janice huff is on the plaza with another check of the weather. >> good morning, jenna. i braved the cold because we have a nice crowd of people that came out. they said -- see, like this woman. she's saying hi. say hi to everybody. >> hi, maddie. you're back in connecticut. it's grandma! >> grandma's here. >> and aunt marie. >> another grandma! >> okay. i think we covered it now. thanks for coming down. let's check the weather and see what's happening. it's a very chilly morning on the plaza. but some brave souls. watch out across the southern states, though. you have an ice and snowstorm brewing over eastern texas. right now there is rain and thunderstorms over southeast texas and southern louisiana. to the north you will see ice spreading from dallas all the way across the carolinas and georgia by tomorrow. places like atlanta and charlotte will see ice and snow, asheville, chattanooga, watch out back towards birmingham, >> here's a look at the radar this morning. we've got some fog and mist underneath the low clouds in the bay area. the system

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. >> janice huff is here to tell us if there is anything to watch for today. good morning. >> in the west it's rain again. another storm system moving over the california coast. expecting an inch of rain from santa barbara up to sacramento, san francisco. that will cause delays in the air and on the roads n. the east, as you mentioned, it's foggy. we have fog advisories around new york city and parts of the northeast. the fog, visibilities are down to a half mile and more in spots. that should start to lift later on this afternoon with improving conditions. it's relatively quiet for now. back to you, jenna. >> now to politics and the new power base on capitol hill. the 112th congress begins this week with tea party freshman taking aim at president obama's agenda. for more we are joined by david gregory, moderator of "meet the press." good morning. >> good morning, jenna. >> we're not the only ones with new year's resolutions. the president is trying to get the economy back on track. in his weekly address he talked about working across the aisle. let's take a l