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missed something, the kansas house passed another one today.prevent almost all abortions after 22 weeks even for victims of rape or incest. abortion increases the risk of breast cancer. back in 2003, scientists from the national cancer institute concluded that that is completely untrue. one kansas slater a moderate republican and a retired anesthesiologist proposed an amendment to remove the breast cancer provision, but her amendment was voted down 71-50. she told the "huffington post" . . . the bill is now poised to sail through the republican-dominated kansas senate. the governor has vowed to sign into law any anti-abortion bills which reach his desk. ming me tonight is elizabeth warren with the organization that promotes women's health. welcome into "the war room," elizabeth. >> thank you so much for having me. >> michael: i'm sorry we have to meet under these circumstances, but kansas would require doctors to inform patients that abortion is linked to breast cancer. >> it requires them to give inaccurate information to their parents and the

we like kansas. a lot of great people in kansas.nado to take you to a better life, college education can do the trick--unless your poor. kids kansas investment development scholarship funds is a program that helps poor folks to attend college. some have been threatened by poor now kansas representative said is this the core responsibility of government? we all know the core function the government is to provide tax cuts for rich people so their money can trickle down to other rich people. you see governor sam brownback and the g.o.p. lawmakers don't want to see poor people go to college because they knee someone to pay for the tax cuts and wtf kansas what do you have against opportunity and education? i guess the concern is if the poor get a shot at college education there will be no one left to park the valet cars where congress is wining and dining politicians. friends we love you. surrender dorothy wtf kansas. >> john: welcome back. the world medical community says there is bad news--and worse news. the bad news--,antibiotics may

abc's gio benitez is in the thick of it in hard-hit kansas city. but let's start with meteorologist ginger zee. >>> good morning to all of you. i want to start with a look at why you can't drive in this type of snowstorm. look at this, this is from topeka area, a highway sign completely caked in snow. we're talking 3 inches at this point north of kansas city up to close to 20 inches that fell in colorado. it's a whole lot of snow. and right now, winter storm warnings stretch from kansas all the way to pennsylvania. we want to check in with gio benitez who's in kansas city this morning, a place i have been too often this winter. gio. >> reporter: you know what, ginger, if you have been here twice before, we know that kansas city has had a rough winter. now, with this third major snowstorm, lot of people are saying, it's a rough spring. ten states hit by a wicked snowstorm overnight. the huge storm ravaging the midwest, bringing cars to a screeching halt. worst hit, colorado, the state was pounded with snow, getting on average up to eight to ten inch

it was played in kansas city and kansas fans in the building in the first ten minutes, 12-2 north carolinar the tension in the crowd like, guys, what's going on? and they were down 9 at the half and kansas gets their act together and number one in the region and blowout north carolina in the second half and mcelmore was tremendous and the kansas city jayhawks. >> harris: he was there long enough. we still love him. i mentioned one of four top seeds and i asked people to tweet me and curious to see who people say will going. who is atop your bracket. >> and the team i had going, i thought indiana was the team that's going to do it this year and they had a scare as well today. indiana here up one point against a very tough team. victor beating temple in a three-point shot at the end and big ten, and everyone wants to poke at and it's not the conference it used to. and they've got four teams in the sweet 16 and minnesota playing tonight and illinois tonight and big ten is dominating the ncaa tournament. indiana number one seed got through today. >> harris: there you go. and bobby litton on my

wtf, kansas. don't get me wrong.ou're demonstrating how tea party ideas don't work but i don't like how your citizens are going to be affected as a result. click your ruby slippers together and repeat, there is no place like reality. >> john: welcome back. now suppose you're assaulted by someone you work with, and even if your attacker is found guilty, his boss can reverse the conviction. sounds crazy but that's how it can be done in the u.s. military. or imagine the more likely case that he never even goes on trail at all. and that he even gets promoted while you get kicked out for reporting his crime. this also way too often has been the military way. that was the story as a senate armed services sub committee began hearings on sexual assaults in our military. one person testifying this morning was anu bhagwati, a former company commander at a school of infantry in north carolina. she witnessed a pattern of sexual attacks at the school and filed for an investigation against an alleged offender. it led to not her do

down and kansas up 3 trey burke. hits the long trey with 4.2 seconds left to tie it 76-76 in overtime michigan up 1 burke misses but mitch mcgary is there for the offensive rebound and putback wolverines up 85-82 clock winging down kansas down 2 elijah johnson drives and appears to have a good chance to score but passes back to naadir tharpe for the three and the win it's no good final: 87-85 michigan barring a last minute snafu - it looks like the raiders will have a new quarterback under center next year according to several reports the raiders are on the verge of trading for seahawks back-up matt flynn raiders matt flynn according to several reports the raiders are on the verge of trading for seahawks back-up quarterback matt flynn that would likely spell the end for palmer who makes too much money for the rebuilding raiders. flynn made a name for himself with essentially one start filling in for aaron rodgers in which he threw for 480 yards and six touchdownshe parlayed that into a nice contract with the seahawks

people in kansas city are bearing a lot of snow. dumping as much as 9 inches in kansas city.hat's the 5@5:00. >> what in the world is going on. with more on that extreme weather alert this storm taking aim at new york city. hi there. how much snow can the northeast expect today? >> depends where you are. if you live in new york city good news you are talking one, two, maybe three inches as far as the snowfall goes. it will be windy it will be a messy day if you are doing any commuting on the roadways or the airport plan on delays. even places like washington, d.c. could be picking up snow. it's philadelphia along the i 95 corridor we could get a little more snow. 3-5 inches forecast out there. this is a very elevated snowfall. the higher you go into elevations the more snow across parts of atlantic. areas out west you are talking 4-8 inches widespread. some spots in illinois have picked up already 15 inches of snow a lot of snow with the system. winter storm warnings into effect in places like illinois, indiana, ohio, but as far east as new jersey. those areas could be pickin

the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. moran: thank you, mr. president. it seems like we have been in this position previously this week. i understand there is a quorum call and i would ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. moran: mr. president, thank you. i'd like to discuss with my colleagues here in the senate an amendment that i have offered to the continuing resolution that's now pending before the senate. it's amendment numbered 55. i've spoken about this issue on the floor previously this week, but want to reiterate the merits of this amendment and ask my colleagues for their support. amendment number 55 deals with this issue of air traffic control towers, and under the administration's plan in implementing sequestration, the plan is to close on april 7, just a few days from now, 173 air traffic control towers across the country. and the amendment that i'm offering avoids that, that the administration would no longer be able to do that. i believe they shouldn't for numerou

in kansas this suv was nearly turned into road kill. in kansas city, missouri, most drivers wisely stayed off the roads. as part of the storm system tracks south it brings heavy hail storms to texas, near dallas the hailstones were so thick they ran in little rivers down the pavement. in georgia, the bad weather took the form of rain, and in florida, the streets of jacksonville were littered with the thunderstorm's calling card. store signs were knocked to the ground. tree limbs were smashed. others were knocked over, damaging homes and crushing automobiles the storm system is heading for the east coast. abc news, new york. >> ama: we're so fortunate here on the west coast, let's get to leigh glaser. >> leigh: we are. today temperatures up two or three degrees from yesterday. live doppler 7hd showing you just a few clouds off the coast. also starting to push a little bit inland but no rain on the screen there. beautiful shot out there. our high definition rooftop cam showing you blue sky on the embarcadero and san francisco. right now,

kansas state, university kansas and syracuse with the big winner the center being kansas.nnections are in sports, but man -- >> dana: you have too many obvious picks. >> bob: syracuse ain't obvious. they don't stand a chance. neither does kansas state. one more thing is up next. >> kimberly: thank you. ♪ ♪ >> eric: time for one more thing. i'll kick it off. remember the kids, sixth grader from st. paul lutheran school in iowa? they made it to washington, d.c. remember they were going to go there and get a tour of the white house. take a look at the pictures they posted op facebook. they didn't get in the white house. don't laugh at them. >> greg: go somewhere else. >> eric: this is serious! do you see the house in the background? that is our house. it's the white house. not the obama's house. they're guest of the american taxpayers. open the house. jay carney, the press sec. get him to open our white house. how about no more the royal food taster. we heard about that. how about no more senate barbershop. >> greg: make the kids be the food taster. >> eric: so evil. you're u

show you some live video from kansas city. and thank you to the folks who are driving this car right now. please be careful. we want you to be safe more than anything. but you can see the several inches of snow on the ground predicted across the ohio valley and in the south severe storms and possible tornadoes as i said. thanks again to the crew there at kmbc in kansas city, missouri. they are slow going on the roads. karen joining us this morning joining us is jay marshal shepherd and in the cnn severe weather center meteorologist karen maginnis. is that the thing people in the midwest are going to see? >> yeah. we are watching it kind of progress slow but steady over the next 24 to 48 hours. area of low pressure will trek, remember this was over towards the rockies yesterday. now it moves across the plains and heads into the lower ohio river valley. on the northern edge and on the back edge is where the snowfall's going to be. brief but at times heavy. blown by 25 to 40-mile-an-hour winds, maybe occasionally higher what we'r

. >> the game of the night belongs to one seed kansas and fourth seed michigan state.s up with 1:28 left but the wolverines came storming back, trey burke sent the game into overtime. michigan wins for the first time since 1994, so with kansas out that leaves louisville as the only number one seed left in the tournament. last night the cardinals continued to play like a dominant number one seed. lieu izville jumped on oregon in the first half and never looked back on a 77-69 win. they advance to the elite eight for the second straight year and opponent, two seed from the region duke, seth curry, the blue devils defeated michigan state, a rick patino and rick krzyzewski duel. syracuse against marquette at 4:30 eastern followed by wichita state taking on ohio state. wichita state they're a nine seed here in the elite eight, knocked off one seed gonzaga. fans looking to are a cinderella team, wichita state. >> i think last week i was 20 out of 20. >> maybe you're doing a little better. only way to go is up. >> start at the bottom, now we're here. thank you. >>> next up, s

i-70 in western kansas is still closed. if the storm pushes east to ohio and missouri valley, flights on denver are back on track. more than 200 have been canceled. the ohio valley and what not, please, take good care of what you're doing today. you may have to change travel plans. >>> severe storms in the south. heavy rain flooded streets yesterday and some cars in birmingham, alabama. even a mobile police command center got caught in rising water. the storms are expected to pack a punch today, too. north georgia and southern florida are on alert. possible tornadoes. >>> all right, i want to give you a new recordings of an eyewitness 911 call that is shedding new light on the deadly shooting of a toddler in georgia. listen to this. >> appears he has been shot. >> listen to me, ma'am, is the baby breathing? >> i don't know. the baby is in a stroller and i just came out. did you hear any shots in the area? >> listen the baby is on the ground. >> i have people en route to you. did you hear any shots in the area? >> yes, i hea

abc's gio benitez was in the heart of the storm as it moved through kansas city >> reporter: kansas city, missouri, socked in, shut down in massive piles of snow. driving around town wrapped up in white it seems winter will never stop coming back for more. 8 inches of snow so far. it is dangerous. this is where drivers have to be really careful because cars have had a tough time getting down the icy hills. the storm hammering this area. these dangerous conditions now moving east after hundreds of miles of highway were shut down from denver to kansas. more than 19 inches of snow falling in parts of colorado over the weekend. shut down this interstate near denver. burning tanker trucks and causing a 50-car pileup. incredibly no one was seriously hurt. the same system -- is bringing severe weather to the south. winds in atlanta blowing this tree into an apartment building. luckily the building was empty. >> i heard this cracking noise and it came tumbling down like the london bridge. >> reporter: in florida, 50-mile-an-hour winds and blinding rain forced organizers of the arnold palmer invi

it is right in this area along interstate 70 around aurora and right to the kansas border. this is where we have seen interstate 70 shut down in both directions, one, because the road conditions are so bad and visibility is terrible as well. where you see the pink, that's where the winter storm warnings are and we have watches and advisory that go on towards the ohio river valley and incompetent some of those advisories may be upgraded and here is our second weatherhead line. two severe thunderstorm watches. that's not it. it is the tornado warning that goes until 2:45 local time. that is the pink shaded area. here is jacksonville, florida, lake city, here is stark, the storm cell is moving towards the east at about 45 miles an hour, and they are saying that some of the trees are reported down as the thunderstorms have fired up across north central and northeastern florida. getting back to our storm system that moves across the ohio river valley, and guess what? just in time for the work week on monday, fred, it looks like by washington, d.c. and new york could see a little

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. >> john: wtf kansas week concludes with a love story. about the enduring love between republicans and guns. the republicans-controlled kansas house of representatives has just voted to allow concealed weapons into the state capitol. and there are two other pro-gun bills in the works. this love story is pretty hot because it involved a three-way. soon in kansas you'll be able to carry guns into the public offices, schools and hospitals which is quite convenient because then kansasens will be to have their self-inflicted gunshot wounds treated on the spot. lawmakers also passed a bill that would ban the enforcement of federal bans on guns made in kansas. so remember mass murderersers when you're purchasing weapons for your next killing spree make sure they have the "made in kansas" label on them. the legislation still has to go to the state senate which is even more conservative than the state house. so the bill is probably too soft. and wtf, kansas, we love you but because on you're known for your beef but you want to turn your whole stat

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the low pressure system creating this havoc moves through kansas, tonight kansas city through early sunday, st. louis, and then look for central illinois and indiana to get into that big snow and east coast asking come on it can't be coming here. a rain/snow mix will be sloppy into the beginning of mark. >> what kind of snow are we talking about? >> significant snow. in denver it snows in march that's normal. but kansas city, does not get this. we'll see historic snow likely from st. louis to indianapolis. that area in the eight to 12 inch range, that also going to happen in the mountains of west virginia. >> about the tornadoes we mentioned at the top, a real fear tonight some. >> tonight a severe weather threat from the gulf coast, new orleans, tallahassee included, talking isolated tornadoes, more of a damaging wind situation and a lot of rain. we could see flooding. >> you're tracking it through "gma" in the morning. >> we're going to turn to the other reason so many were looking to the sky, a bright light streaking across the horizon, that meteor sighting this video from maryland show

this is now the third, major snowstorm to hit kansas city. these dangerous conditions, now moving east, after hundreds of miles of highway were shut down, from denver to kansas. more than 19 inches of snow falling in parts of colorado over the weekend. shut down this interstate near denver. burning tanker trucks and causing a 50-car pileup. incredibly, no one was seriously hurt. that same system is bringing severe weather to the south. winds in atlanta blowing this tree into an apartment building. luckily, the building was empty. >> i heard a cracking noise. and it came tumbling down like the london bridge. >> reporter: in florida, 50-mile-per-hour winds and blinding rain forced organizers at the arnold palmer invitational, where tiger woods was in the lead, to suspend the golf tournament for the rest of today. and the menacing storm has not finished its work yet. it will now head over to the east coast. david? >> gio benitez with us tonight. that does not look like spring behind gio. >>> ginger tracking this since this morning's "gma." where

fourth generation kansas. ku. >> couldn't disagree more. we know that georgetown has the best player in the country, and after multiple failures to get beyond the second round of the ncaa tournament, i'm saying it -- this is our year. >> well, the president picked indiana and louisville, and chuck todd's not here, because he's over tess news conference, but i would say on his behalf, miami. thanks to both of you, chris cillizza, and susan, miss kansas. thanks so much. >>> meanwhile, house democrats battle the ryan budget. we're going to talk strategy next with congressman james clyburn. >>> and you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" live from israel, only on msnbc. when did you know that grandma was the one? when her sister dumped me. grandpa was my dad a good athlete? no. oh dad, you remember my friend alex? yeah. the one that had the work done... good to see you. where do we go when we die? the ground. who's your girlfriend? his name is chad. and that's where babies come from. [ male announcer ] sometimes

kansas, indiana, gonzaga are the other number ones. what's your reaction when you look at the top seeds? >> there is no way that louisville should be the number one overall seed. it's got to be indiana. and, don, this is a huge deal because if indiana's the number one seed, they're in the midwest. they start out in dayton. then they go to indianapolis. bloomington is, less than an hour away. a home game, basically two home series for them. they're here in atlanta for the final four. here's the other thing. louisville had a three-game losing streak in the middle of the season. indiana had no such thing. five of their six losses, indiana, were to big 10 teams. that's best conference in the country. and their other loss was to butler which is no disgrace. >> you know all this stuff. here's the thing. here's what i like about it. i love it every year because i like beer and chicken wings and screaming at the tv. i don't even know anything about it. i say it's going to be kansas and gonzaga. everybody says gonzaga is going to do it. i think

. >> let's head over to kansas city, missouri, where a dog is making a recovery. this german shepherd, witnesses say, flew off an overpass. about 40 feet high. >> oh. >> when you see the overpass, you can clearly see that there's tall fencing above the overpass. so everybody seems to believe, including the witnesses, that this dog was thrown from the overpass. the dog's name is lindy and when the dog was taken to the vet it was already determined the dog was underweight and also had worms. this 40-foot fall caused four broken teeth a ruptured spleen, scraped its hind legs and tore all the ligaments and tendons in the front paws of the dog. you see the dog has two full casts on pt the german shepherd is expected to make a full recovery and nobody has yet come forward to claim this dog. >> this is terrible. you know what? if this is your dog and you fall on tough times and you just don't have the money, there are a lot of options. donations have already come in to help lindy out but the vet bills of future surgeries the dog is expected to need are expected to run ar

kansas city, five to seven. poor visibility. drive carefully, if you will. but as the system moves further to the east, yeah, if you go to the aplatchens, the alleghenies, the poconos, you get elevation and you'll see more significant snowfall there. the track of the storm. area of low pressure moves across the ohio river valley and then moves towards the mid-atlantic. christi for washington, d.c., and new york, this is just a blip. for other folks further west, a little more significant than that. stay careful today. >> thank you so much. just a quick shoutout to new jersey powerball players. one ticket out there won the $338 million jackpot. one ticket winning number 17, 29, 31, 52, 53 and 31. and congratulations to whoever is waking up holding that thing this morning. you're having a good morning. i'll see you back here at the top of the hour, 8:00. first, "dr. sanjay gupta md" begins right now. >>> hello, everyone. thank you for joining us. 12 years ago supermodel niki taylor was brought to the hospital that i work in critical condition after a car accid

kansas state, excuse me, kansas with a big win over kansas state.on the big 12 title and they won it in some nine years. they may have also locked up the number one seed in the ncaa tournament. people think they will take the number one seed from duke because they were bounced from one game and the other conference finals is the big ten, the sec and the acc. so, liberty. since we're speaking about top seed schools. a school most people have never heard of but in the ncaa tournament. they punched their ticket like a week ago. the second school in history to get in with 20 losses. liberty won the big south tournament which gives them an automatic bid into the ncaa tournament. >> we do less coaching and less firing kids up this time of the year. they deserve this because they worked, they've got great character. they hung in there when probably lesser men would not have and i'm really, really proud of them. >> so, you know, you get the honor of getting in the ncaa tournament as a small school with 20 losses but now most likely play the best team, or on

if you don't believe in the coal come back, stick with kansas city southern.ller railroad that connects mexico with the united states. and all the bountiful funds that we talk about all the time on the show. plus, exposure to the auto market, 17% of the business. here's the bottom line. the railroads are a classic oligopoly and the best way to ship everything, including coal. coal could be making a comeback. making coal a better value proposition for the utilities. union pacific, norfolk southern, csx, they all work in an environment where coal is no longer being hammered. kansas city southern it works no matter what. let's go to linda in kentucky. linda? >> caller: hi, my name is solinda. i'm from madisonville, kentucky. i'm a small time investor in g.e. and the ceo, he might sell off -- spin off some of the g.e. capital business. what do you think? >> i read that. i thought -- >> caller: what do you see g.e. doing this year? >> i think g.e. is going to go up substantially from here. i think g.e. represents tremendous value. my trust owns it. i was surprised

the storm dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of missouri while kansas and colorado got upwards inches. last night driving became treacherous in central indiana. as you can see, interstates near indianapolis became littered with wrecks. nbc's bill karins will have more on what to expect. that's coming up in just a few minutes. >>> first, major financial crisis averted. the island nation of cyprus has struck a $13 billion bank bailout and that is good news for americans and investors worldwide. the last-ditch deal saves the country from a banking collapse which would have forced it to become the first country to abandon the euro and that could have created economic turmoil across the entire globe. the deal calls for drastic cutbacks in cyprus' financial sector and closure of the country's second largest bank and large account holders, well, they're going to have to foot some of that bill. news of the bailout is sending asian markets higher today while banking shares in other markets also posted strong gains. tokyo's nikkei closed with a 1.7% gain while hang seng had half a percen

then michigan/kansas, michigan state/duke and the one everybody is looking for, 15th seeded florida gulf coast university, which is now john berman's number one pick. >> dunk city. >> they're trying to keep the dream alive against the florida gators. joe carter is in fort myers, florida, with much more on that big match-up. wow, that's noisy or 7:07 a.m. >> and the fact that they're college kids is more impressive. here we are in fort myers. they like to call themselves dunk city. now for florida gulf coast university. the basketball team the eagles, the talk of the tournament. the cinderella story. this team, 'tis is really their moment right now. this crowd, guys, has been gathering since about 5:00 this morning. we've got about 50 people over here by us. i've said probably about 400, 500 people here on the plaza. all to cheer on the eagles.

the real problem is that oklahoma doesn't want to be sandwiched between kansas and texas because kansasgoing to get rid of its income tax with brownback and texas doesn't have one. oklahoma has got respond. >> by the way, kansas very cold in the winter. >> they are raising the sales tax that means for at that lot of people in kansas you're talking about big tax increases. >> how about if you lower the income tax and makes up with it from the sales tax. >> a lot of people pay nothing in the income tax. they will pay the sales tax. >> i got to get out. art i'll give the last word. if you lower your income tax rate and raise your sales tax how does that figure? >> if it's neutral or better you're fine. lower rate broad base taxes are the most efficient taxes. the income taxes are very discriminatory against economic growth. >> it's all about growth. >> art, dean, hadley, thanks to all of you. up next, shrinking payrolls or traded players. one year after opening their publicly funded ballpark the florida marlins can't fill their seats for monday's opening day game and the taxpayers are on t

kansas city, just in st. louis, indianapolis, making it a little more. could be a hore 'tissic snowstorm for illinois and indiana for how late and heavy. severe weather from jackson to dallas. isolated tornado, hail, damaging winds all the way through northern florida and that's where we find super heavy rain. could see flooding rains from tallahassee to jacksonville. if you can imagine i have more coming up in the nation's weather but for now dan. >>> to breaking news on capitol hill. the u.s. senate pulling a rare all-nighter passing a budget deal for the first time in four years with tax hikes and budget cuts. it sounds reasonably constructive but is it less than meets the eye? abc's reena ninan is in washington this morning. what's the real story here. >> reporter: dan, you would think progress but really not really. no republican senator voted in favor of this budget. and the republican controlled house has their own very different plan. it's against the new taxes in the current senate plan and also calls for more spending cuts. the truth is neither

and kansas is going to come out on top.nzaga but something said kansas. >> bill self is a great coach, terrific players. one freshman who is absolutely phenomenal, ben mclemore, we'll be talking about him in the nba in a few years but i really like the louisville cardinals. rick pitino is a great coach. they gave my cardinals a tough run last year. got everybody back, new players, and rick always has his team ready to play. >> did you see the giant brackets down in the a tree yum? >> i didn't. >> show that. >> wow. >> tomorrow the mayor and ceo of turner broadcasting, are going to be out there doing their brackets. climb up on a ladder -- >> that's cool. >> it's amazing. we were excited here. what do you do when you as a former basketball player, what do do you for march madness? do you sit at home eating it up, chicken wings and beer? >> oh, yeah. it's the best time of the year. college basketball, doesn't get any better. i enjoy the nba but watching the college kids, there's always that measure of uncertainty going on so

, and kansas is going to come out on top.d to say gonzaga, but then something said kansas. what do you think? >> kansas is a terrific team. bill is a great coach. they have terrific players. one freshman who is absolutely phenomenal. a guy named ben mclemore, talking about him in the nba here in a few years but i really like the louisville cardinals. >> do you? >> i do. rick pitino is great coach. cardinals gave my kentucky squad last year an awfully tough time in the time four, an they have pretty much everybody back. got some new players, and rick always, always has his team ready to play this time of year. >> did you see the good night brackets we have downstairs in the atrium? >> i didn't. >> did you see that? look at that time lapse video. >> wow. >> so tomorrow the mayor and the ceo of turner broadcasting, the mayor will be out there and they will do their brackets. >> that's really cool. >> they will climb up on the ladder. >> isn't that cool? >> that's amazing. >> isn't that amazing, all excited here. what do you guys

city zoo. >> the kansas city zoo has one of the largest primate habitats in north america. will eventually join the chimpanzee troop. looking back, sergeant bloomquist says the incident is a little funny but it could have had an entirely different outcome. >> if his fist or his leg would have come through there, i think at that point something a little more serious might have happened. >> for police, dealing with a chimp is an unusual occurrence. but dealing with speeding cars, that's an everyday hazard. this state trooper is about to meet his hazard head-on. it's june, 2005, and tennessee state trooper rodney redman is working a crash investigation. he's about to become part of another one. >> i heard a tire squealing on a suv and saw a gray suv coming toward me, and i tried to get out of its way. >> but redman can't respond quickly enough. >> i got about one step and the vehicle struck me and flipped me in the air. >> he hits the highway hard and knows he's in trouble. >> i said if i don't get up, get out of here, i'm going to get run over again. and i stood up and stumbl

what about your pick over carolina and kansas today?am and carolina has struggled this year, i would go, i'm going against you again. i hate to do that. >> heather: no love. >> i love terry richardson i am a big charlotte guy. i love a lot of people down there a fact is fact. don't be mad at me. bobcats have been awful the past two years. worst record in the history of the league. >> rick: thank you, jim gray. good to see you. >> heather: coming up a red hot rhetoric in ongoing debate in gun control. with the head of the nra scrambling universal background checks, is eight bad idea? panel is back with round two of the debate up next. [ lisa ] my name's lisa, and chantix helped me quit. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation,

they eventually tracked the woman's cell phone to a hotel in kansas city and the child was not hurt. >>> there was an unexpected visitor in kansas city... >> bleep bleep bleep. >> the mayor was in the middle when a man came up and tried to take over the podium. he was wrestled to the ground and the mayor james seemed unfaced and went on to finish his speech. >> 4:55 is the time. >> we have security here. >> yeah. >> good morning everybody. >> just duncan. >> he could be i don't ruse. >> let's -- dangerous. >>> the traffic is moving along well on the bay bridge and there are no major problems also the morning commute in san francisco looks good but the roads are wet so give yourself an extra five or 10 minutes because it may make a big difference for you. 101 and 280 are looking good >> sal, can i give an, a plus to customs? -- "a plus" to customs? >> sure. >> well you are in a good mood? >> well i got some sleep. >> that is good. >>> the extended outlook is 7 to 1015 days and it does not look all that 7 to 10 to 15 days does not look all that promising. there is a lot of cloud cover

you can see planes being de-iced in kansas city on the top right. bottom right is colorado springs, which also saw a few inches of snow over the weekend. the storm is moving east, and winter storm warnings and advisories have been issued as far east as pennsylvania. >> we have the potential for unsettled weather. shower conditions pretty much each and every day. most of these will only be isolated. it will not be much of a rainmaker. today, cooler conditions and high cloud coverage. temperatures are not that bad. 46 in half moon bay. let us take a look at the temperatures compared to today. the afternoon highs with a snap of his five degrees cooler than what we experienced and livermore will be cooler. plenty of 60s and the south bay. 64 in a santa of clara. there are no 70's to talk about it in the east bay. upper 50s for san bruno. lots of cloud coverage for the bay area tomorrow. and your kron 4 7 day around the bay face 20 percent chance of rainfall almost every day from tuesday towards the weekend. taking a look at traffic no accidents to repor

bill: what does that do for jobs in kansas? >> it already creating jobs in kansas. we're 10th lowest. bill: that is remarkable. almost like the recession took a u-turn when you hit kansas. did you not feel that? >> we felt it. we felt it. it just, our rates went up, unemployment, but they have come down, they have come down somewhat faster. we have a lot of pieces in the economy are starting to kick pretty solid and then we're recruiting and getting more service industries coming in with low taxes and no taxes on llcs and sub-ses. bill: you want to eliminate the real estate property tax deduction. why? >> part of getting to zero. what we're initially doing is going to a flat tax, essentially, which is that is broaden the base, lower your rates. that is the initial move. we're working that rate down to zero. part of that you have to get at mortgage deduction, real estate taxes. i don't want to take them off the table but they many become less valuable as you get overall income tax rate down. bill: the mortgage interest rate deduction doesn't that hurt economy? they w

you'll see the mayor of kansas city. this is a slide, james, standing on the stage giving his state of the city address when this happens. >> those early efforts resulted in $5 billion in investment. >> this man just got through talking about exactly what the [ bleep ] -- [ bleep ]. [ bleep ] -- [ bleep ]. >> well, that was unfortunate. >> well, that was unfortunate is what the mayor uttered there. i can tell you, i saw security chasing that guy down. they actually brought him into custody, police did. the mayor said he had no problems with what he wanted to say, only, quote, a small problem with the method in which he said it. >>> now to harrison ford. he has flown the millennium falcon. he told terrorists to get off his plane. but now the 70-year-old actor and producer is in washington, d.c. today to talk to lawmakers about, what else? flying. yes, the 70-year-old is a trained pilot, was invited by the missouri representative sam graves, to join members of the house general aviation caucus to talk, quote, issues of imp

what surprised police is these people have backpacks filled and filled with graffiti kansas. 30 kansas of spray. this is unprecedented to discover this big of a graffiti ring. they also had large markers and pens inside their backpacks. san francisco police say this is an unusual bust but they are pleased to take steps to put an end to tagging across the city. six months ago they arrested four people who were responsible for many cases of vanneddism and also here in and around selma. they continue to have graffiti problems here so they are glad to make the arrests this morning. they will be charged with few felonies, felony vandalism and felony conspiracy. reporting live in san francisco, kira klapper, abc7 news. >> thank you, kira. lots of road closers and park league strikes this morning for the fourth annual oakland running festival. it gets underway at 7:30. you are look at the course of the full marathon. 26.2 grueling miles. it starts at snow park. all the races do. there is also a half-marathon and a 5k fun run for the kids, as well. for more information just go to our website.

we take you all the way from right around denver extending over towards the kansas border. this is about 160, 170 miles in both directions. r intersate 70 is closed. and this will move across the central united states and as it does for kansas, nebraska, some areas could see as much or more than a foot of snowfall. primarily between interstate 80 and i-70 corridor. an interesting elongation of a system that's going to continue into the next 24 and 48 hours. and yes, for the mid-atlantic, this means you as well. washington, d.c., that forecast is so difficult to pin down. but until then, those winter storm warnings and watches continue and we'll see them develop r for washington, d.c. and new york going into the beginning of the workweek. >> what a mess, thanks so much. we'll enjoy spring when it arrives. thanks, karen. >>> i mentioned a flash of fire streaking across the skies from the virginia area to maine. we'll see more of that. see that dot right there? caught on videotape, experts say it was probably a meteor and folks who saw it wasted no time tweeting about it. one

you can see planes being the eyes in kansas city on the top right. the bottom right of colorado springs, which also saw a few inches of snow or the weekend. the storm is moving east and with the storm warnings advisory have been issued as far east as pennsylvania. >> we did see some light wane as the moving closer to the weekend. temperatures currently are in the 30's 40's and 50's. a little cooler for the north bay valleys. oakland currently at 50, 43 hayward. future cast four shows why to o'clock mainly '50s inside the bay and 60s for your inland spots including the north bay. the green will start to fill and as we head into 2:00 p.m.. the yellow stars to stick out of our area. i don't think we will see any '70s today, say goodbye to them for the next couple of days. temperatures back in the '40's and '50's by 8:00 p.m. tonight. afternoon highs, redwood city 64, 65 fremont and milpitas, 66 san jose. the upper 60s for fairfield, concord 54 expected in hayward. mid-50s if you're headed to ocean beach. satellite and radar shows the top cloud cover str

they eventually tracked the woman's cell phone to a hotel in kansas city and the child was not hurt. >>> there was an unexpected visitor in kansas city... >> bleep bleep bleep. >> the mayor was in the middle when a man came up and tried to take over the podium. he was wrestled to the ground and the mayor james seemed unfaced and went on to finish his speech. >> 4:55 is the time. >> we have security here. >> yeah. >> good morning everybody. >> just duncan. >> he could be i don't ruse. >> let's -- dangerous. >>> the traffic is moving along well on the bay bridge and there are no major problems also the morning commute in san francisco looks good but the roads are wet so give yourself an extra five or 10 minutes because it may make a big difference for you. 101 and 280 are looking good >> sal, can i give an, a plus to customs? -- "a plus" to customs? >> sure. >> well you are in a good mood? >> well i got some sleep. >> that is good. >>> the extended outlook is 7 to 1015 days and it does not look all that 7 to 10 to 15 days does not look all that promising. there is a lot of cloud cover

they play memphis on tuesday. >>> all bets are off in kansas.sent an e-mail out to students last night reminding them that it's illegal in the state to be on the tournament, to bet on the tournament. the e-mail requests that no one affiliated with the university enter a betting pool. the university of kansas takes on western kentucky friday night. president obama taking cal over stanford in the women's ncaa turnent m. according to espn, the president has cal in the final four with baylor, connecticut and notre dame. they did not pick stanford which is seeded first. cal could play stanford on april 1st. and for the men, president obama has florida, louisville, ohio state and indiana winning it all. tori? >> thank you, pam. >>> 7:50. there's a new call to crack down on caffeine. how energy drinks are being targeted and what san francisco city attorneys want to do. >>> big changes at the magic kingdom. what every parent needs to know. >>> san francisco's city attorney wants the federal government to crack down on energy drinks. dennis herrera is ur

they play memphis on tuesday. >>> all bets are off in kansas.versity sent an e-mail out to students last night reminding them that it's illegal in the state to be on the tournament, to bet on the tournament. the e-mail requests that no one affiliated with the university enter a betting pool. the university of kansas takes on western kentucky friday night. president obama taking cal over stanford in the women's ncaa turnent m. according to espn, the president has cal in the final four with baylor, connecticut and notre dame. they did not pick stanford which is seeded first. cal could play stanford on april 1st. and for the men, president obama has florida, louisville, ohio state and indiana winning it all. tori? >> thank you, pam. >>> 7:50. there's a new call to crack down on caffeine. how energy drinks are being targeted and what san francisco city attorneys want to do. >>> big changes at the magic kingdom. what every parent needs to know. >>> san francisco's city attorney wants the federal government to crack down on energy drinks. dennis herre