storm watches impacting manhattan and boston. it's the tract of the storm that looks unsure. now it does appear that the storm will bring snow to maryland, but we'll get snow for the manhattan area and parts of the eastern new jersey, maybe about one to four inches approximately as we get thursday night into early friday morning. and a lighter storm coming over on top of that. temperatures. ing it -- something to watch in the days ahead. >> we'll have updates on al jazeera america. >> on capitol hill, the house voted to raise the debt ceiling with no conditions attached. it approved a clean debt limit bill. the senate is expected to take up the bill today. a fight over the debt ceiling contributing to a 17-day shutdown last o

there is western grid, there is eastern grid, then there is texas. texas is not strongly interconnected into the rest of the united states. in fact, texas is not under the jurisdiction of the federal regulatory commission for transmission with reception of reliability so that does have the responsibility. these three grids are separate. they operate separately malt lit. once you are into the grid area, if you do something that one portion of the grid for exle pell. if there is outage in florida. it is actually felt in maine. you can, you can sense the frequency incursion in maine if there is power plant, for ex pem, that guess out in florida. so because of that, because of that because of this ber cob mecktiveness of the frequency across the entire interconnect that is why taking out a number within the sper connect can destabilize the entire connect and bring it down. >> host: here is a tweet. was the super bowl power outage a few years back an ind is calf potential problems? >> guest: well, that was local small distribution substation transformer,

the area facing a potential catastrophic winter storm slamming the southeast stretching from texas to the eastern seaboard. freezing rain causing what may be the worst ice storm in a decade, forcing georgia and virginia into states of emergency. >> there's no doubt that this is one of mother nature's worst kinds of storms that can be inflicted on the south. >> up to an inch of ice could make travel treacherous. the national guard on the move preparing to rescue anyone sliding off the road. >> i'm going to go out there on the highways and patrol and make sure all of our citizens okay. >> sleet, ice and snow suspending some amtrak trains and cancelling flights. atlanta's airport delta employees had to sleep in planes because there aren't enough hotel rooms. in north carolina a truck crashed into the guardrail as the popular i-95 corridor is becoming a dangerous icy roadway. the potentially catastrophic ice accumulations already pummelled texas on monday, riddling roadways with accidents. a firefighter after stopping to check on one spun car died when another driver lost control on the icy bridge. k

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take a look at it from space, stretching from texas through virginia, and farther north along the eastern seaboard. it's in georgia, though, and the carolinas that will be the first to get the worst of it. not just out on the roads. even if you stay at home, you could end up in darkness for days when inches of ice meet miles of power lines. snow is falling north of atlanta. not wants to get caught off guard, the georgia governor declared a state of emergency, telling georgians, we are not kidding and we are not crying wolf. president obama has freed up federal resources in case things get bad. more than 2,000 flights have been canceled. delta employee also be sleeping in planes because there aren't enough hotel rooms. let's check in with chad myers. they're calling this storm potentially crippling. what should the southeast expect? >> ice. and the ice is going to be rain on the way down and freeze when it gets down here. that's the issue. it's the ice that will collect on the trees and grow and grow and grow and then that tree will fall down. it has no choice because it's just simply too

take a look at it from space stretching there from texas through virginia and farther north along the eastern seaboard. it's in georgia, though, and the carolinas that will be the first to get the worst of it. not just out on the roads which could look like this shortly. that's because even if you stay at home you could end up in darkness for days when inches of ice meet miles of power lines. right now snow is falling north of atlanta. not wanting to get caught off guard like last time, the georgia governor declare add state of emergency for 89 counties telling georgians we are not kidding and we are not crying wolf. president obama declared a state of emergency as well, freeing up federal resources in case things get bad. more than 2,000 flights have already been canceled for wednesday. we learned that delta employees will be sleeping in planes at atlanta airport during the storm because there aren't enough hotel rooms for everyone. serious stuff tonight. let's check in with chad myers in the weather center. they're calling this storm potentially crippling. what should the southeast expect?

area facing a potential catastrophic winter storm, slamming the southeast stretching from texas to the easternce storm in a decade, forcing georgia and virginia into states of emergency. >> there's no doubt that this is one of mother nature's worst kinds of storms that can be inflicted on the south. >> reporter: up to an inch of ice could make travel treacherous. the national guard on the move, preparing to rescue anyone sliding off the road. >> we'll go out there on the highways and patrol, make sure all of our citizens are okay. >> reporter: sleet, snow, ice suspending amtrak trains and flights. atlanta's airport, delta employees had to sleep in planes because there are not enough hotel rooms. in north carolina a truck crashed into the guardrail as the popular i-95 corridor is becoming a dangerous icy roadway. the potentially catastrophic ice accumulations already pummelled texas on monday riddling roadways with accidents. a firefighter after stopping to check on one spun car died when another driver lost control on the icy bridge. knocking him off the overpass on to the ramp below. for much

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have any travel plans along the eastern seaboards hopefully it doesn't affect it but by saturday looks like skies will be clear as far as flying. back towards the west in texas and oklahoma, that clear air is also ushering in dry, windy conditions. so, we do have these fire risk warnings in effect out here. temperature towards the south, though, rather warm and mild in southen over towards atlanta, even in washington, d.c. up to 14 degrees. north of that front, though, look at chicago, minus 1 only for your high. across eastern asia what we have been looking out here is absolutely beautiful weather really shaping up for the weekend, believe it or not. and northern portions of japan, we still do have some sea-effect snow, nothing too unusual. 30 centimeters in western parts of hokkaido. towards korea and china, high pressure is going to be smack right over top of you and that means some clearer skies. now unfortunately not everybody here sharing in that, though. parts of northeastern china around beijing, there has been haze advisories issued here because of the high caps, any pollutants in the atmosphere, very little wind to disperse it. that's going to be a

there is western grid, there is eastern grid, then there is texas.as is not strongly interconnected into the rest of the united states. in fact, texas is not under the jurisdiction of the federal regulatory commission for transmission with reception of reliability so that does have the responsibility. these three grids are separate. they operate separately malt lit. once you are into the grid area, if you do something that one portion of the grid for exle pell. if there is outage in florida. it is actually felt in maine. you can, you can sense the frequency incursion in maine if there is power plant, for ex pem, that guess out in florida. so because of that, because of that because of this ber cob mecktiveness of the frequency across the entire interconnect that is why taking out a number within the sper connect can destabilize the entire connect and bring it down. >> host: here is a tweet. was the super bowl power outage a few years back an ind is calf potential problems? >> guest: well, that was local small distribution substation transformer, that

from texas and the chairman emeritus and my other actual chairman from texas, one more time, remember aztecsans you're easternerso those of us in arizona. this bill is appreciated. i know there's always a discussion about funding, but one of my great interests in this is the continued movement of the data sharing as our universities across the country, particularly in the southwest, build better and better and healthier and more robust models and the ability for that data to help states like mine manage our water resources into the future. and with that, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. johnson: madam speaker, i have no further requests for time. i simply would urge the support for 2431 and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from texas is is recognized. mr. hall: madam speaker, i have no further requests for time, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. th

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eastern seaboard. the storm has already dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the northeast, making for treacherous driving conditions. the storm has killed at least 18 people from texas to virginia. more than half a million customers are without power and 6,000 flights have been canceled today alone. this monster storm isn't over yet. it is packing more snow, ice, and freezing rain through tomorrow morning. joining me now from phoenixville, pennsylvania, is the weather channel's kate parker. what is it like by you? and how much worse is it going to get? >> reporter: well, fortunately, we're in a little bit of a lull right now in pennsylvania. we're just outside of philadelphia where we've had a record-breaking snow day. we've had 10 inches of snow and that means this is the fourth time this year we've seen more than 6 inches of snow in philadelphia and that is the first time that we've ever seen that happen in a single season since records began back in 1884. so a remarkable day. i'm standing in front of this tree because this tree came down on power lines in this neighborhood last week. it left families without power for up to five days. some even more than that in

texas, but nevertheless there's interesting things happening in north carolina. first, let's talk about the demographics of the state. you really break it down in your article, pointing out the easternnted from their families by the king in the 1700s, and then in the west it's the mountain people. >> yes, yes, of course that's not everybody. >> sure, of course. >> but that is sort of the feeling of the state. if you drive to the east, you are in wide open flat land. if you talk to people there, you can see certainly that some people still own land that has been in the family for 300 years, and then there's a grayer side of the state, a little bit less kempt, less kept in the western side, i guess. >> in this piece you point to a specific day in november that you believe, as they like to say in d.c., was a game changer. november. >> i'm sorry, i didn't hear. >> in the piece you talk about the political turn, and one day that stands out for many was november 2008, when you saw victory party for democrat larry kissle, and some of the reaction from the congressional races in that state. >> yeah, that was sort of the -- that was the big moment in the state where the republicans have sort

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storm pushes along the eastern sea board, we see likely very heavy snow hitting portions of d.c., new york, and boston over the next 48 hours. watches and warnings stretch from texas all the way up to maine including 22 states. the biggest ice factor will be from alabama through to the carolinas. power outages, downed trees and dangerous travel a possibility there. the areas then get hit by as much as 3 to 5 inches of snow, but the total gets very high as we head up the eastern seaboard. we'll likely see as much as 12 to 18 inches of snow in spots west of new york boston and d.c. and wind will also be a big factor with this storm, creating more damage in ice storm areas and blizzard potential in parts of the northeast. charlie, norah? >>> in washington the senate could approve a bill today raising the nation's debt limit. yesterday's house vote was close and unexpected free of drama. on capitol hill, nancy cordes shows us why there is no dlet of a standoff this time. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. normally, this is such a bitter fight, but this time, the house speaker allowed this vote to raise the debt ceiling no strings attached two wee

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eastern time. in your morning papers this morning, under the threat of a national boycott, jan brewer vetoed the religious freedom bill, saying it could divide arizona in ways we could not imagine. in texasa judge struck down marriage, same-sex ruling that the laws violate the constitution. we will begin with your thoughts on infrastructure spending. the president was pushing congress to approve his infrastructure spending plan. what is it like in your city? what are your infrastructure needs? republicans, (202) 585-3881. democrats, (202) 585-3880. independents, (202) 585-3882. you can send us a tweet or post your comments on facebook. had towhat the president say yesterday about infrastructure spending. [video clip] rebuilding our infrastructure is vital to business. becreates jobs that cannot outsourced. this is one of our major responsibilities, funding -- helping states and cities funded new infrastructure projects. [applause] part of the reason i am focused on this is because congress has a deadline coming up. if congress does not finish a transportation bill by the end of the summer, we could see construction projects stop in their tracks. i was in the budget to congress giving cit

robert l.hobbs of texas to be united states marshal for the eastern district. gary blankinship of texas for united states marshal for the southern district. amos rojas jr. of florida to be united states marshal for the southern district. peter c.tobin of ohio to be united states marshal for the southern district. anthony gardner of new york to be representative of the united states of america to the european union. robert a. sherman of massachusetts to be ambassador. mr. whitehouse: mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: at the conclusion of the vote, may i ask unanimous consent that the senator from minnesota be recognized for up to a minute, senator from georgia for up to seven minutes, the senior senator from rhode island for up to two minutes, and that i be recognized thereafter, subject to the majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, i yield back all the time on these nominations. the presiding officer: without objection. the majority leader. mr. reid: i yield back all the time. the presiding off