thanks. >> thank you, thank you nick jory and karin very much. kerry played a critical role in the book has a new book himself coming out which is a history of his life as a hostage negotiator. but it is not -- i wanted to comment on the fact that because of the way antiterrorism rules are written in this country, the three americans who had taken over northrop-grumman to. for northrop-grumman to do a deal that in some ways money for exchange for hostages which is the only way to get people out the fact that it would have been illegal. if you could comment about that because the money would be going to a terrorist organization, in this case the farc. >> right. i would say what happened in the past i would say this started post-waco -- know it was before waco, where the fbi had been placed on any case of an american being held hostage anywhere in the world. there would be to full-time negotiators, and what they would do is if someone got kidnapped from a corporation or a company or the family in the family wanted to pay, the fbi would work hand-in

. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking this huge winter storm for us this morning.hat can we expect today? >> slow movement. chicago with 17 inches of snow. they're telling people from oklahoma city to much of missouri to stay off the highways today. they're still not clear. interstate 70 still closed between kansas city and st. louis, and it hasn't even snowed there in about eight to ten hours. it just shows you the winds are whipping around the storm system. now, we're still watching gusts of 30 in chicago, 26 in st. louis, and it is cold on the back side of that storm. the snow is blowing all over. in new england a lot of airport problems from icy conditions in new york to snow in boston. it'sç a mess travel-wise today lynn. as i said, slow improvement. >> all right, bill. thanks so much. we'll check in with you in just a moment. >>> on what's a half concession by egypt's president hasni mubarak. pro and anti-government supporters are clashing in that country's capital this morning. at least one aspect of normal life in egypt has already been restored this morni

here once again is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast.lmost as disgusting as your forecast trying to salvage pork from the side of the road, but, anyway -- >> especially the way they were pulling the pork. you missed that. you cook. pulled pork. >> yeah, okay. i knew that was coming. there had to be a bad joke in the show somewhere. >> a lot of them with that one. let's talk about what's happening out west. all the bad weather is in the middle of the country, but some of that cold air that is coming in behind the storm is trying to creep through the northern rockies, so it's a lot colder this morning in areas of northern idaho, also extreme portions of eastern washington state. high pressure is protecting you, though, on the california coast. you can see minus 14 right now. this is a temperature in billings, and some of the cold air coming into boise and salt lake city. seattle, you're at 34 this morning. with sunshine, a typical winter day for you, much of southern california is cooler than last week, but you're still sunny and dry. that

and nbc meteorologist bill karins will have much more on the storm coming up in just a few minutes. > but first, in an ominous sign for embattled president hosni mubarak's regime, egyptian government workers have joined the country's revolt, staging strikes and protests across the country. for the first time yesterday, thousands of employees from key industries including oil and gas, education and transportation all took to the streets to protest unfair wages and mismanagement. it comes as the country's foreign minister warned of a military crackdown if the demonstrations escalate. reports surfaced that the army had detained and tortured pro democracy activists. still, more strikes are planned for today and organizers have called for a new protest of millions tomorrow. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. in pennsylvania, an explosive fire downed power lines and led to the evacuation of two city blocks in allentown. the three-alarm inferno was sparked as one house exploded and ignited four other structures. firefighters fought the blaze into the n

this is called, lament for a market place in babylon, by abdul karin al karid and it's a reference to a suicide bombing. this one and the next one are both translated by salim yusef. on this grave stone are angels and people weeping. what are people waiting for, their ship? here it comes, borne by the deluge. in a market place now frequented by money changers with beards and baggy trousers, who restores the limbs and who throws open the gates for hollow-eyed gods coming in from babylon with red chests and white furious hair? i wonder who? on the day of march 1st in the 5th year after the second millennium, a massacre took place in babylon. it's my pleasure it introduce the next poet, george evans. . >> first, i would like to read a poem by my dear friend and wife, daisy samora, who was to be here today but is in nicaragua, keeping in mind what michael said about jorge and casablanca, i will read it in her language or my spanish first, then in translation. it's a poem directly addressed to poets but certainly to activists as well. (speaking spanish) no man's land. we are a mine field o

bill karins has a check of your forecast. >> lovely people out here. us here in new york. where you been for 60 years? >> illinois. >> and just retire from teaching. congratulations. and you beautiful little ladies and the other one here, they're sister, here, but she's a little shy this morning. >>ere are you from? bedford, new hampshire. >> you're used to the cold weather. let's talk about what's going to happen. our next storm system will move coast to coast. it will push through arizona with snow up in the rim country, then it will emerge on sunday to the central plains and this time of year, a big storm like this will spawn severe weather. we'll watch out in st. louis, little rock, memphis. and then into monday, we'lls watch atlanta up through the carolinas for the potential for some severe weather. so today that storm is in the southwest. this will be the next storm that we'll track from c >>> here's another look at the radar this morning, tracking some snow at low elevations, especially near the santa cruz mountains, you see that up around 9 and

bill karins is out here with another check of your forecast.ess, it's cold. >> i know, it's kind of cruel. so nice here yesterday. we got our roll tide alabama guy. and then right down here, we got our auburn girls with their national title. congratulations on that. >>> let's talk about this forecast out there. we do have a winter storm to talk about. unfortunately, spring's over with in the northern plains. winter storm warnings from pierre to minneapolis. green bay, milwaukee, and detroit, get ready for more winter weather. in some cases a lot of snow. some areas could get up to a foot. your spring >>> here's a look at the last couple of hours, the weather around the b area, the widely scattered show snonoshw showers w times, as the air certainly cold enough for elevations above 2,000 feet and as skies lighten up this morning. today we'll see scattered showers, and even a slight chance of a thundershower for the afternoon. for tomorrow, things should be a little bit drier than a few coastal showers. lester? >> bill, thanks very much. >>> it i

. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is a fully clothed bill karins.happy valentine's day. >> it's good to see all of our politicians saying their seats in the house. >> don't start that rumor. >> liz, stormy on the west coast. the rest of the nation is very mild. the weather pattern has definitely changed around the country. the only areas below freezing, this is really rare for this time of year, denver north ward to billings. everyone else is above freezing. temperatures are mild, but we have a storm moving on to the west coast there's a spin right here now coming on shore here in northern california. there's also another storm out in the open water that's going to bring moisture to the pacific northwest. the only real sunny spot on the west coast today will be extreme southern california boo arizona. at least in the morning. as far as the rain goes, it's not a huge ordeal. it's just a narrow strip of it that's now coming in through the bay. it will be with us probably for maybe about a half hour or so, and then it will be gone from your area. bring

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning, bill. >> your wife says go out of the house and do something. >> i don't think it means a 65-foot ice castle. only in minnesota. >> you can make that icy stuff in the pacific northwest because that's where temperatures are falling, winter has returned and in a big way. this is a significant cold outbreak for this time of year. we've already got cool air in place, but behind this storm, this air is coming down from alaska and the north pole and that cold air is allowing snow to fall even down at the valley floor. we're 28 this morning in seattle, 33 in portland, with snow and now the cold air is going to shift down into california in the days ahead. here's a look at the current radar. here's the batch of snow moving into portland. your morning commute definitely going to have to deal with snow covered roads, the bridges and overpasses and even around medford temperatures continue to fall and winter storm warnings issued pretty far to the sout

in 1983, while at college in arizona, his corvette karined off a road, killing a young waitress who was riding with him. august iv reportedly left the scene and was found at home still bloodied, hours later. blood samples taken from him were reportedly either lost or damaged and he was never charged. two years later, he got into a high speed chase with police in st. louis and was accused of intentionally trying to run the officers over. he claimed he didn't know they were cops and following a jury trial, he was acquitted of assault charges. today, in the city built by bud, everyone from the police to martin's family and friends are all but silent. his attorney has said the fourth did nothing wrong. >> i would expect family and friends to be a little more questioning and maybe angry, i mean, a young woman dies of mysterious circumstances and everybody just seems kind of complacent about it. so, i was taken aback by the reaction. >> she was the best daughter i could possibly hope for. >> reporter: in a phone intervi interview, the young woman's mother says medication could be to blame. bu

let's get a look at your national and regional weather, let's check in with nbc meteorologist bill karinswith the weather channel forecast.ç a one-two purchl. >> lynn, i'm so over those easy jokes. >> you're the master of the easy joke. >> you missed that. come on. we'll work on. >> so it begins. >>> let's talk about the forecast. snow is exiting the mid-atlantic, and up in the northwest we're getting ready for the mechanics storm. it's already moving in. it will be a one-two punch. temperatures are cold, and even areas at the low elevations like seattle are going to be picking up snow. not so much today, but more or less wednesday might into thursday. could be muff to require shoveling. the pin while down the coast and there's a watch on satellite, but up many the northwest is where all the entertainment is. that's where the cold front one went through. mother cold front is going to go through tomorrow. temperatures are going to plunge. we already have snowshowers at the high elevations. rainshowers on interstate 5 from portland north wards to olympia, but the main show is going to come

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins withthe weather channel forecast. you know, 19 hours in that pipe, and he looked pretty good. >> his new name should be trouble. >> seriously. >> a nice bath, i'm sure he will be doing just fine. let's talk about what's happening out there today. big storm system over the weekend brought blizzard conditions here to nebraska and south dakota, minnesota. now that snow is moving through areas of the mid-atlantic. even new york city getting a little bit of snow this morning. out west cold air has moved in through much of the rockies. some of that has moved in even down to areas of california and arizona. a little storm system is coming down southward right along the coast. bringing just a little bit of precip to the coastal areas. this isn't a big rain event. most of it will stay off shore, but you can see on the radar here we have light rain. some of that may head down to fort bragg. a little bit of light snow. also up interstate 5. for the most part a lot of clouds today. should be a dry for

now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. >> i would be upset if the kennedies adopted me and then let me go. let me back in. >> knock knock. >> let's chat about this forecast, lynn, and what a morning it is in texas. it snowed overnight in dallas. they got a couple of inches at the super bowl site. the became is an indoor game, so not an issue weather-wise. san antonio had mow snoe, and all of the highways in san antonio. much of the state of texas is paralyzed, and the airport won't be much better. as far as the west goes, look at the clouds. they're pushing many, and now they're dropping to the south. a lot of our gorgeous sunshine is gone. especially there in oregon and idaho. some of those clouds are now creeping through northern california and in northern portions of nevada. now, as far as the rain, there's not a lot of it. we had some move on shore last night. a little bit of a break currently, but there's another batch that will come down as we go throughout the morning, so keep the umbrella out from

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins withthe weather channel forecast. bill, a little bit of everything all across the country. >> the west is cold and snowy. today it's just one of those fridays, lynn, where it's iffing to be difficult to travel through a lot of the big airports around the country. mou, the storm system that was up here from seattle to portland has shifted southward, and now we have winter weather advisories outside the hiltz of l.a. and even san francisco and napa valley, and then, of course, winter storm warnings at the higher elevations. the storm system, it's not quite cold now. later on tonight is when the cold air will come down. if we have a chance of stuff like this in san francisco, it would be tonight into early tomorrow morning. look at the cold air. 21 in seattle. it's 26 in portland. this storm, can you see it spinning just off the coast as it draws to the south. that cold polar air is coming with it. meanwhile, there's a lot of moisture flowing into central california. we've had rains overnight

here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with your friday forecast. hey, beill. >> lucky dog. >> no kidding. did you see him there, no, no more drumstick for me. >> whatever tastes good, i guess. let's talk about the big warmup that the country is going to go through. the weather pattern changes will be dramatic all over the nation. right now the temperatures have warmed up between ten to 20, even 30 degrees from 24 hours ago in the central plains. the area that were hit the hardest from the cold and the brutal winter is finally getting a break. notice we're at four degrees warmer this morning in seattle than we were at this time and three in l.a. the west coast, you're still mild out there. your weather pattern hasn't changed yet. i say yet because it will next week. now, right now 35 in seattle. 42 in san francisco. minus 3 in minneapolis. some of the cold air has continued to try to push through the rockies. 18 in denver. 22 in salt lake city. there is some chilly air. jacket weather still. later on today you should be just fine. here's how the we

now for a look alyour national and regional weather here's bill karins with the weather channel forecast a lot of activity out there on the west coast while it's quiet out here on the east. >> heavy snow, gusty winds, some rain, and that's where all the tribled weather is, and it's going to continue to stay there it looks like for another couple of days. this weather pattern may even get locked in with another storm coming in about five to six days. here's what we're looking at. much of the country is seeing a huge warmup. the exception is on the west coast. that's where it's already unsettled. we have a good dose of rain that's moving on shore this morning. especially around san francisco into the sacramento area. even some sprinkles and showers down here right along the coast of southern california where it's kind of cloudy and definitely cooler, too. the colder air has moved into northern california. areas around mount shasta picked up significant snow. so has reno and the tahoe area. here's our storm system. one is moving on shore today. there's still more cool air and unsettled weat

here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. >> congratulations to them.ope everyone had a nice valentine's day. on the west coast, lynn, not so nice weather. winds were howling yesterday in oregon state, and now we're still dealing with the storm system bringing rain to the region, too. all the bad weather is going to be on the west coast over the next couple of days, and it's just going to see one storm system after another just sitting here and spin. we have one kicking up from british columbia, and there's one behind it and another kicking down from the gulf of alaska. as far as the rainfall goes, right now the worst of it is pretty much north of san francisco, but during the day today we even have showers in the forecast for san fran. possibly even further down the coast. even los angeles we could see a shower or two. the green on the map here is all rain right up i-5. the white, we're getting a good dumping of snow in the cascades. it's been a while since we've gotten fresh snow in the area, so i guess that's kind of needed. not just for the ski reso

. >>> now a look at your weather, here's bill karins with the weather channel forecast.bill, there was a shot of her getting out of her car. how does she get through the day? i just don't -- how do you function? >> i -- different than mine. i don't get it. maybe she'll get on oprah. we'll see. hope you had a wonderful weekend. finally, no huge storms to talk about around the country. no big winter weather events. a weak system heading through arkansas. a storm system that's going to cause some problems in the middle of the country is now dropping down through montana bringing snow to the northern idaho area, and this is also dragging a cold front here through the west, and behind it some instability showers are already popping up there in washington state. enjoy the mild air while it lasts. arizona, finally warmed up. we had just morning after morning of very cold temperatures. now we're finally getting on the right side of things. (qq!q polar air mass is finall exiting. so far as the rainshowers go, notice rainshowers down through i-5 and portland. in seattle mostly sh

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins withhe weather channel forecast. bill, good morning. talk about a relief that this is all over, but you've got more business going on. >> also's no relief, lynn. let's face the fact. it's ugly, one of the most incredible winters we've had in decades, blizzard goes by and in its place some of the coldest air we've seen in many southern locations in a long time. phoenix, arizona, only 44 degrees for a high yesterday. that was the coldest daytime high they've ever had in february. this morning, we have temperatures of 5 in albuquerque, negative numbers in new mexico and some of that cold air is bleeding through the mountainous areas of the rockies too. we're not being spared in many locations. salt lake city, it's 12, vegas is 29. we're at 41 in l.a., 29 in medford. along the coastal areas we're okay but the cold air made it right through the rockies. amazing how chilly of an air mass this is. in the pacific northwest that's where the exception is. the jet stream starting to dip down, that's

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning. i feel like we need to have a disclaimer, you know, we do not support the use of snow blowers to put out fires because we don't know how that's actually done. >> that was the grand daddy of them all. >> seriously. >> there is snow happening in the rockies and blizzard warnings have been issued for areas near colorado. the cool air is in the west, spring fever continues for the rest of the country. the storm system that brought the cooler air is finally beginning to lift out, at least a little bit. still got more rain in the forecast out there for central and southern california. right now, you see some of the snow up around montana and also the high elevations of idaho. just rain showers, if not as heavy of a rain as we saw yesterday but still out there. as far as the wet weather goes right now, you can see around san francisco some of those rain showers and also heading right up interstate 80 to sacramento. windshield wipers needed with the

here's bill karins with the weather channel forecast. let that be a lesson to everyone. >> yeah.think anyone that's driven in the north, you've done it before. you go down the highway, and you see the chunks flying off the truck. yeah, not fun. ié'r a big debate. do you pass them or stay in back? >> and videotape at the same time. you worry about your windshield. the west is pretty quiet today. the middle of the country is the stormy spot. very cold air is plunging down from the north. we got all the warm air in the south coming up the gulf of mexico. it's combining for a pretty potent winter storm. we have winter storm warnings again for dallas. this is the third storm in two weeks. oklahoma city, and even up there towards kansas and colorado. now, our computers are projecting about 6 to 12 inches of snow from little rock to oklahoma city to wichita. that's the heart of the snow. areas down around dallas only one to three inches, but for them that's a big deal. as far as the west goes, colder air trying to work its way in. that cold front has cooled off much of california in the

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins withhe weather channel forecast. bill, good morning. >> good morning, lynn. we're going to have a very interesting forecast in the pacific northwest. we have cold conditions. we have snow on the way. a late season winter storm. already winter storm warnings for seattle and right down interstate 5 to medford with watches in effect for northern california and northern sections there in nevada. also winter storm warnings near spokane. temperatures, they're cold. 32 in medford. 34 in seattle. with temperatures like that, the roads are going to be okay, but we could see snow starting to accumulate on the grassy surfaces. now, the snow is also going to be moving in during the day today. especially tonight. cold temperatures will shift to the south. it's all responsible from all this cold air coming down from canada. already you notice numerous bands of snow out here. the mountains could pick up feet of snow, but this time what's different about it's so cold that even the lower elevations have th

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with that i would ask karin to speak. >> these guys have actually seized our public land. and they're creating huge problems, public safety. people can't use our public land. they're contaminating waters, tributaries. it's the spill-over effecthat just goes on and own and on. >> karen? we have an unprecedented effort right now along the boarder in materials of resources, technology to do our best to security the border. and i think we're doing a better job than has been done before. we are very concerned about the possibility for the spill-over for the kinds of cartel violence that we see in mexico where they're actually fighting over specific roots into the u.s. we have not seen that type of system metric violence spill-over, but i'm not going to tell -- systemic violence spill-over but i'm not going to tell you it doesn't exist. so we've been working with d.e.a. to attempt to focus on the flows of illegal flow of cash and guns that go way beyond just the borr. but as far as the border is concerned, we're seeing all of the staff going in the right direction. we've got sei

with that i would ask karin to speak. >> these guys have actually seized our public land. and they're creating huge problems, public safety. people can't use our public land. they're contaminating waters, tributaries. it's the spill-over effect that just goes on and own and on. >> karen? we have an unprecedented effort right now along the boarder in materials of resources, technology to do our best to security the border. and i think we're doing a better job than has been done before. we are very concerned about the possibility for the spill-over for the kinds of cartel violence that we see in mexico where they're actually fighting over specific roots into the u.s. we have not seen that type of system metric violence spill-over, but i'm not going to tell -- systemic violence spill-over but i'm not going to tell you it doesn't exist. so we've been working with d.e.a. to attempt to focus on the flows of illegal flow of cash and guns that go way beyond just the border. but as far as the border is concerned, we're seeing all of the staff going in the right direction. we've got

with that i would ask karin to speak. >> these guys have actually seized our public land. and they're creating huge problems, public safety. people can't use our public land. they're contaminating waters, tributaries. it's the spill-over effect that just goes on and own and on. >> karen? we have an unprecedented effort right now along the boarder in materialof resources, technology to do our best to security the border. and i think we're doing a better job than has en done before. we are very concerned about the possibility for the spill-over for the kinds of cartel violence that we see in mexico where they're actually fighting er specific roots into the u.s. we have not seen that type of system metric violence spill-over, but i'm not going to tell -- systemic violence spill-over but i'm not going to tell you it doesn't exist. so we've been working with d.e.a. to attempt to focus on the flows of illegal flow of cash and guns that go way beyond just the border. but as far as the border is concerned, we're seeing all of the staff going in the right direction. we've got seizu