britain is already in the gulf and. has been since nine hundred seventy nine but the institution the arm in the patrol the the royal navy patrol and. during the iran iraq war. and so she had. silicosis if you like propane. obviously. in one thousand nine hundred ninety one with the war over kuwait. agreements with kuwait. and it's been. sort of progression of defense agreements with various gulf arab countries. particularly. in the last decade or so afghanistan and iraq along with across american and coalition forces in the gulf and so there has been a fairly standard british military presence in the gulf. since. ninety ninety. and this. this latest round of. announcements by the british ministry of defense is really related to the situation in the desert situation after the drawdown in afghanistan next year. forgive me but how would the u.k. potentially committing to the security and well being of the gulf states tally with the questionable human rights in some of those countries. well britain like a lot of countries a

chief of defense staff said that after afghanistan the gulf will become the u.k.'s main military effort and it looks like this report is proving that theory especially if according to resee there could be a lot of money to be made in the gulf states for the british government. almost three months after the hunger strike started to spread among inmates had guantanamo bay prison camp the u.s. finally taking action over the situation there and home and send some forty medics to the camp to help those detainees who are refusing food that's more than half of the prisoners or more than twenty of the protesters are being forced somehow been hospitalized meanwhile the key issues raised by the starving inmates those of indefinite and from human rights abuses romeo addressed by washington most of the guantanamo detainees are being held without charge very have been cleared for release terry cooper is a psychiatry professor. and the right institute thinks the best way to keep the inmates alive will be to give them more humane conditions. when one or two people go on a hunger

what is the instability in the gulf states the movement internally to the gulf states what we're talking about is a democracy movements we've seen. is a pretty good interview against a democracy movement demanding human rights and so on to other nation nor i think the real word she wouldn't talk which abilities around and what we're seeing at the moment i think is cool so from sanctions against iran. you is also an american word or should build up which is engaged in in the persian gulf which is deliberately aimed as part attempt to build put pressure on the regime what about the question of money we know that britain is very strapped for cash the arab states are swimming in it if you've got a cash cow why not well they're all farmers you mention and you have been. begging bowl ribbon potential asking for money selling anything they can return for that's actually the very core ties between the united arab emirates and britain with some forty million pounds build what once was a trade between the two qatar is the biggest supplier of the actual gas and i think they'd be killed and developi

chief of defense staff said that after afghanistan the gulf will become the u.k.'s main military effort and it looks like this report is proving that theory correct especially if according to receipt they could be a lot of money to be made in the gulf states for the british government. i'll be back with more news very shortly so don't go away. while. it's technology innovations all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered. the international landlords in the very heart of moscow. welcome back you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow now a russian passenger plane has reportedly conder fire an air space to surface to air missiles are said to have narrowly missed the aircraft which had around one hundred sixty people on board were artist like sierra chef he joins us live now was more on this why do we know what exactly happened at this point well there are so many conflicting reports that it's actually hard to say what's true and what's not but we do know for a fact that and nor do we in the airlines russian plane carrying at least on

chief of defense staff step after afghanistan the gulf will become the u.k.'s main military effort and it looks like this report is proving that theory correct especially if according to receive a lot of money to be made in the gulf states for the british government. imagery is far from over for the survivors of the best hour block. on the big western firms they were making clothes for pay up to compensate the victims as we report online. and often sought spot report on those affected by last month's acts on oil spill and they're still talks the trouble in the neighborhood. on our website. the arrest and imprisonment of ukraine's former prime minister unit in the shanker has been ruled illegal by the european court of human rights the judges dismissed tomasz in his complaint of physical must. treatment when in custody she's serving seven years for abuse in office over gas deals with russia. has been on the case from the very beginning finding lawyers of you to believe that this decision by the european court of human rights will see her walk free especially af

chief of defense staff said that after afghanistan the gulf will become the u.k.'s main military effort and it looks like this report is proving that theory correct especially according to resee there could be a lot of money to be made in the gulf states for the british government. the syrian unrest could soon move close to israel's border the conflict has forced a masochist thousands of troops it's part of the israeli occupied golan heights to fight rebels in other parts of syria that's left an area vulnerable to armed jihadist activity a prospect israel finds highly wiring reports now. technically israel and syria are still at war but paradoxically for the last forty years the occupied golan heights have proved to be relatively peaceful until now. i believe seventy six. ok it's. it's open no one you know and you can feel. the jews are religious minority very distantly connected to islam were split by the un mandated ceasefire border in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven when israel occupied the golan heights since then those who live on the israeli side of the

what is the instability in the gulf states the movement internally to the gulf states what we're talking about is the democracy movements we've seen. is a pretty good interview against democracy movements demanded human rights and so on to sort of a nation nor i think real and she wouldn't talk which ability to run and what we're seeing at the moment so i think so from sanctions against iran. you. it's also an american led military build up which britain is engaged in in the persian gulf which is deliberately aimed as part of attempt to build put pressure on the iranian regime what about the question of money we know that britain is very strapped for cash the arab states are swimming in it if you great cash cow why not well. you know begging bowl. potential asking for money and selling anything they can return for that actually the very core ties between the united arab emirates and some forty million pounds a building that once was a trade between the two qatar is the biggest supplier of britain that your gas i think would be key to developing not to he's a dependence on russia because

to the gulf states what we're talking about is the democracy movements we've seen. or is a pretty good interview against a democracy movement domonique human rights and so on to other nation nor i think the real word she wouldn't talk which ability to run and what we're seeing at the moment i think is cool so from sanctions against iran. use is also an american one. no should build a bridge in the persian gulf which is deliberately as part of attempt to build put pressure on the regime what about the question of money we know that britain is very strapped for cash the arab states are swimming in it if you've got a cash cow why not well they're all farmers you mention and you have been. begging bowl ribbon potential asking for money. in the can return for that very cool between the united arab emirates and some forty billion pounds worth of trade between the two qatar is the biggest supplier of the actual gas development to dependence on russia because of tension between britain and russia as well but i think we have got to put in the context of this is a return to u

chief of defense staff said that after afghanistan the gulf will become the u.k.'s main military effort and it looks like this report is proving that theory correct especially if according to resee they could be a lot of money to be made in the gulf states for the british government. while you can find more on the condition of the inmates and read what their lawyers have to say on r.t.e. dot com also on the website a russian couple wins a legal battle for their child who was taken in by californian child protection workers after a dispute in a hospital. and if you live in the u.k. you could soon lose control over your fridge a british national grid suggests computers should shut down your home lines was one the energy level is low this is more on our website. a russian passenger plane has reportedly been shot at in syrian air space the pilots managed to avoid to surface to air missiles saving the lives of some one hundred sixty people on board because of the three four pts. it was a norway and air bus a three twenty we know that it had landed safely and its destine

could be about to boost its military presence in the gulf states the british say more british troops would further harm stability an already troubled region. which is actually live from moscow i'm marina josh you now the u.s. has for years been calling for a crackdown on corruption with in afghanistan's government but it turns out behind the curtains american officials may and may have played a driving role in the shadowy deals there are media reports suggest that millions of dollars in cash are regularly ships to the afghan leadership in return for u.s. influence in running the country president hamid karzai has confirmed the shipments but claims that their scope is being exaggerated details for artie's gun it should come. both u.s. and afghan officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to the new york times and said that for many years the cia had paid tens of millions of dollars in what they say was ghost money to the office of president karzai the afghan government has received billions of dollars in u.s. taxpayers money but the officials say that the secret cash went to fuel c

chief of defense staff said that after afghanistan the gulf will become the u.k.'s main military effort and it looks like this report is proving that theory correct especially if according to receive there could be a lot of money to be made in the gulf states for the british government. or the misery is far from over for the survivors of a bangladesh tower block collapse in the all of the big western they were making clothes for weren't enough to compensate the victims and report on light. and dark and sore spot report warns those affected by last month's acts on the oil spill there's still toxic trouble in the neighborhood and more about that on our website . if you. the arrest and imprisonment of ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko has been ruled illegal about the u.p.a. court of human rights the judges dismissed his complaint of physical mistreatment while in custody she serving seven years for abuse in office for gas deals with russia aunties and he has been following the case from the very beginning defending lawyers of unity national believe that

still to come, news that may shock you about the bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico. stand by for the surprising details in a new report. but first, why would you put a ship off the california coast and pack it with a thousand of the world's smartest minds? it will make sense, next. dd the bi-partisan group of senators known as the "gang of eight" has reportedly reached a deal on immigration reform. legislative language is yet to be set and will need to be approved by both sides. one key provision, agreement by both labor and business leaders on a temporary-worker program, has been accomplished. the group says it is hopeful a full bill will reach the senate floor by may. one member of the group, florida senator marco rubio, a potential 2016 republican presidential contender, distanced himself from the optimism, saying full agreement on a legislative proposal is "premature." so here's the problem - the u.s. government issues a limited number of temporary work visas every year. they are about to announce the cap for this year. and the result is that many of the world's

to the gulf states what we're talking about is a democracy movements we've seen. elsewhere is a pretty good interview against a democracy movement to money human rights and some to other nation nor i think the real and she wouldn't talk which ability to run and what we're seeing at the moment so i think it's because of so from sanctions against iran. and caused by in america uses is also an american word in order to build a gaijin in the persian gulf which is deliberately aimed as part of attempt to build put pressure on the iranian regime what about the question of money we know that britain is very strapped for cash the arab states are swimming in it if you've got a cash cow why not now well david cameron and they're all farmers have been milking the big breaking ball around ribbon potential asking for money and selling anything they can return for that's actually a very close ties between the united arab emirates and some forty million tonnes of building went once was a trade between the two qatar is the biggest supplier of britain of that shore gas and i think

chief of defense staff said that after afghanistan the gulf will become the u.k.'s main military effort and it looks like this record is proving that theory correct especially if according to resee there could be a lot of money to be made in the gulf states for the british government and you know for the closely part of all things are much. couple are battling the us courts for the return of a five month old son the baby was seized last week by child protective services after his parents did not have heart surgery while waiting for a doctor's second opinion alex not a nickel i have told r.t. shaun thomas about their current plight. we been shocked when they walked in our door and just they all of them it says just let us see your son if he is so kay and i said i'm holding him in my arms he is so ok you can take a look and they're saying give me your child and that's when they took away no paper not so ever they've been providing and they just walked out of the door was any reason given behind the nine eleven call from the hospital after you took your own child to a

gulf coast. that comes with a three times higher emission of greenhouse gas to move a barrel of oil by rail than by pipeline and a much significantly higher risk of a spill by doing it that way. is going to be produced and is quick to be moved by rail, which i think the evidence is clearly in favor of xlt, by denying the keystone permit you are almost certainly going to increase global ghg as these rail sources proliferate. that is exactly what we are seeing right now. if you talk to the major canadian real companies they see the largest area of growth is moving oil to the u.s. markets. >> of what we call the keystone pipeline, which is not a legal term, it is just a general term, how much of that is in existence or already permitted and in the process of being built? peace-keystone. that has been in service since 2010. that was a project that was in the debt that was arranged. it was a $70 billion project. it moves 600,000 barrels of oil a day to cushing and refining market in the midwest. we ar

gas prices there is moving their way out of the gulf of mexico to refine for export and environmentalist argue that the pipelines economic impact will be minimal and that will endanger communities and ecosystems along its path like the practices pipeline on the burst in arkansas on friday the keystone x.l. extension will transport heavy crude from canada's tar sands oil fields across a wide swath of middle america edition of producing forty to ten ten to forty five percent more greenhouse gases than regular oil heavily toxic tar sands oil is also much harder to clean up in the event of a spill supporters of the keystone project say it's safe but history raises some red flags a two thousand and eleven new york times analysis for example of federal regulatory documents estimated an average of about one hundred pipeline leaks every year just two years ago the silvertip pipeline owned and operated by exxon the same company that owns the pegasus line leaked fifteen hundred barrels of crude into the yellowstone river even scarier for the first part of the keystone pipeline keystone one suffere

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to the country's gulf coast refineries this latest incident has yet again raised opposition among the environmentalist to this new project the keystone x.l. pipeline which would carry eight hundred thousand barrels per day just to compare the pipe that leaked in arkansas carries six to six thousand barrels per day the keystone pipeline would also carry canadian heavy crude to two u.s. refineries in the south the project doesn't have the final green light yet oil giants are pushing the administration very hard to go ahead with it saying it will drive down fuel costs in the u.s. but people know from experience how devastating consequences those pipe breaches are and how hard it is to clean up this is certainly not the first incident of course everyone remembers the disaster in the gulf of mexico in two thousand and ten when after an explosion a b.p. pipe was leaking oil on the ocean floor for several months before the well was capped an estimated four point nine million barrels of oil had leaked into the gulf then three years later the gulf is still not oil free in july two thousand and

ebbs ported from gulf -- exported from gulf coast refineries, and the state department indicated that over half of the refined products from the refineries getting oil from keystone xl would likely be exported internationally. so it's not a issue. this is not energy that is going to benefit primarily the american consumer. >> gentleman's time has expired. i might also add the department of energy did a study as well that was significantly lower than what they estimate the exports would be. but, mr. griffith, i'll recognize you, the gentleman from virginia, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i appreciate the witnesses being here today. i do have a lot to get through, so i apologize if i seem short at times. i would say in response to the answer to mr. mckinley's question by dr. jaccard, if your written testimony -- in your written testimony you indicated china might not have grown at 10% a year, but economic models say it avoided the dramatic increase in carbon pollution. so you do acknowledge that using a lot of fuel does, in fact, create jobs. would that not be correct? ye

city center for more than a year we all agreed that we were going to act according to the gulf cooperation council initiative and its implementation mechanism we then held an early election on february twenty fourth two thousand and twelve a compromise president was elected and we continued to establish peace in yemen according to the mechanism i mentioned above but we also managed to stop hostilities in santa and other provinces because as you know the army and security forces were divided tribes were divided and the capital itself was divided and people went to polling stations while they were still barricades and guns on the streets because they wanted peace not war now we're moving towards implementing the initiative put forward by the gulf countries and establishing ceasefire as well as withdrawing troops and forming a national coalition government the national consensus government was formed in such a way that the prime minister represented the opposition and the president was from the ruling party i was chosen to be president in the nature of a compromise that we have following the

two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. since, we've worked hard to keep it. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help people and businesses who were affected, and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy -- and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. we've shared what we've learned with governments and across the industry so we can all produce energy more safely. i want you to know, there's another commitment bp takes just as seriously: our commitment to america. bp supports nearly two-hundred-fifty thousand jobs in communities across the country. we hired three thousand people just last year. bp invests more in america than in any other country. in fact, over the last five years, no other energy company has invested more in the us than bp. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. today, our commitment to the gulf, and to america, has never been stronger. >>> the reality is that by the end of the night here in atlanta there are going

three years later the gulf is still not free in july two thousand and ten a pipeline brought church speed more than twenty thousand barrels of canadian tar sands crude oil into the michigan waterway so this happens all the time just last week the government suggest that acts. mobile paid a fine of one point seven million dollars over pipeline safety violations and that was for an oil spill twenty years the coal in the yellowstone river in montana exxon has a month to contest the violations many believe that oil giants get away with violations like that all too often in the west and all it takes is a team of really good lawyers to do that which the company certainly have and that at the end of the day it's the people affected will pick up the slack in washington i'm going to check them. next and then i will spokesman said no problems were detected when the almost sixty five year old pipeline was last checked the company was finding twenty ten for not inspecting another portion of the same route frequently enough environmental consultant which is steiner says the pegasus pipeline is l

to the country's gulf coast refineries this latest spill response from critics of the proposed keystone x.l. pipeline the keystone x.l. pipeline would carry eight hundred thousand barrels per day just to compare the pipe that leaked in arkansas can carry around ninety thousand barrels a day so the consequences of a leak could be devastating the keystone pipeline would also carry canadian heavy crudes to u.s. refineries in the south the project doesn't have the final green light from the administration just yet but the oil giants involved are pushing the administration very hard to go ahead with it saying it will bring down fuel costs in the u.s. trans canada is first keystone line in the deal was spilled the a dozen times just in its first year of operation the company of course says the new keystone x.l. will be so much better but people know from experience how devastating consequences of an oil spill can be and how hard it is to clean up this is certainly not the first incident of course everyone remembers the disaster in the gulf of mexico in twenty ten when after an explosion and h

iraq would devolve into a jihadist stronghold and iran would expand its area of influence across the gulf region it was us who checks terrorist activity and contained iran's quest for regional domination i'm sure that all of our messages and information did reach us decision makers up to the very top. or did the iraqi leadership believe that america would stop short of starting the war because of its program attic policy and little interest in wrecking havoc and endangering its allies in the persian gulf. and. i think our leadership believed that the us administration could foresee the implications of toppling the iraq regime that the american administration would do something as stupid as letting the iraq regime fall and allowing al qaeda and iran to spread their influence across the region was totally inconceivable authorities thought that the wall wouldn't last long and that afterwards the us would put forward. conditions and we would say yes but no one had expected americans not only to crush the regime but the whole country as well in such a brutal manner they even went as far as dam

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clean up this is certainly not the first incident of course everyone remembers the disaster in the gulf of mexico in twenty ten when after an explosion and he had been leaking oil on the ocean floor for several months before the well was tapped an estimated four point nine million barrels of oil had leaked into the gulf three years later the call is still not free in july two thousand and ten the pipeline brought the church speed more than twenty thousand barrels of canadian tar sands crude oil into the michigan waterway so this happens all the time just last week the government suggest that axe. mobile . a fine of one point seven million dollars over pipeline safety violations and that was for an oil spill two years of college in the yellowstone river in montana exxon has a month to contest the violations many believe that it will jockey get away with violations like that all too often in the west and all it takes is a team of really good lawyers to do that which the companies certainly have and that at the end of the day it's the people affected will pick up the slack in washington i'

that three years later the gulf is still not free in july two thousand and ten a pipeline by church spewed more than twenty thousand barrels of canadian tar sands crude oil into the michigan waterway so this happens all the time just last week the government suggests that excess. mobil. a fine of one point seven million dollars over pipeline safety violations and that was for an oil spill two years the coal in the yellowstone river in montana exxon has a month to contest the violations many believe that oil giants get away with violations like that all too often in the west and all it takes is a team of really good lawyers to do that which the companies certainly have and that at the end of the day it's the people affected will pick up the slack in washington i'm going to check that. well this latest oil spill in a small u.s. town is once again raised questions about environmental hazards of using older pipelines to transport increasingly large amounts of oil across the continent environmental consultant richard steiner says the pegasus pipeline is long past its sell by date there's

they wanted peace not war now we're moving towards implementing the initiative put forward by the gulf countries and establishing ceasefire as well as withdrawing troops and forming a national coalition government the national consensus government was formed in such a way that the prime minister represented the opposition and the president was from the ruling party i was chosen to be president in the nature of a compromise we are following the plan outlined in the initiative we promise to fix water and energy supplies open the roads that connect the provinces we as well as the militants withdraw our forces and send them to the free abyan province from al qaeda militia made up from the local population helped us to do that we forced al-qaeda out of abidjan and we've partially freed shower province. we have started refresher training and the reorganization of our military and are now in the process of countrywide restructuring of our military forces the interior ministry and all its departments all in accordance with the initiative a special commission made up from our jordanian and amer

and every day since, two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. we've worked hard to keep it. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help people and businesses who were affected, and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy -- and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. we've shared what we've learned with governments and across the industry so we can all produce energy more safely. i want you to know, there's another commitment bp takes just as seriously: our commitment to america. bp supports nearly two-hundred-fifty thousand jobs in communities across the country. we hired three thousand people just last year. bp invests more in america than in any other country. in fact, over the last five years, no other energy company has invested more in the us than bp. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. today, our commitment to the gulf, and to america, has never been stronger. ncncncncncer ] this is a fire that didn't destroy a home. this is a break-in that didn'

by a navy laser it's the future of anti drone technology and it's the first stop is in the persian gulf so is this a sign that tensions between the us and iran are about to heat up once again. and one man's art is another man's criminal offense a twenty year old montreal woman who was picked up by police officers for posting a picture of police for feeding the online a look at this situation coming up. and good for snooping bad for business in the past it was high taxes that scared companies away from american shores now a slew of amendments that promote government snooping could be costing the u.s. a lot of business will take a look at consumer privacy and how it could be costing us jobs. it's tuesday april ninth four pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez you are watching our t.v. so let's get straight to the stories science fiction meet military fact the u.s. navy is boasting that it now has a huge technological advance an airborne technology a prototype of the drone deflecting laser is being deployed on a docking ship in the persian gulf this laser is capable of turning you avi's in

three years later the gulf is still not free in july two thousand and ten a pipeline brought church more than twenty thousand barrels of canadian tar sands crude oil into the michigan waterway so this happens all the time just last week the government suggest that axe. mobil paid a fine of one point seven million dollars over pipeline safety violations and that was for an oil spill two years the coal in the yellowstone river in montana exxon has a month to contest the violations many believe that while giants get away with violations like that all too often in the west and all it takes is a team of really good lawyers to do that which the company certainly caught and that at the end of the day it's the people affected will pick up the slack in washington i'm going to check them. well that actions rig no into the debate over the use of decades old pipelines to transport increasingly large amounts of crude oil across north america let's take a look at the continent's oil transit infrastructure more than half of america's all roads to build back in the one nine hundred fifty s. and six

then so a years later the gulf is still not ordered free in july twenty. five ply and rupture spewed more than twenty thousand barrels of canadian tar sands. crude oil into the michigan waterway on wednesday a train carrying canadian crude to rail in minnesota spilling fifteen thousand gallons of oil so this happens all the time just last week the u.s. department of transportation. has fined x. and find x. the mobile corporation one point seven million dollars over pipeline safety violations relating to a twenty eleven oil spill in the yellowstone river that is in montana montana so exxon the has a month to construct good to contest the violations in that notice many believe that or giants that get away with violations like that all too often in the west and all the it takes is a team of excellent lawyers to do sad that at the end of the day it's the people affected who pick up the slack indeed sadly gunshy count thanks very much for updating us there. now not everyone in cyprus is having their money held to ransom apparently it's claimed that wealthy clie

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pamela, thank you. >>> coming up, two boys somewhere in the gulf of mexico. police are searching for them. they were kidnapped by their own father. and now authorities think they are somewhere on a boat in this body of water. we'll look at how you search an area that huge. >>> samuel little's arrest record spans the spectrum from shoplifting all the way to murder. the now 72-year-old former boxer racked up some 75 arrests ever since the age of 16. folks, his rap sheet fills more than 100 pages. yet here's the twist, this guy spent less than ten years behind bars and was paroled back in 1987. and now police in at least nine states, these states highlighted here for you, are reopening cold cases, cold murder cases, to see if sam little is a career serial killer. right now, he's facing trial in los angeles for the murders of three women from the 1980s. want to bring in casey wian live in l.a. sam little, we know, he was found, arrested in kentucky last fall on some unrelated charge. so connect the dots for me, los angeles, nationwide investigation, what's going

heavy rain is falling from the great lakes to the gulf coast. we have heavy snow falling in and around minneapolis into duluth as well where there could be 9 to 12 inches possible. on the west coast, though, we're looking at a couple showers in northern and central nevada. other than that a little light rain in seattle put portland should be fairly quiet. most of california nation and sunny as well. temperaturewise, upper 50s in the northwest. 60s in the central oregon. 70s, though, in l.a. today and 80s in the desert southwest. so that's where all the warm air is in the west coast, and we should see that cooler air, though, start to settle in cali most of the california will be in 60s and 70s. 88 degrees in yuma, arizona. so it is going to continue to be a little unsettled in the northwest. again, the big story is the snow in the northern plains and that heavy rain possible today in the gulf. >> it's crazy. great for ski resorts. but the rest of us, where is spring. >> i think a lot of us are ready for the ski resorts to shut down. pack it up.

this heavy rain along the gulf coast. tonight and tomorrow morning, a lot of heavy rain from tampa to orlando, the potential for an inch or two of rain. some areas get more than that. atlanta and charlotte, more than a half inch of rain tonight and tomorrow. again, cold this morning great lakes and the northeast. you are dry. no travel issues there. it's all along the gulf coast we'll see potential for the morning commute. >> they'll take the rain over tornadoes any day. >>> mick jagger meet bieber's monkey and angelina jolie. >>> halle berry is not happy. that's next. kate and i have been married for 15 years. that's 3 moves, 5 jobs, 2 newborns. it's no wonder i'm getting gray. but kate -- still looks like...kate. with nice'n easy, all they see is you -- in one simple step, nice'n easy with colorblend technology, gives expert highlights and lowlights. for color that's perfectly true to you. i don't know all her secrets, but i do know kate's more beautiful now, than the day i married her. with the expert highlights and lo