we already have winter storm warnings much of kansas and nebraska. these are all winter storm watches that will go over as either warnings or advisories in the days ahead. our computers, one of the more reliable computers is pinpointed snow from oklahoma northward to nebraska. 6 to 12 inches in a large area, including, kansas city, wichita and topeka area. that's the travel for tonight and tomorrow. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. today, we are watching that storm developing. as far as areas like kansas city go, looks like we've slowed the timing down just slightly on the storm. the worst of it will be later on tonight and then all day thursday. >> and this storm also goes into areas like st. louis, chicago, all of iowa. but it won't be as significant there. still a couple inches of snow. maybe a little bit of ice. but it looks like kansas, nebraska the bull's-eye. >>> coming up after the brace. an execution blocked at the 11th hour. one of the biggest diamond heists in recent memories. a

thursday morning through thursday afternoon, the peak of this storm, snowstorm over kansas, nebraska, spreading into kansas city, missouri, especially the northern half of the state, southern iowa. then i'm concerned about icy conditions down here in the south. especially in the ozarks. mara, we're talk not talking about feet of snow like that new england storm, but some areas will get 6 to 12 inches. >>> coming up after the break -- an execution blocked at the 11th hour, one of the biggest diamond heists in recent memory and italy's mount etna roars to life. ♪ [ jen garner ] what skincare brand is so effective... so trusted... so clinically proven dermatologists recommend it twice as much as any other brand? neutrogena®. recommended by dermatologists 2 times more than any other brand. now that's beautiful. neutrogena®. ♪ neutrogena®. ♪ a flavor paradisens aof delicious fishes ♪♪ ♪ friskies seafood sensations. ♪ ♪ feed the senses. >>> welcome back 37 here's some other stories making news this morning, federal court appeals stepped in at the very last minute to halt the execution of ge

there was snow in kansas, nebraska, iowa. a new one is developing, and it will put more snow over those same areas, heading to the great lakes, eventually bringing us a chance for precipitation as well. it kind of repeats the pattern we just got over. we will talk about it on the instaweather plus forecast. >> the team who opened fire on the first day of school that perry hall is scheduled to learn his fate tomorrow. chart as an adult, the 15-year- old reached a deal and pled guilty to first-degree attempted murder. he admitted to firing a shotgun inside a crowded cafeteria, hitting a special needs student in the back. he told the judge taking a gun to school was "the dumbest and stupidest decision i have ever made in my life." he could be sentenced to as many as 40 years in prison. for years, maryland has required anyone convicted of a serious crime to provide a dna sample. in 2009, the law would change -- was changed so that people arrested for certain violent crimes would also have to give a sample. in just the last four y

. >> iowa, missouri, kansas, nebraska, arkansas, oklahoma, it's all a mess this morning. good morning, everyone. we're already watching heavy snow in some portions of north oklahoma, the north western part of the state. now heavy periods of freezing rain pushing through oklahoma city. tulsa, even reports of thunder out there, a lot of dynamics in the atmosphere. white is showing light snow, blue heavier snow. you up through the ozarks, missouri say mess. this is the ice storm warning, by the way. northern arkansas, the pink is winter storm warnings. again pretty much four states of the bull's-eye, and denver, too, they'll be getting snow, plenty cold. kansas city, st. louis, chicago, des moines. what comes down from the sky is going to be frozen. not guaranteed to be all snow, there will be sleet, too. the latest models predicting, 6 to 12 bull's-eye over kansas. a little less for st. louis to chicago but still enough to cause a lot of travel concerns. and the highest snowfalls expected to be right around kansas city, omaha and wichita. a lot of shoveling. that's a look a

missouri, kansas, nebraska, among the states feeling the brunt of the storm. claudia cohen has the latest from kansas city where more than a foot of snow hit the ground. >> reporter: a whiteout across the nation's midsection. in kansas city, missouri, the snow plows trying to clear the roads while people work on the sidewalks. everyone is struggling to keep up with the accumulation. city leaders working to keep residents safe and informed. >> we're keeping the community centers open if people need shelter and we trying to make sure we're pushing out in which information as we can. from parking on the street and where to go if you get in trouble or stranded. >> reporter: the heavy snow shutting down the kansas city international airport. across the state, st. louis turning into a winter wonderland. in the neighboring state of kansas, transportation officials shutting counsel more than 90 -- down more than 90 miles of interstate and urging folks to city off the roads and in nebraska, snow plows gearing up for a long day of work and in to southern california on we

the big weather story is in the middle of the country if you're at kansas, nebraska, iowa, minnesota,uri, illinois. right through the heartland. a snowstorm will be coming, snow and ice, peter, that will be the big storm to deal with later this week. >> 81 in miami, looking pretty good. >> ready for baseball. >>> all right, the sports news, lakers owner, dr. jerry buss, who took ten teams for a championship, has passed away. buss ushered in the teams, bringing in greats like magic and kareem abdul-jabbar. the nba enjoyed him for 34 years at the helm, and inducted into the hall of fame. jerry buss was 80 years old. and college hoops, hometown of berkeley, cal head coach mike montgomery won't be suspended by the pac 12 for shoving a player during a game. montgomery was disciplined by the conference, but he wouldn't face suspension for shoving the player in the chest. after playing down the incident, montgomery apologized yesterday saying he made a mistake and was trying to fire up his star player. it appears to have worked. he told reporters on sunday that there are "no hard feelings."

timeline, if you have travel for family or friends, the worst of it in northern oklahoma, missouri, kansas, nebraska, iowa and eventually tonight into illinois and chicago. but for them, just a glancing blow, not as much. the highest snowfall totals will be in the pink shading here. 6 to 12 inches is a pretty wide swath of 6 to 12 inches of snow. the little area near i-35 north of wichita and kansas city, possibility of over a foot. there's a lot of cold air behind the storm through the inner mountain west. a lot of the cold air remains settled over much of the west from seattle, 46. phoenix this morning is at 40 along with friends in vegas. and that's not factoring in the breeze with the windchill. the storm itself is gone, so that's good. and now we have another storm diving down in the northwest. it does have some rain with it with snow at the highest elevations. we have winter weather advisories for the cascades, but for the most part a light rain moving down from the northwest with this. hopefully the olympics will shadow a little bit. we won't get a lot of heavy rain in areas like seattle, but

the national weather put the entire state of kansas, nebraska and missouri under a warning.laudia is live with the news. when is the storm predicted to pick pick up? >> harris, the worst storm in two years is expected to arrive tonight packing strong winds and snowfall up to 10 inches in northern missouri, maybe between 2 and 7 inches in kansas city. that may not sound like much but freeing temperatures will turn small amounts into sleet and ice. the ice could cause problems. residents are bracing four power outages and travel delays, especially on the roads with the slick icy conditions. city crews have been pretreating streets while snow shovels and ice melt have been selling fast. everyone is keeping an eye on the weather reports. most forecast calling for the heaviest snowfall overnight and tomorrow morning, making for a nasty thursday morning commute. possibly a snow day for local school children. good news for growers struggling with a drought and who welcomeny precipitation. >> that's the silver lining. i had a fantasy of putting you back in the newsroom to keep you w

we have a snow event in kansas, nebraska, in towards iowa. there's the bulls eye we could see 2 feet of snow around the kansas city area. icing over arkansas, parts of missouri. this will be incredibly dangerous as well moving across the ohio river valley. the other side of this storm if you can believe it hail damaging winds across texas, indiana, mississippi up towards arkansas. let's track it for you as we get into later on today thursday evening. still watching that twirny mix-up towards st. louis. snow flying across portions of the upper midwest. even chicago has several inches of snow. their heist snowfall totals they have seen all year. if i could make mention the cold front across the southeast. what if i told you some of that moisture could develop into a nor' easter this weekend? yes, we are going to be tracking the potential for a coastal event that could bring a foot of snow to new england over the same area that got 2-3 feet a couple weeks ago. >> man, another nor' easter. >> yes, ma'am. >> i am okay with that. thank you so much.

heavy snow, over a foot possible in kansas and nebraska has been dealing with this since yesterday.storm warnings and advisers affecting more than 20 states right now. not us yet. clouds will be on the increase to night. high-pressure dominating us now. an increase tomorrow morning. we could get a little sleet or a little wintry mix mainly north and west of the metro area. we have one low up here and another down here. all the precipitation should be very light with some rain a little heavier on saturday. today mostly sunny and breezy, high between 40 and 45 degrees feeling like a 30's through most of the day. klaus tonight, 24-28 degrees. a potential of the wintry mix on friday afternoon. rain showers on saturday. -- cloudy tonight. make some plans for a nice weekend. >> relatively quiet for the start of the starton 270 southbound at democracy boulevard. no problems. 270 near west montgomery avenue, 28, that looks good. south of 28, the parkway is shut down nearly avenue due to a building fire. travel and thorough and around the beltway. -- south of 28, the parkwaynear is closed ne

heavy snow in kansas and nebraska. that is headed our way friday.when we expect a wintry mix and the clouds returning. enjoy today although it will be cold and partly cloudy, high between 34 and 39. mostly clear tonight, los in the teens and 20's. a bit of a break on thursday. friday, the potential for wintry mix. and a few showers into saturday. sunday looks like the best day of the weekend for now. west a check on traffic and weather jamee. >> scramble a little. in virginia, 234 now traffic is able to get by. that was closed northbound. one lane getting by interaction with tow truck on the scene. on 66, a new accident happened on eastbound 66 at 28 centreville. the cars involved. that was right in the center. around the region on the beltway, virginia and maryland,. no, here we go across the american legion bridge. back to you. >> thank you. the postal service is getting into the fashion business. >> the airline industry is bracing for another big winter storm. let's check in with linda bell from bluebird in new york with more. good morning. >> he

these numbers out in nebraska and kansas, 17.3 in.. 14.3 in. at grand island nebraska.st tell our area here. some of the numbers we're getting right now. these are preliminary. one models take the much not my fault. that model says 4.6 in.. the average when you look at all of the models comes to about 4 in.. add 2 in. on either side and have a 2-6 and snowinch snow. that would make this a pretty interesting snow but not a super storm. out west a different story. brief flurries from the clouds. we will be in the teens the rest of the day. the badgers dive down to zero in the end.sunny and cold. 28 tomorrow. increasing cloudiness. see you latertime for today's trivia on this day in 1940, legendary singer smokey robinson was born. what was his given name? a. james robinson, junior b. joseph robinson, junior c. william robinson, junior the answer still to come this midday! >>winning pick3 6,2,6 moving on to pick 4 join us tonight for mega millions 26 million dollars. winning pick4 1,6,55 tonight mega millions 26 million dollars. have a reat afternoon. a great afternoon. the

with warnings covering nearly all of nebraska, kansas and missouri. forecasters are expecting foot of snow in >>> a major storm in the midwest today with warnings covering nebraska, kansas and missouri. forecast, are expecting more than a foot of snow in kansas and check this out. this is a live look at wichita here, and you can see the snow is falling and accumulating there even on the park benches. kansas governor sam brownback has closed the state government and is urging residents to stay off the streets. >> you could get up to 20" of snow on some of the i-70 corridor. and that just really makes traveling very, very hazardous. just wisest, just don't go. >> however, many in the area are welcoming the snow since the midwest has been in the middle of a severe drought. >>> check this out. a weatherman in australia was looking for adventure but got more than he bargained for during a live broadcast. aboard a plane, grant hit 8gs and then take a look -- yup -- he passed out. the whole thing unfortunately was caught on live tv. [ laughter ] a typical per

it goes through montana kansas, nebraska oklahoma and texas. >> you name a lot of these states, and aked to the letter that was signed by 53 senators. two of those senators, one from montana also happens to be the co chair of the payroll tax subcommittee. it matters big time, because what they can do is attach the key stone pipeline legislation to must-pass legislation with the payroll tax. the republicans want him to do that. baucus is in favor of this. the democrats will be really upset if he goes it alone. he's been called mat baucus, the one man caucus. joan hogan the north dakota senator taken money from the energy industry. john horner of texas many taking none less than $400,000. >> there are jobs in montana. the governor of montana wants this, they want the jobs there. they're not paying a lot of attention. we're going to speaking to some people who are may go more attention to the environmental impact of this. there's a watchdog group called oil change international. we're joined today by steve increase man and by a rancher. i ewe up in new york city. gentlemen, thanks for be

heavy snow, near blizzard conditions in kansas and nebraska.t will be headed our way late-night. we will start to see clouds increasing and wintry mix will be possible especially north and west of the d.c. metro area on friday. the moisture will be very limited. a better chance of rain saturday. today's forecast, mostly sunny skies with a high temperature between 40 and 45. jamee, how about traffic? >> i am loving the early ride across the woodrow wilson bridge, american legion bridge, and this looks good. the house fire in the glenarden area of maryland, inside the beltway, south of 704, so you might see fire and rescue units responding. no problems on the beltway at 50 the john hanson highway getting through cheverly into town, this looks good too. back to you. >> thank you. 24 degrees. >> next we will explain how the weather puts a snag >> fans are mourning the loss of actor lou myers. >> the 76-year-old actor was best known for his role on the tv show "a different world." the died at a hospital in west virginia. he had been in and out of th

and a foot of snow possible for parts of kansas as well as nebraska.alking about a big ole mess out there. and then the other part of the story for tomorrow, the chance for severe weather for parts of texas and that includes dallas and overall, it looks like we could potentially could see about four to six inches of rainfall in parts of the south as we go through the next five days. >> oh, my goodness. >> five days. that's too much rain. >> at least forewarned. jennifer delgado, thank you. 53 minutes past the hour. a replica of the titanic built in china, what could possibly go wrong? more coming up. ess-oh! [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying "progress-oh!" share your progress-oh! story on facebook. all stations come over to mithis is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's le

over a foot of snow for a lot of folks in kansas and nebraska.ere the bull's eye was, and forecasters did a good job of showing people where we were thinking where the most snow would be. look at the last 48 hours. you can see the evolution of the storm in the sweat. we tons of snow in kansas and nebraska, the icy mix, and we have a stalled frontal boundary that is bringing us off next west inch the midwest, weathered a risery for snow, and then a snow-sleet-freezing rain mix. freezing rain advisory in new jersey and pennsylvania, and for the next weathermaker, winter weather advisory. and a flood advisory, and watching the next computer model. some of the moisture from the storm we saw across the midwest is now going to push north and bring us our next weathermaker, north and west of boston could get six to 12 inches more. winter is not over yet. >> neil: i love you dearly but you got to stop this. >> it's 84 degrees in orlando. >> neil: good to know. janice, thank you very much. janice dean on this relentless weather machine. okay? now from the

folks in missouri, kansas, nebraska, are still dealing with up to 17 inches of snow so far.mike tobin is live in omaha, how much did you get? >> about eight inches and life is creeping back to normal. you can see the sun is coming out. it's warming up the roads, melting the snow on the roads, and largely people still have the day off. kids aren't in school, people aren't at work, and the traffic is right and the snow plows have an easy time of tidying 'the work. the road crews are giving credit to the people who said home, got out of the way, let them too their job. they maxed out their shifts, ran their routes, and the end, the snow here was not as bad as what they had anticipated. the scene was repeated as storm moved east. you had trucks in the truck stops riding out the storm. now there's another storm in the forecast, upwards of six inches, shep. >> shepard: rough drought. they can use this, frankly. >> they could, and last summer the corn crop did so bad nice didn't hey the heart, and the low water level in the mississippi, the snow will melt, run into the missouri riv

the winter blanket already broke a record in iraq appeared parts of kansas are buried -- in nebraska. parts of kansas are buried in 17 inches of powder. the storm has already blamed for two deaths. in the south eyes, thunder, and tornadoes. at least three tornadoes touched down in mississippi and louisiana and another tornado caused major damage in texas. >> and snow to new england for the third straight weekend in a row. >> we are now just one week away from hitting the sequestration deadline. if congress fails to reach a deal by next friday, that means billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts. those cuts could hit multiple industries, including teachers, defense contractors and food inspectors. the sequestered also mean the loss of $3 billion from the federal relief bill to help victims of superstore and sandy, including thousands for rebuilding homes and small businesses. and federal furloughs' affecting airport security and customs workers. that would mean more headaches and lumber waits for travelers trying to clear the airport security. -- and longer waits for travelers tr

with a set -- success to bring an end to slavery with opposition to the kansas nebraska act, not where the story starts but a punctuation point*. >> i have a question for professor james oakes way the commanders interpreted the first confiscation act than military orders what was the rule with what hath been with fugitive slaves? how did they feel about emancipation? >> you neuter me is like the north and it is divided their anti-slavery generals there is a general resistance on the part soldiers who are democrats democrats, but that said also in the army war there realized a commitment to civilian rule if congress passes the law and for department issues the orders we have to obey. it is not too much resistance but in the border states. they don't leave the union the state laws are in existence their policies that are contradictory. most of the conflict greasy about the implementation in kentucky, missouri, what we see most often it is relatively clear-cut in the disloyal state especially in the army. >> given that the president lincoln working with congress what do you think are the

louisiana, north carolina, kansas, nebraska all trying to make it move in that direction.lso picking their battles. a governor just did a 180 on obamacare. she chose to give in. same thing for ohio's governor. he once lobbied the president for four fracking at a college basketball game. the great state tax revolt in the middle of it all. ♪ ♪ stuart: we are talking about the states and taxes and growth and chicago's fight with police over blackberry overtime. also saving the polar bears. with the company, sandra smith and elizabeth mcdonald. of course, nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange. you have smaller government at the state level and larger government at the federal level. liz: it is bad for the u.s. economy would it takes more manpower and brains to file the return on your income than it does to earn it. that is what the states are showing. watch out for what california did. there is nothing more permanent than a temporary tax. if they do this experiment, but the sales tax into the code permanently for the state. there is a debate about pushing consumers

look at the numbers in kansas and out there in nebraska.. that is the stuff that is heading in our direction. you can see the wind chills going down subzero by morning. temperatures in the twenties as we went into the weekend. this next system is expected to pull the cold air down later tonight and tomorrow. here's the midweek storm system. the colors represent the wind. you'll see the red star showing up. high pressure to the north. there is a blocking pattern appear and to which the storm is moving. later today having pummeled areas of the plan states where it snows. it will shut down traffic movement. our forecast this afternoon clouts thicken and lower. the wind picks up. we exceeded the 46. in southwest wind 30-45. tonight reigned briefly changing to light snow. temperatures down to 20 if not the teens in the suburbs. mostly cloudy. sunshine and cold on wednesday. we've had less than half of our normal seasonal snow. it has been a lackluster year for the snow enthusiast. >> my snow tires are going to waste. >> we will see you later. >>

heavy snow causing dangerous whiteout conditions in kansas and nebraska and hundreds of flights have been cancelled already. >>> a stunning bail hearing for oscar pistorius. prosecutors reveal the lead ves investigator in the case against pistorius is a police shooting in 2011. nike said today it has suspended its contract with pistorius who is accused of gunning down his girlfriend on valentine's day. >>> a guilty plea from former congressman jesse jackson junior. the illinois democrat waived his right to trial admitting in court he used some $750,000 in campaign funds for personal use. his wife also pleaded guilty. jackson will be sentenced in june and faces up to 57 months in prison and a fine. his wife faces up to two years in prison and a fine. >>> disgraced cyclist lance armstrong will not be testifying under oath for the u.s. anti-doping agency, the group that stripped him of his seven tour de france titles for using performance enhancing drugs. wednesday was the deadline for armstrong to cooperate with the u.s. ada, the only way he could reduce his life-long ban from competit

in nebraska and no. kansas. rough sledding by midweek.weaker and sent several inches here thursday night and friday morning which could be our biggest snow of the winter. rain switching to lights go before ending tonight and shut turning sharply colder. west and northwest kids 18 and between 18 and 32. mostly cloudy skies tomorrow starting at 24. the teams in the suburbs. and then teens from all areas by nightfall. single-digit levels by tomorrow night. no clouds wednesday that thursday the snow or rides after dark. wednesday and thursday with no snow and then the next system comes in after that. we will be de-icing the planes. we'll come back and tell you about that, how people at united airlines keeps things moving with this amazing crew that provides de-icing of the lanes. [ roasting firewood ] ♪ ♪ many hot dogs are within you. try pepto-bismol to-go it's the power of pepto but it fits in your pocket. now tell the world daniel... of pepto-bismol to-go. [ washer and dryer sounds ] for the things you can't wash, freshen them with febreze

and a winter storm watch is posted this morning in kansas and nebraska. there are windchill advisories in minnesota and the dakotas. in parts of minnesota, driving conditions are so bad, the snowplows were kept off the road. at least two traffic deaths are blamed on the heavy snow and whiteout conditions. >>> meanwhile, a line of strong storms moved through south central arkansas last night. at least two people were injured when one home was damaged. the strong winds knocked down trees and power lines. >>> and severe thunderstorms hit eastern oklahoma yesterday with pounding hail and rain. cbs news weather consultant david bernard has more. >> we do have active weather across the country today, but not in the southeast. it's mostly going to be dry there. temperatures in the 50s and 60s with just a few showers over north florida. looks wet across the i-95 corridor with temperatures mostly in the mid to upper 40s from philadelphia through new york and boston. across the great lakes, some wind-whipped lake-effect snows are going to be possible and quite cold

this is the worst drought we have and it's across nebraska, parts of north dakota and kansas.where the bulk of the snow will fall, it's that western kansas, western parts of nebraska and this is nothing but beneficial. it's all farmland out there. they desperately need it. in the short-term, certainly problematic with getting around on the roads. but not a ton of people out here. any moisture we can get here is really great news. >> bill: almost like mother nature drew in a one up, help that snow melts. they get all the rain water and the moisture from that. we're also talking about severe weather down south, aren't we? >> yeah. the exact same storm, the flip side of it is the south side of it, the warmer side we'll see a chance of severe weather, west texas, maybe across the red river. not a huge tornado threat tonight. it is mostly hail and wind. tomorrow a better tornado threat right across southern parts of louisiana tomorrow and tomorrow amp. >> bill: that is bizarre. the 21st of february tomorrow. thank you. >>> now more from kansas city, where they're getting ready for

a foot of snow is expected in parts of kansas and nebraska.ngerous conditions on the roads already. have a listen here. >> travel is important but your life is more important. you can arrive a day later and deal with it because, just puts, you know, yourself at risk if you're out there driving. it puts responders at risk. our times to respond to you are probably increased fourfold. martha: we've got team fox coverage on this. janice dean is in our weather center following the latest, claudia cowan is in the thick of the white stuff in kansas city and we standard with you this morning, claudia. >> good morning, martha. we expected seminole to begin overnight. it really just started a few hours ago. as you can tell it is coming down hard, already five inches in some places. this is how it will look all day long with forecasters calling up for 14 inches of snow snow we have this storm moves out of here tomorrow morning. residents in kansas city are bracing for the blizzard like conditions that pummeled the state of kansas overnight. certainly ver

kansas. in omaha, nebraska, near- whiteout conditions make for dangerous roadways. two people have died on the roads in the storm so far. the worst of it will miss us here. bob is tracking the storm. >> kansas city got this close to setting an all-time record with 14-inches of -- with 14 inches of snow. it's all snow in chicago, des moines, milwaukee. the precipitation by the time it reach us will be a lot weaker. we expect to see a mix in the afternoon. you'll see some snow, some sleet, a bit of freeing rain, but things should warm up a bit, and just some rain. it will also get warmer. so will it get much better for the weekend? i'll have the forecast coming up. >> thank you, bob. >>> tonight, more disturbing details in the case of the johns hopkins gynecologist who secretly recorded his parents. mike helgren gets information about how it was set up. >> reporter: the stunning discovery about the well- respected doctor came earlier this month. a complaint to security that the gynecologist was spying, even, wjz has learned, using a camera on his pen as he performed ex

that is that the republican party was born in opposition to the kansas nebraska act. that is not where the story starts, but that's a major punctuation point in the story. >> looked at this way. >> yes, i have a question for professor oakes about the way they interpret a the first confiscation act and of course subsequently military orders. but what was the role of these commanders in terms of what happened with fugitive slaves and that sort of thing in the civil war? how did they even feel about emancipation so to speak? >> the union army is like the north. it's divided. the north is divided over this in the union army is divided. this anti-slavery generals and soldiers. if there is a general resistance on the part of soldiers who are democrats as making this war and anti-slavery were. but that said, there is also in the army, and they surprised me, more than i realize, a commitment to the idea of civilian rule and if congress passes a law and of the war department issues these orders, we have two of these disorders. and it is not too much resistance in the confedera

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nebraska to kansas, icy conditions into the mid mississippi river valley. slight risk of storms east texas and into mississippi. look for heavy rain later this weekend into georgia. more rain moves into the pacific northwest with mountain snows. high surf advisories along the southern california coast and snow showers making their way from the great lakes all the way up into new england. and we got a nor'easter to talk about this weekend, too. all that and more. first, that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> it is a cold morning here. we have our temperatures only in the 20s now. most of the region. good morning. i'm storm team 4 meat meet tom kierein. we have the wind chills in the teens. winds gusting around 20 miles an hour. gusting near 30 by later this morning into the afternoon. lots of sun. cloudy tomorrow. up near 40. friday night, maybe get a little bit of a snow/sleet episode for a couple of hours changing to some cold rain after that after midnight. then saturday, chilly rain. sunday, mond

much heavy snow is causing dangerous whiteout conditions today in kansas and nebraska.stunning development today at the bail hearing for south african olympic star oscar pistorius. prosecutors reveal the lead investigator in the murder trial of pistorius is himself facing seven attempted murder charges over a police shooting in 2011. >>> meantime, nike said today it has suspended its contract with pistorius, accused of gunning down his girlfriend on valentine's day. >>> the stunning death of a gynecologist in the baltimore area has many patients wondering if they were victims of a shocking violation of privacy. lisa myers reports. >> reporter: baltimore police are trying to identify about a thousand women seen over the last two decades by dr. nikit ara levy who practiced gynecology at johns hopkins. he was found dead monday apparent suicide after being accused of secretly photographing and videotaping patients. >> unbelievable. >> reporter: jessica was levy's patient for 11 years and said she felt very close to him. >> right now, i'm very confused. if i could speak with

talking nearly a foot of snow for parts of kansas and into nebraska.rter to 3/4 inch of ice. you can see the worst is really going to start late in the night as well as into the morning hours this is going to be for a messy commute. taking down power lines, trees, and winds, that will make the situation even worse. >> jennifer delgado, thank you very much. >>> now this morning, bulgaria's prime minister and his government stepping up. the surprise announcement was made today during a parliament meeting. bulgarians have been clashing with police in on protests, upset about any high energy costs. it is not clear if a parliamentary election scheduled for july will now be moved up. >>> last-minute stay of execution for warren lee hill. scheduled to die by lethal injection last night. a federal appeals court stopped the process. he was serving life when he was sentenced to death for killing a fellow inmate. he has an i.q. of 70 and some bhooef he is mentally disabled and constitutionally exempt from constitution. >>> a body found on a rooftop water tank has

the kansas and nebraska territory acquired during the louisiana purchase. then, during the years that followed, northerners watched in horror as the slavery for assisting ken this employed impressive was an extralegal violence to surpass the local opponent and critics. in 1857, a supreme court dominated by southerners and processed democrat ruled in the same restraint on a case that federal territories were automatically and permanently and irreversibly open to slavery and its expansion into this territories. this is a massive, rather single-minded and pretty successful campaign to shore up slavery in the decade before the civil war. but this campaign failed to smother the sectional conflict. on the contrary, it escalated. it eventually convinced most northerners for southern powers met northern weakness and southern control of the national government meant infringement on northern interest in northern liberties. and therefore, only a political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery and containing and rolling back clinical domination of the fe

here is the big winter storm hitting kansas and nebraska.this will take its time, but it will get to west. by tonight the clouds will be on the increase. there you can see the winter storm warnings. clouds will push on it, and that a chance of wintry mix or sweet -- sleet tomorrow afternoon. more rain on saturday. forecast for today, mostly sunny and breezy. tonight clouds will start to move in with temperatures in the 20's. more details on tomorrow storm. >> i am cold, but it is fitting. i want to give a shout out to the minnesota state society. it was my sixth year in a row as the emcee. i want to show you a picture of this event yesterday. we had the crew of the new u.s.s. minnesota. the president of the minnesota state society. always a fine dinner. i am stuck to the gills. it is cold. 23 degrees right now. a quick look ahead. the next seven days. we warm up by the weekend and into early next week. at that point closer to 50 degrees. until then, it will remain cold and blustery. tomorrow i think we will see a little bit of the sleet. are

to the north, the snowstorm from kansas, nebraska, iowa, northern missouri, portions of illinois. n areas of louisiana and east texas. how much snow? this isn't feet of snow. some areas of kansas could end up 12 plus or so. the big cities like kansas city, tope topeka, manhattan, wichita city, 6 to 12 inches. that's a high-impact event in the midwest. the rest of the east coast, you're fine today. you're actually fine for a couple days here in boston. but the weekend -- this would be the third weekend in a row with nasty weather conditions. we've had two huge snowstorms in a row. the possibility of a third one. notice the temperatures, though, a little warmer. we could mix in with rain on this one. it may help us out a little bit. our very reliable, european computer model, the one that's nailed the last two weekend snowstorms in new england, is predicting as much as 6 to 12 inches. again, we're still four or five days away from this. these are rough estimates. but it at least shows you the potential is there for another high-impact snow event as we go throughout saturday night and