for cbs news, i'm meteorologist jeff berardelli. >>> some good news if you are flying today. the air traffic control system should be back to normal following a week of delays. the furloughs of air traffic controllers is over. congress passed legislation allowing the faa to transfer funds, returning the number of controllers to full strength. >>> today president obama is expected to nominate the mayor of charlotte, north carolina. anthony fox will be the new transportation secretary. fox would replace ray lahood. fox would be the president's first african-american among new cabinet members nominated for his second term. >>> overseas, heavy fighting is reported in the syrian capital of damascus. the syrian army is trying to drive rebel troops from the main areas of the capital. last week's news that syrian troops probably used chemical weapons has the white house scrambling for a response and the white house calling for action. susan mcginnis is in washington this morning. good morning, susan. >> good morning, vinita. there is more violence reported today nier tear the capital

jeff berardelli is watching it. what else can the midwest expect in the next few days. >> good morning, norah. looks like overnight tonight we're going to see a dose of rain in north dakota. could see around 1 to 2 inches of rainfall and that's going to add insult to injury there because of all the snowmelt and flooding we have in that area. then midweek a storm will dive south into the rockies and the plains and cut itself from the jet stream. that means it's going to move very slowly and cause heavy rain across the central mississippi valley. some places could see as much as four inches of rain toward the end of the week. more flooding is likely on the way this week. >> jeff, thanks. the forecast is better for flyers. things are getting back to normal. the faa says sunday the air traffic controllers are back on the job. it comes after congress reversed a bill regarding furloughs. >> reporter: as congress is fixed to the nation's air traffic control system took effect this weekend, a wave of relief washed through t

let's go to meteorologist jeff berardelli of our cbs station wfor.orning, charlie. good morning, everyone. what really stands out is how extensive it's going to be, all the way from the great lakes, all the way from texas into the lf coast area is where we're gog to see the threat for severe weather. overnight last night we had some severe weather but the biggest frontal boundary causing heavy downpours, in some areas a foot and a half of rainfall. that will continue because the front is not moving very fast to the east. obviously the other thing we're concerned about ask what will happen. where we see yellow we expect scattered severe thunderstorms but the area in red, numerous severe thunderstorms. we're also expecting numerous tornadoes. some of those could be strong. the areas we're concerned about are some large cities up and down the mississippi river valley. as we take you from south to north, you can see places like louisville, evansville, indianapolis, even the edge of chicago in on the severe weather threat. so not only are we talking torna