pipeline which will transport deadly canadian tar sands oil from oklahoma down to the gulf of mexico. where it's going to be refined and then promptly placed on oil barges to be sold in south america europe asia. and mexico they get the oil we get the poison coming out of the refinery smokestacks. odds are little oil from the keystone x.l. pipeline is actually going to make it into american markets according to trans canada itself this product will not reduce the price of gas the united states according to trans canada itself this project project will actually increase gas prices in the american midwest it will not reduce our dependence on foreign oil. it will create only a few thousand temporary jobs and a few hundred permanent jobs and it's going to put our land and underground aquifers at risk of oil contamination while presenting to terrorists and we're all supposed to be afraid of terrorists sweet little thousand mile long target that they can take out with just a little bit of dynamite. and rodents flowing climate change this pipeline will take us over the tipping point. environ

from the great lakes to the gulf of mexico, this is a large storm, very warm air ahead of it. temperatures 70s and 80s. to the west, it's the snow. temperatures in the 20s and 30s. that's the system you normally see in march but it is moving our way in january. that's why temperatures should soar to the 70 degree mark once again, maybe the low 70s for some of us and the possibility is there for some severe weather with potential for strong winds. i think this will come through right around 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 tomorrow night through the d.c. metro area. between 8:00 and 11:00, strong winds 50 to 60 miles an hour. over an inch of rain is possible in a little amount of time. may see localized flooding. let's time this out on future weather. 7 a.m. tomorrow. some clouds, not bad at all. tomorrow, dry for the most part around 2:00 but showers are building to the west and they will continue to build and our chance of thunderstorms will increase along the blue ridge to the west. also along 66 and 81. that line will move our way. by 9:00, it will start to move to the d.c. metro area. 95

we have mild air posk in from the gulf of mexico and we will -- air moving in from the gulf of mexicothis morning, that temperature coming in at 52 degrees in glen rock traveling up towards the north there, 45 in hickory and stephenson at 43. mount airy at 56. chestertown 57 and easton at 55 degrees. so you know if we are starting out this warm temperatures will be in the 60s once again. we have the southerly flow. and now here is a check of the abc2 most accurate future trend and here's the rain coming in here heavy at times. but the good news is this will be a quick mover. we won't deal with too many flooding across the area. there's the snow that i am talking wouldn't backside of this system as we go into friday. and light snow showers and couple flurries as the high temperatures today will be right around 68 degrees and the 7-day forecast. and it looks like this. superbowl sunday looks good for tailgating as of now. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >>> good morning. fog is the main concern many so you want to utes low beams but if you -- use the low beams b

this morning we're going to talk about the gulf of mexico. if i can maybe do a couple of scene setting remarks and pass it to our panel in a certain sequence. i would like to you to think for a minute about what converges in the gulf of mexico. i think part of the uniquenesses of that body of water and every body of water in the world can claim a uniquenesses, is the extraordinary natural environment that exists there with the habitat and the ego system. if you look at the con fliens of great water, the mississippi river, the states of florida, the yuck tan channel. you look at the biodiversity as well as mexico you look at the challenges between what i would call the interaction of the natural world and the manmade world. it's an important part of the world but a very complex part of the world when you bring in the economic and public infrastructure down there. what you get as we an increasing population and expansion that supports that population. you have increasing interaction with the natural environment. greater doge of complexity, we st

to manslaughter charges and pay $4 billion in criminal penalties for the oil disaster in the gulf of mexico. b.p.'s "deep water horizon" rig exploded, killing 11 workers and eventually dumping more than 200 million gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico back in 2010. the deal to settle with the feds was reached back in november. however, it does not resolve individual damage cases against b.p. >> tom: this weekend marks super bowl sunday, but the big event isn't just about fun and football. in tonight's "beyond the scoreboard," rick horrow says small businesses can learn a lot from the n.f.l.'s big game. >> in the 47 years since the first super bowl was held, the game has gone from a veritable january afterthought to a de facto national holiday. 110 million americans watch the game on television. $42,000 for a 30-second spot in super bowl i; now, the cost is over $4 million. and if the super bowl were a country, its g.d.p. would far exceed $3 billion. the n.f.l.'s marketing juggernaut has caused the increase in popularity, and small business owners can learn from how the n.f.l. manages its

to manslaughter charges and pay $4 billion in criminal penalties for the oil disaster in the gulf of mexico. b.p.'s "deep water horizon" rig exploded, killing 11 workers and eventually dumping more than 200 million gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico back in 2010. the deal to settle with the feds was reached back in november. however, it does not resolve individual damage cases against b.p. >> tom: this weekend marks super bowl sunday, but the big event isn't just about fun and football. in tonight's "beyond the scoreboard," rick horrow says small businesses can learn a lot from the n.f.l.'s big game. >> in the 47 years since the first super bowl was held, the game has gone from a veritable january afterthought to a de facto national holiday. 110 million americans watch the game on television. $42,000 for a 30-second spot in super bowl i; now, the cost is over $4 million. and if the super bowl were a country its g.d.p. would far exceed $3 billion. the n.f.l.'s marketing juggernaut has caused the increase in popularity, and small business owners can learn from how the n.f.l. manages its s

the profits these industries enjoy but still nine billion dollars in royalties from just the gulf of mexico that's a lot of change. and if we were to distribute that money equally to all americans like they do in alaska it works out to about thirty dollars a person which doesn't seem like a lot of money but when you throw in the leases and royalties paid everywhere else around the nation for oil gas coal east coast drilling platforms to the fracking wells coal mines in appalachia that oil direct derrick's of the midwest in texas we're starting to talk about serious money not only that think of how much money is put into our common military to defend the interests of big oil abroad to make sure the shipping lanes stay open in the oil spigot keeps flowing big oil should contribute a small fee for the service which can also be added to our common permanent fund to be shared by all americans who are all making big oil pay for their pollution of the commons a cap and trade system which forces polluters to pay for how much carbon they dump in the atmosphere is a great start and could raise even m

three of air that has literally just come off of the gulf of mexico.cede there is the cluster that brought hail last night. these are formidable. there are 41 states under various weather advisories. this will be the biggest rain event in chicago. the problem is it falls once frozen soil. a couple of inches below the surface. the moisture could not percolate into the soil. we've had some trouble with that. from chicago self this is a severe weather risk. these will include toward that and thunderstorms that fire along those. the bigger the temperature contrast the stronger of those jet stream winds. with at the snow. we will get in on a couple of inches. we pick up something on the order of 2.18 in.. that is an average of all of the computer models that we get. here is midnight tonight. here is 3 in the morning. here's a looks like on the weather map. it will be moving northward. this produces the heavy snow band on the backside. here we will blow it up for you and show you a little closer how the rain will look this evening. this is tonight at midnigh

this morning we're going to talk a little bit about the gulf of mexico. i'm going make a couple of remark then i'm going pass it to the panel. i would like you to think about what converges in the gulf of mexico. i think part of the uniqueness of that body of water and every body of water can claim some type of uniqueness is the extraordinary natural environment that exists there. if you look at the great waters, the mississippi river, the straits of florida you look at the diversity in the gulf of mexico. then look at the challenges between, what i call the interaction between the man-made world and the natural world. this is a very important part of the world but also a very complex part of the world. what you get as we have an increasing population and expension of the infrastructure you have increasing interaction with the natural environment, greater degrees of complexity. when you introduce challenges like climate change and uncertainty, the level of the types of events that can occur there in terms of the magnitude and consequences grows. we know th

pipeline which will transport deadly canadian tar sands oil from oklahoma down to the gulf of mexico. where it's going to be refined and then promptly placed on oil barges to be sold in south america europe asia and mexico they get the oil we get the poison coming out of the refinery smokestacks. odds are little oil from the keystone x.l. pipeline is actually going to make it into american markets according to trans canada itself this product will not reduce the price of gas the united states according to trans canada itself this project project will actually increase gas prices in the american midwest it will not reduce our dependence on foreign oil. it will create only a few thousand temporary jobs and a few hundred permanent jobs and it's going to put our land and underground aquifers at risk of oil contamination while presenting to terrorists and we're all supposed to be afraid of terrorists sweet little thousand mile long target that they can take out with just a little bit of dynamite. and rather than slowing climate change this pipeline will take us over the tipping point. envi

it's just streaming in off the gulf of mexico. and that is going to allow perhaps two to four inches of rain to fall in this area. and again, that's over the next 48 hours. and it will slowly spread eastward. that's a look at the weather across the country. now, here's a peek out your window. >> the new york city is 48 degrees. not bad, above average. we're also looking at temperatures today to top out in the upper 50s. and charlotte north carolina, looks pretty did there. minus a couple showers in orlando, florida, 81 degrees. >> so really the entire east coast enjoying above-average temperatures. florida's about 10 degrees above average. >> i love it when you bring good news. >> i know. >>> well, an asteroid fly-by, a beer just for dogs and apple and facebook. >>> plus, what should have been a fun adventure ended tragically for two men inside this inflatable ball. you're watching "early today." >> announcer: "early today" is brought to you by therm ma care heat wraps. no pain, just relief. >>> welcome back, here are some other st

it is also going to be pulling some humidity out of the gulf of mexico. e area, we are looking at tomorrow with a possibility of some severe storms. i think our main threat tomorrow will be that of seeing damaging winds. some high winds could be anywhere from 50 to 60 miles per hour. and some heavy rain, too, over an inch. your main time period between 8:00 and 11:00 p.m., stepping into the west at 8:00. then exit being 11:00 p.m. to mid might for tomorrow. here is a look at the 7-day forecast. then by the time we get to thursday, 45 degrees and that's probably going to be early in the day with falling temperatures and windy conditions, your winter for sure returns on friday. and maybe even flurries around the area on friday. the weekend right now mainly dry but maybe some passing in your flurries on sunday. if you have been missing winter, lit return as spring vanishes after tomorrow. >> it may not sound like a good idea but lungs from a heavy smoker may be safe for transplants. 13% of double lung transplants here in the u.s. came from donors who were hea

can we get a storm that comes from the gulf of mexico and comes up the coast. there's nothing showing that but climatetology tells us when you get a ridge near the pacific ocean, usually you drop storms out of the rockies, it needs to happen sooner than no we're on the drought side of things. we'll watch the pattern. it will be an active pattern the end of january. we're going to get cold over the next seven days as wyatt showed you. back outside. it's cold. cold day tomorrow. we'll have that brief warmup but here comes the big chill. that all starts by monday. i just saw another flurry. there are some flurries. >> how many more? >> two. >> that's not bad. >> get that kid a hat. all right. right after world news, stick around for an all new episode of the list. we have a sneak peek. >> it's a real show stopper. we go on the set of the new everyman's theater. that's coming up on the list at 7. >> here's what's coming up tonight on abc2. >>> before we go, here's a look at what we're working on. >> what do dryer sheets, cat food have in common? you can get them in

more and more fossil fuel in an extreme place like the arctic ocean or the deep waters of the gulf of mexico you're looking at the arctic, it's becoming more open because of climate change. so even if they could insure safety and there was never going to be an oil spill which shell has admitted there will be a spill, it doesn't matter because you have pollution and you have climate change pollution happening which is changing alaska. it's changing the gulf of mexico, it's changing australia it's changing weather all over the place as we've seen in very recent months. it's not good for the earth. it's not good for everybody who lives here. >> cenk: i think you're sweating it. what are a couple of fires. thanks for coming in. >> thanks. >> cenk: the stop of the stop and frisk.: >> what are you touch meg for? >> he's oh holding me, going through my pockets, going up and down and going through my sweater. that's when he said to put my hand on my head. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current t

moving out and coming in is this disturbance out to the west polling in some moisture from the gulf of mexicoand there is a rather chilly pool of air is sitting over the eastern part of the country right now and this is going to run right into it. temperatures will be right on the margin and trying to rise above the freezing point tomorrow. these wedges of chilly air are sometimes tough to push out. you can temperatures in the teens in northern new england, near freezing in new york city. we are only into the 30's. warmer air will be trying to push into that and here is what we expect in the forecast overnight tonight. 25-30. they will not drop dramatically. developing, two, three, 5:00 in the morning and moving in from the west, light snow, sleet, or freezing rain. north ords how foar south the bar. this will start around sunrise. temperatures will be just below the freezing point. advisories are out and points west of the day all the way across maryland with the winter storm warning out for garrett county. this will be in effect from 3:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. it will be light, but because

director for the coastal protection and restoration of a ready of louisiana and the team of the gulf of mexicoeaders from all of the gulf coast states. nancy rabalais from the university marine consortium. i said also say about nancy that she was recently awarded one of the macarthur genius prizes. so congratulations, nancy. the fourth speaker is bernie goldstein deride i've known him a very long time. he is a public health expert. he is based at the university of pittsburgh if i am correct, more significantly from this panel is now chair of the coordinating committee of the gulf regional house outreach program which came from abroad deepwater horizon settlement. so our moderator for the panel is the retired admiral thad allen. those of you that were the least bit awake during the deepwater horizon that we have seen that on the tv so much that he's not julian honoring member of the media. and so we considered him based on his extensive media presence to the inaugural person not only because he knows so much about subject matter but because she is absolutely phenomenal in front of a camera. so

it comes up all the way from the gulf of mexico and down towards louisiana. that stays to the south though. it will take several more hours to break up these clouds and actually kind of push them all down to the south. so i think even tomorrow morning, we'll probably wake up with a few clouds. 42 in town with the clouds in place, temperatures are holding fairly steady. it's not much colder out on the suburbs either. dulles 39, gaithersburg 37. the clouds are a little thinner to the north. so frederick 34, hagerstown 33. so some clearing by sun rise but it looks like all night tonight mostly cloudy. our temperature will fall off into the lower 30s, a little bit cooler in the suburbs and i think in terms of the specific spots out there, let me show you the overnight low temperatures here. it's 31, 32 for dulles, and just about everybody in the low 30s. but go farther north and west, overnight lows will be in the 20s. yes, colder weather for the next few days, a little bit below normal. but really pretty nice for january for the next few days. we'll talk about th

these are wild caught out of the gulf of mexico. just like they should be. beautiful.ed fish there. i tell you what, i love oysters. so salty, so plump and juicy. these are beautiful. >> oh wow. >> and okra is actually -- >> i like okra. >> it is really good. the gumbo is the african word for okra, so it's been around for a listening time. look at that. simple, fresh louisiana seafood, killer flavor. find the dishes just like this and many more in the commanders palace menu, especially for super bowl. >> can i taste it? >> would you please? >> i have my spoon. let's see how you did it. >> it's quite hot, be careful. >> you know -- it doesn't have to be complicated. >> you don't come for a meal, you come for the experience. now back to you. >> all right, i know this light that dan prepared for will go great with what you just had. very wise. chasing a skinny calorie. that is everybody around the nation that are making their living rooms great for uncles and dads and enjoying the game. >> absolutely. >> because we know ladies rule the world. it is the best. the drink is

will it touch a little moisture from the south, the gulf of mexico. if it can draw some of that moisture in, then we'll have something. there are areas in north carolina, eastern tennessee, extreme southwestern virginia. but around here, 2:00 tomorrow, cloudy. there's the snow moving in during the afternoon to 6:00. looks like it will be snowing especially on the west side. then pulling out of here potentially by midnight. we'll get rid of that pretty quickly and end up with a decent weekend. the yellow alert is over. just blustery this afternoon. tonight 21 in d.c. with mid- teens north and west. cloudy tomorrow. snow late in the afternoon, 28. 23 on friday night with the snow ending overnight. 32 saturday. then a warming trend begins. by sunday 38. monday 42. look at those temperatures. tuesday and wednesday got temperatures in the 50s, although wednesday looks like it's going to be on the wet side. yes, looks like the pattern is going to change for the warmer side for just a little while. time for petline 9 now. today we've got kristen from the wash

we have a lot of rain and even some strong storms to talk about down in the gulf coast. you can see the rain streaming up off the gulf of mexico. yesterday, it was across eastern texas where we picked up 2 to 3 inches of rain, that's expected across portions of eastern arkansas, western tennessee, western mississippi and right down into louisiana as well. this is an area of low pressure which is also bringing that rain back into northern texas. it's all rain right now. we're done with the snow as warmer air tries to work into this system. this heavy rain is coming in the form of very strong thunderstorms. we have a lot of cloud to ground lightning. an area where we could see some isolated tornadoes as well. it will start to push eastward. but it's a slow process. over the next 48 hours, this area in lower and orange here, from arkansas down to louisiana, could end up to 3 to 4 inches of rain. out ahead of this system, it looks temperatures will be 15 to 20 degrees above normal. that includes new york city as well. mara? >> thanks so much, dylan. >>> an asteroid fly-by. >>> plus, what should have been a fun adventure ends tragi

bringing in the warm air up from the gulf of mexico region right through the deep south the tennessee valley. cold air on the backside and that's why we've got the snow flying in the rockies. a great ski season for the northwestern quarter of the country really from colorado all the way to washington state and british columbia. rain much-needed rain here. we need this in a more regular basis. drought conditions have really affected the levels of the mississippi. for us we watch the moisture increase. the rain gets here this afternoon. the warmth will follow starting tonight but watch out tonight lee. some patchy dense fog. today 50 and chilly afternoon showers. tonight we've got the early shower otherwise some patchy dense fog. lows in the low to mid-40s. tomorrow early clouds and fog and then we're dealing with some partly sunny skies. very mild. 62. sunday 68. some areas could get to 70 with some sunshine. rain returns monday and 60 and much cooler rain on tuesday and temperatures back in the 40s. 5:17. monika samtani, she's still smiling. that's good. >>> yes still smiling although

for us we have the jet stream coming across the gulf of mexico. got all this moisture down here.nly cloudiness is making it up toward us with rain in the carolinas just sneaking in toward southeastern virginia this morning. that's going to be the case. so nice and quiet. we'll see the southern system sort of slide away from us look for more sunshine this afternoon. here are your lake snows up in new york, northwest pennsylvania. then tonight it's going to be quiet. clear, cold. tomorrow looks like a nice sunny but breezy day tomorrow. then the weekend a little milder but the mild stuff almost warm, relative for this time of year. that will be late in the seven- day. today chilly. a mix of sun and clouds with more sun this afternoon. tonight clear and cold down in the 20s to low 30s. tomorrow 43. it will be breezy but sunny. saturday 44. a mix of sun and clouds with more clouds late. saturday night slight chance of a sprinkle or flurry. that's it. really more clouds than anything. then sunday mid-40s for the playoff games in baltimore and here in d.c. monday 46. then look, tuesday

the offshore oil company transocean has agreed to pay $1.40 billion for its role in the 2010 gulf of mexico oil spill. transocean owns the deepwater horizon rig which exploded and caused one of the biggest environmental disasters in u.s. history. the settlement includes $1 billion in civil penalties and $400 million in criminal penalties. america's federal trade commission has decided not to take legal action against google over their business practices. a 20 month investigation found they had not biased its search results to favor its own products. the company has agreed to make a number of changes and promised to give advertisers access to more reformation. from all this, let's speak now to a former editor of wired.com, joining me from san francisco. good to have you here. victory for google. are you celebrating? >> i think it was a good process. google having to be under the regulatory gun and have people look closely at what it is doing is a good thing for everybody. they are a huge, powerful force on the internet. my sister when she talks about the internet or the web, she talks about

americas also looking at this storm system, a very severe one pulling in warm moisture out of the gulf of mexico. what that's going to do is collide with cold air coming out of canada. yet again, once you start to see this occur, you get that risk of severe weather, specifically around missouri over towards western tennessee and northern mississippi. you could be seeing wind gusts over 100 miles an hour. hail, frequent lightning and even the risk of tornadoes. cannot rule that out at all. also that cold air that will be wrapping around, that's going to be bringing snowfall for western great lakes and dropping down these temperatures. look at winnipeg, minus 9 for you. ten-degree drop going into thursday. washington, d.c. and new york, you'll see a slight warm-up ahead of that front. warm air coming through but it will start to cool right back off once that front begins to pass by. now, here in europe, several systems we're watching. a severe one over the british isles bringings heavy rainfall, risk of flooding, gusty winds. look at the lines close together. that's indicating about 40 to 60 kilom

as we take a look toward the americas, we have this big band of cloud cover from the gulf of mexico, tending out through the northeast. that is bringing all sorts of rough weather. seeing some rainshowers and thunderstorms activity along the gulf coast and flash flooding could occur here. looking out to the appalachians, snow changing and even some freezing rain. driving conditions will be really hazardous and persist going through the next 24 hours. this remains stubborn and lingers. in the northeast, another centimeter or two of snow that will work its way off toward the east. behind it then, we have this high pressure coming in. already seeing chilly temperatures with this. still going to bring you fair weather at the very least. off to the north, into the dakotas, you have been seeing gusty winds and seeing snow showers. it will taper off. that will bring windchill for you, off toward the great lakes as well, and the high temperature as we look into central canada. minus 19 for the high there in winnipeg. denver, starting to see a little bit of a warmup. pulls off toward the east,

of the continent. we are watching a small snowstorm moving through new mexico and texas and moving toward the gulf of mexico, turning over and will leave behind significant snowfall. up to 25 centimeters and off the coast, that's moving across the rockies and it will expand across and toward the international west. out toward the northeast there, is a low pushing through parts of quebec and that will be heading across new england, but really just bringing a few snow showers to you. temperatures seasonal. pretty much what you'd expect in the first week of january. 2 degrees in new york city. 3 in chicago. we have 8 degrees in oklahoma city. 9 in houston. overnight lows will be falling. okay, as question head to europe, a different story here. quite interesting what's going on. temperatures more likely the beginning of summer in the west this is what's going on. jet stream moving up toward the north. allowing warm air to come in and it is descending far down toward the southeast. as far south as southern greece, you could see sleet on sunday. precipitation in the center of the continent, rain clouds and snow,

offshore oil company transocean has agreed to pay over $1 billion in fines for its role in the gulf of mexico0. the company owns the deep water horizon rig which suffered a blowout, causing one of the biggest and terminal disasters in u.s. history. the settlement includes $1 billion in civil fines, $400 million in criminal penalties. a hearing against the former haitian president aristide has been delayed until next week. he is accused of exploiting street children for political gain. police used teargas to break up supporters -- break up scuffles between supporters and opposition. algae has a remarkable properties. french designers are hoping it will help them purify water in new buildings. you could call them slime- skrapers. >> these tiny organisms could soon be turning building's green. outside and in. he wants to breed algae in tubes on the roofs inside office blocks, starting with his own grid nourished on the impurities and taps and toilets, it will turn the waste back into pure water. his project was inspired by france's new regulations that expect buildings to recycle expect building

of the continent. we are watching a small snowstorm moving through new mexico and texas and moving toward the gulf of mexico, turning over and will leave behind significant snowfall. up to 25 centimeters and off the coast, that's moving across the rockies and it will expand across and toward the international west. out toward the northeast there, is a low pushing through parts of quebec and that will be heading across new england, but really just bringing a few snow showers to you. temperatures seasonal. pretty much what you'd expect in the first week of january. 2 degrees in new york city. 3 in chicago. we have 8 degrees in oklahoma city. 9 in houston. overnight lows will be falling. okay, as question head to europe, a different story here. quite interesting what's going on. temperatures more likely the beginning of summer in the west this is what's going on. jet stream moving up toward the north. allowing warm air to come in and it is descending far down toward the southeast. as far south as southern greece, you could see sleet on sunday. precipitation in the center of the continent, rain clouds and snow,

look at the storm pulling out of the gulf of mexico into the states here. t's going to be rain in cincinnati and detroit and chicago and mieapolis. there's no snow anywhere and the big thunderstorms, pushing on through here, essentially out of mississippi into georgia and alabama. we could even hear the rumble of thunder here tomorrow night believe it or not at this time. just clouds tonight. 48 rockville, 49 in fairfax. still 50 in college park and 45 over in bowie. look how mild it is, above freezing in minneapolis and 41 in chicago and 37 in detroit. so a few showers are on the way, dry tonight. mainly dry in the morning commute, but the wet roads tomorrow, especially north of town. and then april over the next weekend. they will stay green. 50 tomorrow with the afternoon showers. 64 on saturday warmer. 67 crazy warm on sunday with few showers. you could still walk or bike on the canal. temperatures still around 60 and a better chance of organized rain, maybe even a thunderstorm on tuesday, into wednesday. temperatures back to reality with a high of 35. >

transocean will pay a $1.4- billion fine for the massive 2010 oil spill in the gulf of mexico. transocean was the owner of the deepwaterhorizon drilling rig leased by bp. the rig exploded and sank, killing 11 workers and leaking 5 million barrels of oil into the sea. still to come, it's traders unplugged, with our traders debating whether it's a good time to get in or out of the stockmarket. but first, are small business owners feeling more optimistic following the fiscal cliff deal? bill moller joins us with the answer after the break. with the congressional crisis forstalled with this week's fiscal cliff deal, are america's small business owners relieved? are they more optimistic? every month surepayroll canvasses its 10s of thousands of members and puts out the small business scorecard. michael alter is president and ceo of surepayroll. michael, these numbers that just came out are for december, pre-fiscal cliff deal. let me ask you, now that the deal has been made, at least for taxes, do you think small business owners are relieved and optimistic? > > i think they are absolu

it's going to turn over to rain as it heads towards the gulf of mexico but not before dumping about 25 centimeters of snow in some places. elsewhere mostly high and dry. temperatures are seasonal. snow event as well. that will go into the intermountain west and snowfall popping into montana as well as wyoming, idaho and towards the east you can see a low spreading some light but widespread snow across eastern canada. that's rapidly pushing towards the atlantic but will push it through new england first. you'll have some snow showers here. as i say fairly seasonal temperatures. however if we head over to europe we will see a different story. out west it's anything but seasonable. we're talking about highs in and around what we usually see in march the spring like highs and the lows around what we usually see in may or june. take a look at what's going on. fairly dry here. we got this arch here where the preparation is moving further towards the north. the jet stream is preventing it from moving up and i'll show you that diagram in just a second. we have an area here of precipitation. ge

here is downriver to the gulf of mexico. we hit the ground running. we arrived at 1:00 and the party has already begun. >> our trip started with an early-morning flgiht and they were anticipating plenty of ravens fans making the trip, but later in the week. the anticipation was building. we were greeted with a parade and i'm not saying it was for me and bridget but it felt like it. >> i like flacco. i wans tnt to see someone stop kaepernick. >> the vibe is stronger as they enjoy coffee at cafe dumas and enjoying adult averages. some do not like the super bowl in town. cyrus says his business will take a hit because people will be partying instead of touring. >> we will have pedestrians but as far as business is concerned, it will be tough. >> there is excitement in the air and if this is any indication, it will be quite a ride. >> we love all the guests. we want everyone to have a good time. 9 >>> and root for the ravens? >> yes. >> we noticed that -- they are pulling for the ravens. one final note, the party really begins tomorrow when the ravens arri

i will be watching the game from the middle of the gulf of mexico. >> reporter: on an oil platform? >> a shell oil platform. >> reporter: wow. we stopped in a voodoo shop in the french quarter to find out if there's a curse or a hex that one team can put on another to try to win this year's super bowl. >> there's a certain itch are ual that can be performed. there's trinkets, things that can be done for the competition to kill results in one favor's or not. >> reporter: does it involve human sacrifice? [laughter] >> no. no human sacrifice. >> reporter: back again live here, you are looking at a paddle wheeler on the banks of the mississippi river, where -- it's the levee and the french quarter, right in the heart of new orleans. we're just getting started. we have a week of activities to find stories to bring back home to you. it's a tough job but somebody has to do it. when cane, ktvu channel 2 news. >> i'm loving those beads -- ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. >> i'm loves though beads -- those beads, ken. and we have our reporters that will be in new orleans and you will see a liv

down toward the gulf of mexico, a low has been developing here and it will spread widespread heavy rain across the south. 50 millimeters is going to be the normal. up to 150 in some places and that does spell flash flooding. concern for that there. severe weather in eastern texas will be spilling down over to the northeastern quarter of portion of mexico. you could see tornadoes and large hail embedded in the thunderstorms. temperature-wise, looking very warm with those southerly winds coming in across the south. 18 degrees in houston, even getting up to 11 in denver and a very comfortable 22 degrees in los angeles. into europe we go. still feeling pretty warm actually for january across the iberian peninsula and france. even central locations too. warm in the british isles, a cold front moves through bringing showers and precipitation across scandinavia. what's happening in austria. the warmer weather has brought a lot of rain instead of snow. rain has saturated the ground. take a look at this falling like skittles here. this is a landslide and the forest came sliding down a hill. fort

ahead of the system, very warm due to warm air coming in from the gulf of mexico.ut back behind it, due to the arctic chill, temperatures are going down. minus 16 degrees is your expected high on wednesday in winnipeg. not too bad in chicago at 6, but we'll plum melt to minus 7 on thursday. you may want to bundle up once again. finally, in europe a parade of low pressure systems is moving across the north, bringing extremely windy conditions and wet conditions. the system will continue to head toward the east. now, to the south of the system warm air is flowing in from africa, pushing up temperatures. remaining in the double digits in london as well as paris, warming up to 12 degrees on your wednesday in berlin. here's your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us. we'll be back with more of your updates at the top of the hour.

the company will pay $4 billion in penalties for the 2010 oil disaster in the gulf of mexico. bp pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges and to perjury for lying to congress about the size of the broken well. the company is also paying out nearly $8 billion to settle private lawsuits from gulf coast residents and area businesses. >>> a couple of minor earthquakes shook northern california it morning. the biggest, 3.0 at 8:45 a.m. followed by a 2.9 a few seconds later. the earthquake's epicenter is near cobb in the boggs mountain state forest north of sonoma. the area has seen five earthquakes in the last 7 days. >>> state lawmakers want to give you more notice when an earthquake is about to happen. >> earthquake, earthquake, earthquake! [ beep beep ] >> that's what would you hear on your cell phone, computer or perhaps your television if a proposed early warning system is put into place. it would give you as much as 60 seconds warning to take cover. state senator alex padilla is behind the effort. >> it's going to be a challenge. if it was his, it would have been done already. b

looks like heavy rain around the gulf of mexico pushing towards mexico city and certainly for honduras, nicaragua, to the south, we could see heavy showers pushing in from time to time but panama and costa rica, a largely fair and dry picture. across north america, two areas of snow, one pushing in towards quebec and the other system along the pacific northwest, snow over the rockies and snow as far as sierra-nevada, chilly in san francisco with highs of 12. p.m. eastern, 6:00 p.m. paci, only on link tv. >> time for a reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera. hugo chavez supporters turn out in force as caracas as the national assembly deflects the president's health crisis. police in pakistan trying to identify a man killed by an angry mob for allegedly desecrating the quran and rebels in central african province have taken another town in their fight against the government. to the conflict in syria and al-jazeera has several teams on the ground across the country. one of them is in hama where there is a severe shortage of medicine and doctors. our correspondent has more on what

pulling all this moisture out of the gulf of mexico, that's bringing flash flooding risk across portionsf louisiana. that is going to move over to mississippi all along this cold front. as that pushes to the east, even a few super cells could be developing out of that. with the risk comes with that a tornado or two as that continues to cruise off here. but behind it we are watching another low pressure area. and this one here is moving across the northern rockies. that's going to bring snowfall but the big story with this one is a game changer because it will usher in the coldest temperatures of the season so far, all the way even down to portions of southern california. you're going to be seeing temperatures well below average. this is going to work its way to the east dropping temperatures below freezing, so if you are along the eastern seaboard, enjoy the warm weather for the time being because it is going to cool right off. now we'll take a look over to the british isles, you're going to see a break on your thursday. we are seeing some sunny skies move across the area, but on friday

part of a loon uh storms from the gulf of mexico all the way to canada. >> reporter: wicked wind wipd through charlotte, north carolina as rain drenched the city part of a nasty storm system marching across the southeast on wednesday. that same system spawned a massive funnel cloud in daresville, georgia. leaving dozens of homes and businesses destroyed in its wake. >> we have about a two-mile-long path. maybe 1/4 mile wide. angled through town. >> reporter: 100 people at work when the twister took aim on this plant. thankfully all were safe. >> i'm hearing from folks been here all their lives, never seen anything this bad. >> reporter: one of the many towns across southeast in the line of fire from this dangerous line of storms stretching from northern florida to the northeast. in tennessee, the national with service confirmed four tornados touched down. one man was killed by a falling tree. east of memphis, buildings were flattened. their contents scattered far and wide. >> you know, i am alive you, know, i am alive. it could have been a lot worse. >> and in kentucky, two people wer

over my shoulder, this is down river towards the gulf of mexico. we got here yesterday and hit the ground running. if it is any indication of how things will turn out, this is going to be a nonstop party. our trip started with an early flight out of bwi. by the looks of things, they were anticipating many people making the trip. the flight was good and the anticipation was building. upon arrival and since it is mardi gras, we were greeted with quite a parade. >> ray lewis, ed reed. i like flacco. i want to see somebody stop the 49ers quarterback. i think they are going to do it. >> people were enjoying coffee. others taking a stroll after a few adult beverages. believe it or not, not everybody is excited about having the super bowl in town. cyrus thinks tourists will be more interested in partying. >> it will be good for the city but tough for us. there will be a lot of pedestrians. >> there is an excitement in the air. if this is any indication, it will be quite a ride. >> the city looks great. we love it. the city is cleaned up. we want everybody