i-69 will be open to traffic from evansville to crane as will the entire port to port highway in northeast indiana. [ applause ] the sherman minton bridge will be rebuilt and reopened by march, and upriver an agreement on a new bridge from utica to louisville will be in place, cementing indiana's place at the forefront of the public/private partnership movement. we will build the state's 3,000th mile of bike and hiking trails and reach our goal of a trail within 15 minutes of every hoosier. unknown to most citizens, the air and water of indiana is now the cleanest in living memory. in 2011, every indiana community met all national air quality standards for the first time in the history of the clean air act. [ applause ] last year we wiped out the last of a 550-case backlog of old and, therefore, less strict environmental permits and are now the only state completely current. our goal for 2012 is to maintain this status. and if national limits are lowered yet again, to find a way to meet those standards, too. we'll complete our successful overhaul of what was once america's worst welfare sy

in the boot heel of missouri, southern illinois into southwestern indiana, around evansville, you guyso moderate risk of severe thunderstorms. so we think you have a greater potential of getting wind damage in this area, and you're still a couple of hours away before things really get hitting in this area. this is a very vigorous storm. it has a lot of energy with it. and it really needs that, because, don, usually this time of year if we're going to get any kind of rotation, we get all that heating from the daytime. and with the sunshine, it's dark outside. so this is an unusual event. we've got freezing rain to the north. we've got dry, dusty, windy conditions in parts of texas. a nasty tomorrow that's not going to go up, not well into tomorrow. >> all right, jacqui, we'll be following. thank you, jacqui. >>> we want to check your headlines now. congresswoman gabrielle giffords says she is stepping down from congress this week. giffords posted a video on youtube, announcing that she is leaving her seat to focus on her recovery. a little more than a year ago, giffords was shot in the