erica. and let's see the new you, erica. >> oh!e a look-see. >> i don't even recognize you from this morning. whirl right around here, honey, and take a look. >> whoa. >> wow. >> you look fantastic. >> wow. spin right around. look right here at camera 12. >> she wants to keep looking. i don't blame her. >> oh, yes. tell us about the hair, louis. >> happy birthday, erica, first of all. >> thank you. >> what we did, this is a very simple color. if you do have gray hair and you want to take away ten years, this is a quick fix that works. takes less than an hour. in fact, this time we had about 30 minutes. right, erica? and then of course vanessa took her hair, which was already short, but gave it style. >> that gamin look. >> absolutely. >> what do you think? >> je ne sais quoi. >> i love it. you look awesome. >> mom, what do you think? >> i love it too. i need one. >> you're next. >> i love this. this leather jacket. >> it's too cold. so we did a pants day today. kinky boots, which we saw. so we picked an outfit you can mix and match

it's the extreme cold that continues erica. in kansas city today they may not get above ten degrees. that would be the coldest high in march on record going back to 1888. right now it's four, the windchill is 25 below. highs in the midwest as much as 40 degrees below average. all i can say, erica, is make it stop. back to you. >> make it stop and stay inside. those are not the kind of records anyone wants to set. thanks so much. lester, back over to you. >>> dylan, let's turn to you now. walk us through who is going to get hammered. >> it doesn't look like this will be as big as initially thought for parts of the mid atlantic. it's traveled a little further south and petered out a little bit. that being said, this is a huge storm with a lot of different situations involved with it. we are seeing it extend from parts of new mexico all >>> through parts of kentucky, tennessee, even arkansas. from the north of that, kansas, to to new york city, that's where we'll see the snow. heaviest snow should be pushed south to areas like bal

erica. >> tough situation. miguel, thank you. >>> the search for the missing malaysia airlines plane, night is falling in australia. that means the planes scouring the waters of the south indian ocean will head back for the day. new information is coming out of france. officials there say they have satellite images that show what could be debris from the plane. our coverage from around the globe starts with kerry sanders. kerry, good morning. >> lester, that new image taken bay french satellite is in thands of the malaysian and australian authorities. we're told its coordinates are in the same region of the southern indian ocean where this satellite image released by state-run china tv and these two images released by australia were also taken. all are clues that might be lining up to show that the flight went down somewhere in the southern indian ocean. >> reporter: as the mystery enters the third week, the flow of information to find the possible wreckage of flight 370 at times has appeared less than coordina

>>erica: also looks dry. >>darya: 6 02 right now and the search continues this morning for three boys who are accused of attacking and sexually assaulting a transgendered team. it happened yesterday morning at hercules high-school and kron4's will tran is at the school now with the details of what happened. good morning well. >>: good morning. >>: this happened around 11:00 yesterday morning during school hours. we aren't sure what back from it is but i can tell you that the trans gender student who identifies as a male was in the bathroom, was finished when the three boys confronted him, brought him back inside the bathroom and a cordon to investigators physically assaulted him. they have not made any arrests or seat are even saying whether these were students at this particular high school but they are looking into this case as a possible hate crime believe that these stories students were three boys went after this transgendered student because he is a trans to interpret word got around very quickly of cou

here to do that, erica kato. good morning, erica. >> yes.ple want to hear about this before heading out the door. we are talking about another warm day around the area, unusual warmth for this time of the year. we are in the winter but yesterday we saw a handful of locations climb into the 80s. we are looking at the possibility of record breaking heat. as for right now we have some clouds along the immediate coastline, i think it's going to be a little cooler at the beaches because we will see more of an onshow flow later on today. as for right now san francisco checking at 52, 50 out the door in san jose. temperatures warming up by about 3:00 today. fremont 76, a bunch of 80s in the south bay, that includes sunnyvale, cooper teeno, 81 -- cupertino. total sunshine, a beautiful day, great day to be outdoors. a lot of folks at the beaches yesterday, saw a lot of folks hiking. today going to see a similar weather story, vallejo at 77, 77 degrees in fairfield. mid-60s expected along the coastline. napa checking in with a high of 79 today. this w

erica? >> thanks. we'll get more of your national forecast coming up in a bit. >>> residents of ukraine's crimea region are voting on whether to split off from russia. it's a vote that has the united states very angry. nbc's chief correspondent is in ukraine, richard engel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. voting has begun here in crimea, this referendum. the people are deciding whether they will remain as part of ukraine or break away and join up with russia. the voting is taking place mostly in schools. voters we have been speaking to predominantly say they want to join up with russia. a lot of their motivation is economics. the economy of russia is stronger than the crimean economy and they hope that if the people here become russian citizens, they will also be entitled to russian state pension. this cannot, however, be described as a completely open, free and fair vote. there are russian troops on the ground. there are pro-russian militias that have taken over the streets, parliamen

erica is in hollywood along the red carpet.ck with her in a >irst a look at this morning's top headlines. russian troops are on the move in ukraine prompting calls for help. winter won't back down, that powerful storm system hid california in the midwest and it won't be long before it takes a swipe at the east coast. officials in montana say that avalanche that crushed a neighborhood on friday appears to have been caused by a snowboarder who was riding in a closed-off area. >>> coming up, the wait is almost over. we'll be announcing the city we're partnering with this year to shine a light to help get everyone healthy. >>> speaking of getting healthy, it's day two of our 30 days to a better you challenge. i'm all about starting small. while my advice may sound big, it's not as difficult as it sounds. it's 100% doable. >> that's why we love your advice, jenna. it's always doable. we begin with the high stakes action that's going to get under way in just a matter of hours here in hollywood. there's been so much talk over the last

erica? >> dylan, thanks. we'll get more of your full forecast for the nation in just a few minutes. >>> now to the tensions overseas between russia and ukraine. thousands of russian troops are reportedly on the border of eastern ukraine, ready to enter that country if and when president putin would give the go-ahead. president obama spoke with putin for about an hour on friday to find a diplomatic solution to all this. kristen welker is outside of the white house. kristen, good morning. any meeting of the minds here? >> reporter: well, they did speak, which is significant. president obama currently headed back to washington. he placed that phone call -- or i should say, putin placed that phone call to him before president obama -- the phone call lasted for 60 minutes. a white house official describing it as frank and direct. putin did reach out to president obama, who had the discussion from his hotel in riyadh, his final stop on his week-long diplomatic trip. now, a white house official tel

the pingers are the key. >> they could give off symbols, the black boxes. >> this is day 13, as erica said, and they are supposed to be guaranteed for 30 days. we have maybe 17 days, sometimes they last longer, but you have to be fairly close to them in general. they guarantee two mile radius, the manufacturer, but that means you have to have a lot much p3s out there. it's a big area of the open. i'd like to see a lot of new equipment, and the p8, the poseiden, a 737, faster than the p3s, but the p3s are the aircraft that are available in large numbers. we have 150 of them, the australians have about 12, if i remember, and the japanese have 100. we may see an ahmada of p3s converging. >> i want to tap into your knowledge working with the navy, what can we expect in the next several hours here as far as the search? >> clearly they'll be out there - there's three p3s, and a c130 initially on the scene. they have radar, infrared, and that can't see through fog. the australian authorities were saying the weather is, you know, hazy or foggy. so i'm not sure if they'll be able to get any ph

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erica, you mentioned using sanctions. i'd like to ask, do you think it is possible to put together a kind of database of the kind you've done on this issue of nonviolent change, nonviolent movements? could you put together a database to determine whether sanctions actually worked? >> in fact it's been done by the international peterson institute for economics which her own college is a fellow there. and they have a database on economic sanctions dating back to think the early 20th century. we actually, many scholars have addressed the question whether the worker i had to say, like stephanie's colleagues, the jury is still out on the question. it's a very controversial. there are all kinds of reasons why you might imagine that once you to come to the point of using sanctions, the chances that they succeeded go down because you have picked a very difficult environment in which the sanctions are being used. so at that point it might not be a lot of willingness on the part of the targeted sanctions to cooperate on the other h

erica? >> good morning, marty. we had a few isolated showers overnight but right now heading out to mostly dry conditions around the bay area. mostly clear skies also behind me is a live look from our roof camera. a little cold with temperatures in the low 50s and i think we'll see more sunshine as we head into the afternoon before the clouds increase and in fact by 3:00 today, expect partly cloudy skies and temperatures ranging from the upper 50s along the coast to perhaps a few mid 60s inland so yesterday it was raining off and on all day and you can see we got over an inch of rain for the coastline, take a look at oakland almost .9 of an inch. a quarter of an inch for the novado area, half inch for sfo, so pretty impressive rain totals, storm door opens so we have several opportunities to see more rain as we head into next week but like i mentioned mostly dry conditions for today. highs look like this with fairfield 65, upper 50s for downtown san francisk please abouton high of 61 and 64 today in sunnyvale, so c

lester and erica? the fashion and who walks away with the shiny gold statue, we're looking back at how far some of the no, ma'amies have come and for that, we turn to joelle garguilo. good morning. >> we've all got to start somewhere, right? good morning, guys. the votes are in, envelopes are sealed and statues are being polished. while this year's oscar nominees make it easy, for some, their road to gold has been a long one. yes, there will be glitz, there will be glamour, there will be a megawattage of star power at the 86th annual academy awards. but before the nominees saunter down the red carpet, let's take a stroll down memory lane. prior to best actress nominee, amy adams getting her "american hustle" on. >> no, i said we shouldn't do any of it. you know i said that. >> it was a different tune she sang. ♪ stranger place to be >> reporter: nope, not that enchanted one, or this jingle -- ♪ got free checking >> the vault is unbelievable on these actors. >> amy adams got her start in dinner theater

thank you very much, erica. i should mention after we talk to thomas and stephanie, that we'll then have an opportunity for questions that people can pose them and maybe alicia will figure out to make this mic a little more moveable in case people have trouble getting out of the seats. but, thomas, your experience to me is quite extraordinary. you take a couple of well-known, famous, i would say, economist who is made a certain conclusion about the role of fiscal austerity and you looked at their data and you found there were problems. so why don't you explain to the audience exactly how that happened, what your conclusion was and where do we go from here? i have always worried about when economists talk about something and now you made me completely frightened about it so. [laughing] >> yeah. so thank you very much. like i mentioned earlier the project started as a homework assignment. econometrics course where, you know the assignment was to replicate a major work in the field. that just means reconstruct it f

erica? >> wow.ou. >> and kerry mentions the focus now on the passengers and the crew. let's talk about the investigation on the ground in malaysia, specifically into the two men who were in control of the plane, at least at the start. malaysian police spent a few hours this morning at the pilot's home. keir simmons is in kuala lumpur with the latest. keir, good morning. >> reporter: hey, there, lester. good morning. that's right, there are reports this morning that police searched zaharie shah's house, the pilot of the plane. we were there to see them arrive, and then a few hours later, they left. so, who are these two pilots? well, zaharie shah is in his 50s. he is highly experienced. he's logged 18,000 flight hours, whereas fariq hamid, who is the co-pilot, he's 27, he's relatively new with 2,800 flight hours. now, we've been talking at the same time to the president of the cabin crew union here, and he outlines what would be possible if passengers were involved, if this was some kind of a hijack.

bill, erica will graduate with a business degree with thousands of women like erica the va's promiseto end homelessness by 2015 is going to be a challenge. al jazeera, denver. >>> joie chen standing by to tell us what's going to happen on "america tonight." >> following up on homeless in america, a missing child here in washington, d.c. and how her disappearance raises new concern about how homeless children are protected. >>> now these are the last pictures of eight-year-old ralisha rud, she was last seen with someone her family trusted. there is serious question about how the city protects homeless children. it is a struggle sometimes from the first day of life. >> when i first saw her, was this where we're going to be at? i didn't know what i was in store for. when the guy showed me how i'm supposed to close it up, there's no lock, there's no key. >> we'll hear more about the risk to homeless kids and teens in america. that's coming up at the top of the hour on "america tonight." >> joie, thank you. >>> now to a surprising new program in amsterdam, that's intended to help alcoholi

erica? >> all right dylan. thanks. >>> this next story is incredible. the flight against the flu is getting help from an unlikely person. a teenager making waves in the scientific world and giving hope to anyone that's battled the flu. >> walking to his southern california high school, 17-year-old eric chin is a science celebrity. >> you can only imagine what he's going to do. we know it's going to be great. >> it started early in life. eric was obsessed with legos and any other toy he could take apart and put back together. >> he was a very curious boy from a very young age. always asking why. >> a couple years ago, that curiosity matured into a passion for fight flu outbreaks. >>>i thought we have this urgent need for new medicine. >> eric needed a lab to do research. at his age it wasn't easy but he eventually found a place here at the university of california san diego. >> with help from trusting professors eric developed an innovative approach that marries computer based research with g

erica? >> all right, eunice yoon, we will continue to check in with you, eunice. thank you. >> as you would expect, crews were deployed quickly to try to find the boeing 777 as malaysian investigators called in as many as they could to aid the search efforts. we now know that the u.s. -- >> we are working with authorities who have activated the search-and-rescue team to locate the aircraft and our thoughts and prayers are with all affected passengers and crew and their family members. >> and we now know that the u.s. navy has diverted a ship that was stationed in international waters off the south china sea to aid in the search efforts off the coast of vietnam. tom costello covers aviation for us. tom, what else do we know about all this? >> hi, lester, good morning. we know the pilot was very experienced, 53 years old with 18,000 hours of flying, and we know that the 777 is a very reliable plane, really a workhorse for airlines worldwide that have long-haul flights. the plane that is missin

erica will graduate with an acting degree. i feel like nothing can stop me, like i'm trained, working through life. thousands of women like erica working through. it will be a challenge. >> now to president obama's trip to europe. he held a strategy meeting with e.u. and n.a.t.o. leaders, met with n.a.t.o. secretary-general , the two pledge help to ukraine. >> russia faces further sanctions if the situation in crimea intensifies. >> we want the russians to live in dignity like everyone else, proud of their history. that does not mean they can run rough shod over their neighbours. >> president obama is in rome and has a meeting with the pope. mike viqueira has more the shared message. >> they have not missed a day in 32 years. feeding, teaching, sheltering, helping the poor get up op their feet. >> i'm not hungry any more. hopefully i'll get a job and start working. >> the catholic church has a lopping history. it's the loophole, who after an era of paedophilia has brought the church back to the core mission, through actions an

erica? >> the winter weather advisory that was in olefect for the entire -- effect for the entire d.c. metro area has been dropped. it's still in effect in the southern reaches of the shenandoah valley and portions of virginia. this is whey winter weather advisory -- why the winter weather advisory has been dropped. you can see here don develop a -- on live doppler 9000 hd a three hour loop here. the showers have been contained to the south and the east of the metro. this system will continue to spin its way occupy the coast -- up the coast bringing the heaviest rainfall to the delmarva peninsula and some strong winds to the peninsula but maybe just a sprinkle or a light shower to us here in the beltway. you can see the rain creeping into southern maryland. some of this is not even reaching the ground because of that dry air we have in place. and the only places that got any icy precipitatn were in stafford county, spotsylvania county near fredericksburg early this morning. temperatures clim

go straight over to first alert meteorologist erica grow. been tracking the winter weather. >> that's why we have this winter storm watch in effect for the entire d.c. metro, from midnight until6:00 p.m. on monday. and we are expecting quite a bit of snow. it's going to start out as a wintry mix for all the areas that are shaded here in pink. this is monday morning and then changing over to snow. mostly all snow in western maryland and still looking at mostly rain in the very southern tip of maryland and the northern neck of virginia but once we get into the afternoon hours on monday, it's mostly all snow even in the beltway and the mix to snow still hanging on but only in southern maryland and the eastern shore, so significant snowfall accumulations are likely throughout the entire metro. two components to this system that we can see right now, we are still tracking this system that is bringing the rain to southern california, it's starting to develop into what we call a four corners low, you can see the four corner states here and that is

here is erica. >>erica: if your lan drops ride on santa rosa.ll remain drive through the morning. by 12:00 expect some sprinkles for petaluma and napa and take a look as you put this clock into motion. three this afternoon light rain for the central bay. for the sector will pick up in intensity. again the rain will intensify for your evening commute, and then it looks like will just hold on to scattered showers for the overnight hours a waking up early tuesday morning. as for your eyes today. plenty of 60s out there. . the light rain expected today. pass the sun and clouds return until we receive another system on wednesday. past the that looks like sunshine and warmer whether. '70s will carry us into the weekend and the clouds will return. could see a few raindrops as we wrap up the week and on sunday. >>: let's talk about the market here as we take a quick look at what's going on on wall street. >>: it does look for it doesn't look pretty. >>: world markets asia everyone's thinking on news that russian troops in ukraine ongoing sky high. >>: t

good morning erica. >>erica: san francisco right now 54. none of this for your eyes will '70s along the east bay shoreline. vallejo a high of 74. mid to upper 60s along the coast line and looks like sunnyvale checking in with a high of 75. astra satellite every hour you can see clear and dry conditions for the entire west coast. although we are dealing with the lens and a margaret warmest day is expected to be sunday with widespread 80s for the alleged individual is. phillip likely local things off as we start the next workweek. in fact we have a weak system headed our way by wednesday and that could be some light rain to the area. i have more details on that coming up in just a moment. meantime traffic around the bay area looking good. quickly looking at the bridges. now - 3 in the hot spots. looks like it's blocking one of the alliance and a big rig is involved. as for the rest of the bay area has a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. although we're seeing an increase and a volume. lots of space between cars. and fact we are and to th

called erica. >> erica said that even though it is a public courtship, she's going to keep the rest valuable lesson. no further comment at this time. sounds like gloria allred is representing her. now, somebody did that to you, would you find it creepy or flattering? >> i was once on a plane with someone who i thought was really cute and we had a total flirt the whole way. >> nobody puts on their flirt like hoda. >> it was really -- >> you are to see it to believe it. >> when it was over, it was over. it was only about the flight, just one of those things. but i have thought about him every now and then. >> just like an occasional -- >> you go, that was such a neat thing, but i didn't reach out and neither did he. he lives in denmark or somewhere like that. wales. it was somewhere over there. >> over the pond. >> anyway. okay. who knows. if you are a furry friend at home, we have the best products straight from the pet expo. >> and hide the kids, everybody. actress kathryn hahn is bringing bad words -- why is she drinking? >> no, terrible. terrible.y acro america, i've learned that

erica. >> i wanted to point out the only issue with this system is not the snow.e will also deal with really cold winds. as you step out tomorrow morning, it will feel like 11 degrees in downtown d.c., manassas, 10 degrees in leesburg and 5 degrees in hagerstown. heading into the afternoon it will feel even colder, single digit wind chills throughout the afternoon throughout the d.c. metro area, maybe feeling even like it's 0 in hagerstown and the worst of the wind chills will be early tuesday morning where we could dip to the negative single digits with that wind chill factor. keep that in mind. it will be bitterly cold. we'll have a wintery mix changing to snow after midnight tonight, 18 to 28 degrees, north winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. temperatures in the teens and 20s tomorrow morning. the snow will be heaviest during the morning hours and it's going to be windy, too, with north winds 15 to 20 miles per hour. temperatures in the 20s in the afternoon, absolutely no melting tomorrow. the snow will taper off to showers in the afternoon and we might see a few pe

but two quick comments tech erica and stephanie. i agree that the problem of the south is the greater one. in fact my last piece of advice to study before i left ho. and earlier we did a lot of work on sanctions, much of it is published. you are both local from us we can discuss. now, for thomas m. this question of economics of dentistry. it's really about chronology. one problem, it's not really about causal relationships, correlations. there are two aspects that i would like you to a discuss. one, what happens to debt and growth. the other one is about the conceptual problem between debt and deficit of with hot the flow aspect and not so much to the starving aspect of that which is important, but in a way it's like barking of the wrong tree. those are my questions. >> thomas, go ahead. >> so you know, in terms of encouraging people to be more humble, it's difficult. like a mission before, it's kind of the critical spirit that animates science. these things are tough. it's hard to say how they will promote honest research. you know

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two quick comments on erica and stephanie. i agree that the problem of the south is the greater one. that was my last piece of advice to study before i left geneva. earlier at korbel we did a lot of work on sanctions. much of it is published. some published. but you're both local so we can discuss. for thomas i have question of economics as dentistry and about causality. one problem with reinhardt rogoff paper it is not really about causal relations. it is about correlations and there are two aspectings of causality that i would like you to consider and discuss. one is temporal. what happens after what? i mean, debt and growth. the other one is about conceptual problem between debt and deficit that, it really is theoretically deficit should be more the flow aspect and not so much the stock aspect of debt which is important. so in a way it is like barking up the wrong tree. so those are my questions. >> thomas, go ahead. i think it is all you. >> so i encouraging people to be more humble like dentists takes time. it is difficul

erica is tracking the winter storm tonight. >> we have a winter storm watch in effect for the entire dc metro area. i expect this to be upgraded to a warning sometime in the next few hours as confidence increases and this will be a significant snowfall. rain sunday evening and changing over to the wintry mix sunday night. then we will change completely to snow by sunrise on monday. the bulls eye of this system will be just to the south and west of the beltway. that's where you'll see at least 6-inches of snow. you saw this off the top, wintry mix for all the areas shaded in pink. and garrett county and over toward cumber land. but this is basically a snow event for the dc area. as we head to monday morning, most of us change to snow. by the afternoon, it is all snow. this are two components to this system. the 4 corners low in the southwest. the arctic front that is right now draped over the plains. those two are going to coincide to bring us moisture and cold air to make this a significant winter storm. >> i want to give you a look at our ipad appa. you can download this for free on

whatever to the weather center with erica.oneless and know drizzle to even deal with. oakland 5756 for san francisco. you actually see upper 50s despite the lack of sunshine. still looking at fairly the iran is on the horizon. i think will be dry for most of your day of the take a look at what happens into the evening. my best advice is to kids on the road as early as you can. heavy rain expected for the favors fan. heavier rain expected once again for vallejo and fairfield. expect scattered showers of a partial clearing and looks like they're 7 day around the bay forecast. widespread '70s will return as mayor of the weekend. >>: secretary of state john kerry plans to meet with russia's foreign minister in paris today. the two men are attending a conference on lebanon. which has been eclipsed by the growing alarm over the standoff in ukraine's crimea region. kerry addressed the situation at a meeting earlier this morning. russia's foreign minister was absent from this morning's meeting, but kerry says he plans to meet with him

erica pitzi is joining us. this is not the news family members want to hear. >> no, and you can imagine family members feeling frustrated and confused over conflicting information. >> it began on monday with the malaysian prime minister with evidence showing that the plane went down in the indian ocean. and that everyone died on the crash. new evidence led to the conclusion, and malaysia airlines officials expressed the same sentiment. >> this is a sad day for all of us at malaysia airlines. while not entirely unexpected, after an intensive multinational search across 4 million square mile area, this news is clearly devastating for the families of those on board. >> here is where things get confusing. australian authorities say the search is till on, and everything up to this point is speculation. >> let's be clear, to this point in time we have not successfully identified and recovered debris from the aircraft in question. >> we are not searching for a needle in a haystack, we are trying to define where the ha

>>erica: how active is your city? a new list is now ranked cities based on the radio-debt ratio of people who attend events including parties, glasses, seminars music festivals in marathons. here is a look at the top cities where people are living life to the full list. first of its atlanta or georgia followed by washington d.c. where residents balance work and play. san francisco made the top three with our weekly festivals and street fairs and austin tx rounded out the top four. levi strauss based in san francisco, is getting ready to cut about 800 jobs. the company has been trying to restructure its operations something that will continue for up to 18 months. the job cuts will affect nearly 20% of its non retell and nonmanufacturing employees. levi's is hoping to eventually save up $200 million a year. the united states is one of the five countries performing the most executions. amnesty international says the 778 judicial executions in 22 countries the group was able to count last year does not include the thousan

memo a stock erica. >>erica: especially in the higher elevations. in fact we could see about an inch of santa rosa as we head into saturday. you see right now most of the heavier ryan are actually north of the golden gate bridge. in fact as a result in here just passing of auto passing portions of highway 37 heavy rain moving its way over the rich and san rafael bridge. harris and francisco de rest of the bay area continues to remain dry but that will be the case in the next couple of power. we will continue with aren't settled shower spot a showers even by the afternoon and evening. when this rain is all set and that we could see perhaps what happens for the north bay. there's a small chance for some isolated showers. i think the greatest chance for the looks like the chance will decrease for the rest of the morning. as for futurecast looks like we have a chance for sunday as well and the possibility from settled weather decreases but remains in the forecast as we start the next work week. meantime if you're leaving the house its way out there. wil

whatever to the weather center with erica. good morning. >>erica: the morning. we'll see low '70's along the delta today. and '70s and the livermore preach your 7 day around the bay forecast highlights the cool down that on the way. keep the mind today is going to be the first day of spring. and in temperatures start to cool. definitely something you don't think of but we will keep the sunshine around. by next week monday will see temperatures in the upper 70's but then looking for the potential for some showers as we head into tuesday or wednesday. more details on that coming up in just a minute. right now taking a look at traffic around the area. if you're heading over to the bay bridge this morning check the shot out very few cars on the road right now. at the very light are off. as i mentioned and we did have a stalled just passed high- rise for it looks like all lanes aren't clear now. taking a live look at the richmond san rafael bridge. good to go. just a couple of cars and to that westbound trip making it into marin county preach >>: the latest on our de

i have aquarius for erica. query for erica. that inould you comment the united states the response of the government to the occupy wall street movement, which was was excessive? consequently does that encourage violent opposition to governmental policies? >> right now? right now. >> it's interesting. street was a highly localized movement. there were places in the country where there was an excessive reaction to it. in the short term those reactions backfired. was standing there, the lifecycle of this movement, i don't think it had any more popular support and legitimacy than it did the day after the guy at uc davis pepper sprayed those students in the face. i think the day after that happen the movement had more support than it did at any other time in its life cycle. think the said, i lack of unity present in the movement -- the lack of consensus among many of the different occupy -- local violent about whether means should be used and under what conditions and the fact that those two conversations, having took over the gener

>>erica: later on tonight we're anticipating widespread showers. drive for now. by 3 this afternoon on looking at the chance for the north ave. and it's like widespread showers temperatures in the upper 50s. not expecting too much from this system. in fact most communities will. sarah good >>george: what you need to know is that as a commuter this morning there were only bart station as far south as hayward. hayward station begins the end of the library where now bart saying find alternate means of transportation between south hayward and fremont. they are trying to offer some limited bus service. but they are still recommending that you find your own means of transportation nimitz freeway this morning. we do know that there will be a press conference and a few minutes running out where they will lay out their plans. looking at the freeways for your look at the bay bridge this morning. a light and easy ride here. not tracking in the hot spots. there is some slowing of the optima but otherwise the freeways look good. >>: joining us now with more as kron4's jackie

was attended over to erica was keeping an eye on the lens and the weather. >>erica: good morning. such as for temperatures still very mild stepping out this morning. san francisco 61. as i mentioned we do have breezy conditions. we are dealing with the winds approaching from the northeast. 16 mi. an hour winds and santa rosa. we do have it when the advisory in effect until 8:00 this morning and then the plan will start to die down make a way for sunny skies, clear conditions and temperatures approaching the mid-70s today. it's got to be even warmer as we head into tomorrow a looks like temperatures will spring spike of right around this weekend. as for temperatures today 74 and vallejo 1/5. we will see upper 60s hit on the coast line. berkeley check-in with 73. high pressure is dominant. we will continue with fairly warm conditions on the next couple of days. your 7 day around the bay forecast highlights sunday as the warmer the day. more on that coming up in just a moment. meantime to get a look at traffic around the bay area. we did have overnight construction at the bay bridge

>>erica: clave skies but at least temperatures are starting to climb.mperatures will start to climb. one of put some upper 60s by later on today. often on showers return to the bay area as we head into tomorrow. we do have another series of storms heading our way as we head into next week. in the picture extended forecast coming up in 15 minutes. >>:the government shutdown last year cost the national parks more than 400-million dollars. and a new report this morning says the 16-day shutdown cost california 20 million. that's because the shutdown closed the parks. which means people couldn't visit.and spend money at the parks and at businesses that support them. a bill is working in congress to reimburse the lost money to the states. thousands of college students. hundreds from the bay area. marched to the state capitol to urge lawmakers to allow community colleges to offer 4 year degrees. the bill introduced in january, would set up a pilot program letting each of california's community districts set up one bachelor of arts degree program. each campus w

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through life. >> with thousands more women like erica coming home from war the v.a. promised to end homelessness by 2015 is going to be a challenge. carol mckinley, al jazeera, denver coming up, buddhist in myanmar setting villages on fire and killing muslims because of a warning that muslims will destroy their way of life. anand an american man is caughtp in the middle of the crisis. we have reports from myanmar next. >> at myanmar opens up to the west it's facing big obstacles to fledgling democracy. violence began three years ago when men were convicted for raping a buddhist woman. it has ballooned into an international crisis leaving hundreds dead and thousands more displaced. the most effected are muslim. roxana saberi traveled to myanmar and met an american who is caught in the middle of the conflict. >> jack rendler moved to a myanmar to teach buddhist monks english. he wound up teaching them about democracy and human rights, too. he wants them to respect muslims, but this is turning out harder than he thought. [ bells ] >> mornings at the monk monastery begin

bill erica will graduate with an accounting degree. >> i feel like nothing can stop me. a train forcing through life. >> reporter: with thousands more women like erica coming home from war the v.a. promises to end homelessness by 2015 is going to be a challenge. carol mckinley, al jazeera, denver. >> pope francis and president obama will meet tomorrow coming up how both are taking on economic inequality. >> i'm roxana saberi in myanmar, a country transitioning from dictatorship to democracy. i'll introduce to you a man who came here to teach monks english and found out they had a lot more to learn. . >> new mexico attorney general is investigating the albuquerque police department after a shooting. it happened just hours after 2,000 people rallied against the police department. albuquerque police have been under intense scrutiny for its use of force. heidi jo jo castro with the lat. >> reporter: they were out here to protest the shooting of a homeless man james boyd. as for the shooting of alfred redwine. they received a call from redwine's neighbors saying that he had p

pay erica. >>erica: warmest greetings will be down in the south bay to de los gatos and 76, 72 and mountain view. temperatures are actually between 10 and 15 degrees warmer than where we should be for this time of year. i think we will see a little bit of a sea breeze along the coastline which is why temperatures are in the mid- 60s there but now but a little bit more inland reaches 74 and 71 in oakland. high pressure dominance over the bay area and that's what of the rain we are scene to the north will stay there. the storm track will stay in north. temperatures will only increase as we head into the weekend. it is evident around the bay forecast highlights sunday as the warmest day of the week. and we will see widespread 80s a record-breaking highs. it did agree job as we start the next work week. we'll keep sunshine around for the first half of the week looks like a subtle weather could return. for those of you just live in the house. here's a quick look at traffic. take a look at conditions

nbc's erica hill has more on the craze of the candy crush. >> reporter: it's a game that's taking over smart phones and tablets everywhere. candy crush saga, a bright, eye-popping puzzle of sugary sweet rewards. >> i can't put it down. >> i love it. it's addicting. i can't stop playing. >> it users create matching rows of colorful candy, crushing their way to the next level. with $700 million games being played everyday, it's in surprise candy crush has inspired treats like the ones in dylan's candy bar in new york. along with socks, jewelry, and phone cases. game maker king admits they didn't see this coming. >> we knew that we had a good core concept on our hands but the popularity we have seen is beyond our belief. >> reporter: king says women ages 25 to 55 are the game's most loyal customers. though some can't believe just how hooked they've become. even celebrities now united in their quest to conquer the crush. >> can't get past this level, it's driving me nuts. >> we'll get through it together. >> chocolate sprinkle ball. >> it's on now! i can take out everything with this! >> i

erica woods, al jazeera. >> a indz yanukovich military cargo plane crashed in india killing all fiveon board and it was a c 130 and went down in bangladesh shortly after take off, defense ministry has ordered an investigation. australia says the search for malaysia airline has shifted again based on new data and turned their focus to waters northwest of the previous search area in the indian ocean and four planes and six ships are trying to find traces of flight 37 off the southwest coast three weeks after the passenger jet went missing. >> an international air crash investigation team in malaysia provided updated advice to ntsb which examined the information and determined an area 1100 kilometers to the northeast of the existing search area is now the most credible lead as to where debris may be located. the new search area is approximately 319,000 square kilometers in area and about 1850 kilometers west of perth. >> reporter: the search for the missing plane has talked about the relationship between china and malaysia and most 239 people on board were chinese nationals and families

. >>> hi there i'm erica grow eric.we'll get to the snow maps again as it will be a significant snowfall for anyone in the metro, but for some of and everywhere ippling. inch in between. most of southern maryland is getting a big snowfall out of this system down into orange county, staffers, you're going to see big numbers on out of the system. six to eight in manassas in the southern portions of the beltway and places like suitland you'll see six to eight inches. four to six for most of the northern half of the beltway and all the way up to the pennsylvania border. hagerstown, frederick, winchester, four to six inches out of the system. on doppler 9000, this is a three-hour loop as we're getting a break after the evening rain that you have and now you have the next round on the way as you can see it starting to approach with much colder temperatures in tow. with a look at the timeline, i'll send it over to topper. >> all right, thank you. >>> it is a two-prong storm that is giving us the rain and the second one is what

erica following what we saw overnight. >>erica: good morning. or does the live with some low clouds. most of the rain is out of the bay area. again, we did deal with lightning strikes. people heard thunder. if you have any pictures of the rain we experienced last night you can also send pictures and breaking news at kron4 dot com. we will love to get some of those on the air. the right now just chilling with pretty calm conditions. temperatures very mild. 66 out of pleasanton. everyone out in the 60s today don't think will see in the '70s by tomorrow but in had slightly warmer conditions as we look ahead. i think was a widespread '70s the song the strength will intensify and we will see warmer weather. '70s should be something to canada to a 7 day around the bay forecast. we do have a couple more chances with in the next days but i don't think we'll see any strong systems. more on that coming up in just a moment. after traffic around the bay area is pretty quiet out there. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza traffic will be well from