let's go straight to nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning. it's head r. hard to get your head around it when you see the video. >> in our lifetime this is the worst tornado outbreak of all time. the deaths only second to 1974. that was a huge tornado outbreak that killed 370 some people. this is the worst we've seen in decades. most of it was all in alabama, especially northern half of alabama but tennessee, mississippi, georgia, even areas of virginia had tornadoes yesterday. we have a little bit of severe weather left but nothing like we had last night and as far as tornadoes go today just isolated on the i-95 corridor. the worst of the three-day tornado outbreak is over and certainly ended on a horrible note. >> did indeed. our thoughts are with the folks. thank you. >>> other news. in a surprise move to put the so-called birther issue to bed yesterday, president obama released his 1961 long form birth certificate verified by the state of hawaii. with his main talking point short-circuited possible gop presidential candidate donald trump quickly went i

for a look at your national and regional weather here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. weren't you saying something about it being 89 degrees today in new york city? >> yeah. that would be quite an april fool's. that would be the west coast you're talking about. yeah, quite an april fool's joke for those people in new england. how about yesterday, the last day of march, that we had record highs in many areas. downtown l.a., hit 92 degrees. in phoenix, 93. yuma, arizona, hit 100, vegas 88, even 80s as far north as san francisco. what a treat that was. the one really warm day. for some people probably too hot. today, temperatures coming down a little bit. this next storm system in the trough dipping down the west coast is going to cool the west coast off over the weekend and bring showers and wet weather back into the forecast. so enjoy about one more really mild day here in the desert southwest. it's not even that rainy in the pacific northwest. just a slight chance of showers today. our 48 hour rainfall totals, this isn't a lot. maybe a half inch at mo

now for another quit look at the weather, here is bill karins.as just a really bad april fool's joke. good a little baseball humor on the field. >> if that's what they call it. >> that time of year. if you're just joining us on the snow, a lot of snow is falling in areas of massachusetts, the high elevations and now vermont into maine. but a lot of other areas did not get it. catskillss are getting a little bit of snow in the poconos, but really not a big deal. only areas that have travel concerns today is i-95 from boston northward and driving on mass paike, eventually all of nw hampshire. so today's forecast will be kind of rainy and gloomy out there for areas especially from new york southwards. as we go throughout the morning, even in boston, snow should change back over to rain. as far as the rest of the country, what a beautiful day. record highs yesterday out west. going to be 97 in phoenix today. record highs. we'll see very warm conditions in denver. texas will be in the mid to upper 80s. florida looks a lot better today than the mess yo

bill karins is outside on the plaza. good morning, bill. >> i'm sick and tired of wearing the jacket like everyone else, but as far as we'this weekend, s an improvement. as far as the northern plains, this is the only area that's still dealing with winter, so if you're up on the canadian border, maybe even international falls to duluth, a little bit of snow this weekend, but that's about it. also in the colorado rockies. as far as the east coast goes, just some showers from pittsburgh to d.c. through west virginia. overall chilly, but a lot better than what >>> the reason why we've got some clouds coming in, maybe a cloud pore two scooting in around midday. the main effect is going to be breezy and somewhat cooler conditions than what we have seen over the last few days. we should see highs mostly in the 60s. look for a little less wind to wrap up the weekend and turning warmer again just in time for the start of the workweek. weekend, right? this is hannah and olivia. where is your dad? >> atlanta. >> he's down in atlan

bill karins is here. he's got our first check of the forecast, bill. >> make me appreciate my farmer's market today. let's chat about what happened and what's going to happen with the weather. we had all the miserable severe weather with us the last two days. today that threat is going to push off the eastern seaboard. by sunday, everything will be fine and calm around the country. we have more day of >>> good saturday morning to you, we're watching kind of a mild forecast, what you'll notice there on the satellite, we'll have a chance of a few showers dropping into the far north bay today, around 70s in san jose. we'll see it cooler off to the north to start the weekend. but by too time the weekend wraps up tomorrow, we'll see rain from north to south and clearing out again for the middle part of the week. forecast. that's a look at your weekend forecast. lester? >>> thanks. this morning, an nbc news investigation on health care in america and how difficult it is for many americans to get approval for me

please note that miss karins did not ask. this is a brief comment. i would like to rebut some of the contentions. in their own property at the west end of the property line, there is the soccer fields that provides some of the solutions that we might propose. this is an 8 foot fence bordering on the fields. you can see that this is down slope and the fence sits down on where the sidewalk is supposed to be. restoring some of the property line to this and it would give you a look like this rather than in approaching right where the sidewalk is. thank you. >> i would appreciate if you can fill out a speaker card. >> the matter is submitted. >> i feel that something would be gained in spite of the very thoughtful comments. how much of the fence and that plastic shielding, i don't know how to describe this. it would make someone feel more ham been to be there. to have that 6 feet and hopefully capture some of that open space even though we have heard from the department of public space, we think it would be reasonable. not that this should play into this

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. >> i'll tell you, i don't know, but it is pricey. >> it is. >> it is. >> thank you. we'll work on getting you some curls, don't worry. >> well, we expect severe weather out break yesterday. it happened. we are going to go three days here. >> we did see 7 fatalities. we had other injuries that were widespread. we had 35 tornados. severe weather today. we are going to see in arkansas again. the same spots are going to get hit again today. going through the upcoming weekend. a huge flooding event. possibility of historic flooding to near record levels. as far as the west coast goes, up level trough coming through. warm and dry in arizona and southern arizona. scatterred showers in seattle. that is a lo it has some kould air with it too. >> we'll talk about that um coming storm later. >> thank you. also coming up, rising costs lead to rising prices. silver rides up and down and why some online game junk ki ies ar goigo going nuts. >> lindsey lohan makes plans

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. >> this april has been miserable for flooding. over 50 tornado reports almost 50 i should say throughout texas, louisiana and mississippi. this area has been hard hit. we have more storms on the way. we are dealing with storms throughout alabama. 71 mile per hour wind gust. they are going to do it all over again this afternoon. this area of white. if you are here tomorrow morning, the damage pictures are coming out of kentucky and northern alabama. high pressure building over nevada. nice weather over most of arizona. clouds and a weak storm system off shore. chance of showers in the northwest. temperatures there in the 50s. southern cal, arizona looking great. here is ao the 80s. partly cloudy and 72. thursday forecast coming up. >> all right bill thank you. coming up a huge acquisition in health care. the playstation hack that we thought was a little bit was worse than we thought it would be. and friendster takes out the eraser. and we'll tell you what

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning, bill. i'm feeling really wimpy. i have like an eight-pound biceps curl. the severe weather continues this morning. all of 0 these people will be woken up in the middle of the night. it will be a three-day event. the areas in red from kansas down through oklahoma, the fatalities that occurred with the southern portion of the storm and that was nasty, right around dark last night. this is how the evolution of the storms have gone. they went from last night, now little rock, arkansas, just got nailed. we still have tornado warnings. nol too severe. gloomy day with a lot of clouds. through oregon into areas of the washington state. you see the green on the map, continuous light rain for you. that is a look at your friday forecast, now a look at the weather outside your door. not that cold, but not warm either. the cloudy skies and breezy conditions. ti sticking around for the weekend. the weekend forecast is coming up. i have some good, bad and

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> you just taught me something. i didn't know could yyou could that far. >> gone. i'll have to find that out. >> we have changes taking place on the west coast. good morning, every. we had some mild temperatures especially in arizona and california, nevada, especially last week, but now we'll go through a cool period. you can see these clouds coming down underneath our little logo there and this is some cooler air from the mort. a pretty big deep trough will bring unsettled weather. we also have an upper level low spinning off the coast bringing clouds up here to southern california, so expect a mostly cloudy day today. in san diego, maybe even los angeles, some clouds spreading into arizona. showery weather has been endless, but he is specially heavier rains this time around portland and mountains outside of portland. so today showers, maybe rumble of thunder, but definitely df t drier sports. even a chance of showers in arizona. as i mentioned respect temperatures will be very chilly.

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. >>> it doesn't seem to let up. >> we are going to see hail, tornados, say snow sortorm. the severe storms will probably be the headlines. the snow is on the north side of this system. this is the same storm that kicked through the midwest. this storm moves to the middle of the country while the west coast we are bgoing to clear it out nicely. the thunderstorms are breaking out around st. louis. the problems will be in chicago and st. louis. the west coast a beautiful day. rain and snow showers will dry up. we are looking for a beautiful day. boise today 52 and sunny. chilly in portland at 56. it is not rainy. we areco california will be warm. clouds will hang tough for the first half of the day in california. >>> coming up, more fallout from yesterday's hard day on wall street and what happens in asia overnight. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, right at this moment, she has more of one particular accessory than most peop

, parts of the state got a coating of snow and, of course, we're going to have meteorologist bill karins check in with us in just a bit with more weather. that's coming shortly. >>> first, let's take a look at other stories making news today in america. high winds continue to fuel massive north texas fire that continues to creep toward the dallas/ft. worth area and hundreds of homes there. 150,000 acres have been scorched and 150 homes destroyed. about 1,500 firefighters are battling that wildfire but have not yet gained control. >>> the home is 300 feet from shore and has been there for three days. a plan for the home is in the works. >> a wisconsin high school team will make a fashion statement at this year's prom. she is expected to make an entrance in her dress made of star burst wrappers. along with the matching shoes and purse. it is not known if the teen or her mom have a date with the n dentist after the prom. now for the weather. >> she will smell great though. >>. >> well we had the severe weather yesterday and i'm actually happy to say this time. no fatalities. i haven't seen

. >> reporter: bill karins is going to have the latest on a potential new weather system. that's coming up in a few minutes. >>> but first, in libya, a nato air strike on muammar gadhafi's has left buildings badly damaged. compound destroyed an office, a library, and reception hall inside the complex near tripoli. there are conflicting reports as to how many people were hurt in the attack. a security official said four people were slightly hurt. today's strike came after a bloody weekend in the rebel-head city of misrata where rebel forces unleashed a barrage of shells and rockets leaving 32 dead and dozens wounded. >>> this morning in afghanistan, officials are dealing with massive jailbreak of 400 prisoners, many of them taliban insurgents. officials say the inmates escaped through a tunnel they had been digging for the past five months. a taliban spokesman said 100 of those who got out were taliban insurgents. security forces launched a huge search operation and have captured some. >> and now here is a look at other stories making news in other parts of america. the ski

. >>> now a look at your national and regional weather, bill karins with the weather channel forecast. a huge fan. what do you think? it is amazing right. >> do you look better on tv. let's talk about the severe weather over the weekend. you don't usually expect an out break like this. the average tornado is 100 miles per hour. on the ground for 10 miles per less. we have the long track tornados on the ground for on our with winds up to 160 miles per hour. 60 miles was how long the tornado was on the ground. you can see how the dots were lined up. today the next storm system is moving through the west at this time. this one will cause a severe weather out break on tuesday. the on-shore flow has increased and that will cause the clouds along the coast al areas with rain to the cool. medford, oregon, you have a freeze warning tonight. cover up the tender plants that you planted this weekend. >> thank you so much. coming up, what's coming up on wall street this week. tough luck on oil prices. the airline you better behave on. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins withhe weather channel forecast. good morning, bill. >> good morning to you. the weather coast is the problem. it's been that way for the last couple days. a big huge chunk of cold air has moved in to the area and temperatures are really well below average. and not a great start to your spring weather. especially if the pacific northwest. now, the storm system will be progressive. it will move, it will progress across the west and into the rockies today and middle of the country over the weekend. so as we go thought the next three day respect slow improvements. nothing great, but slow improvements. right now we have showery weather out there along coastal sections. not a lot of heavy precipitation. if anything in arizona there is more rain than snow. new the inter-mountain west, periods of snow and that's about it. so as far as the forecast for today is concerned, as we watch the instability continuing to shift to the south, still a chance of a stray thunderstorm in southern california. sh

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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

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins withe weather channel forecast. bill, good morning. >> good morning. give them the world record for patience. >> no kidding. 75,000? they could go on forever. >> that's a lot of paper cuts. >> exactly. >>> the worst weather in the country is hawaii. you're seeing the worst of it. overnight flash flooding in oahu. look at the showers and storms. most are so the south of the island. they will at times move over the top of the islands right through the morning. plan on on and off wet weather and flash flooding. look at this forecast, it's very rare we get a forecast like this in the hawaiian islands. it's not much better on the west coast. unseasonably cold air palaces coming straight down from the north, heading through southern california. with it we'll have instability, showers, maybe some of the showers will contain small hail during the day today. what an unbelievable stretch of bad weather we've had up in seattle. another cloudy day today. temperatures have been below 50 degrees now for

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> wouldn't go shoplifting in that store just in case. >> i wouldn't go shoplifting anywhere, but that's fine. >> that's a good point, lynn. >>> on the west coast, something called the june gloom. it's when the marine layer, clouds in the morning, that's been the case lately. this tishe weather pattern that's very dreary out there. the marine layer has been hanging tough in areas from los angeles southward down the coast to san diego. even our friends up to the north in san francisco are stuck in this dreary pattern too. one weak storm after another rotates through and keeps the onshore flow heading right into california. there are some rain showers out there at the higher elevations. hasn't been a lot of rain showers around san francisco or so, but the blocks are blocked in there pretty good and will be around with us and keep temperatures on the cooler side too. talk about cool, seattle is 39 this morning. later on today we'll see a chance of a snow shower in the high elevations. seatt

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. we saw that video from tennessee. lots of areas in the south, what a wicked day. >> we're now calling this the worst severe weather outbreak since 2006. we're not talking faytalities o tornadoes, just total number of reports of severe weather. but in the last 24 hours, all of these dots are severe weather reports. the red are the triangles, the green the hail, the blue the wind. and definitely over 500 wind damage reports in the southeast. so a big day of cleanup. and again about three fatalit s fatalities. today middle of the country is relatively quiet, but a storm system in the northwest. nothing too horrible, but a rainy day around areas like boise. so here is our storm system. a little cooler up here in the northwest, too. still very mild, temperature its refuse to go down in arizona. should be in the 90s in phoenix. california looks pretty nice. only rainy spot around boise and just a chance of showers in the pacific northwest. again, not a rainy al

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. how is that easter broadcast? all the kids waiting for hathei baskets. >> you don't want a soggy basket. the forecast is interesting. some areas will be cooler than normal. much of southern california. contuing with a foggy, cloudy period. very much a weather pattern that you gets a we head towards the late spring, early summer. but it's just arrived a little earlier this year and it's not going anywhere anytime soon. middle of the country you'll hear about flooding and severe storms from the ohio valley and areas around missouri over the upcoming weekend. we're pretty much clearing out of the rockies. that storm system heading to the north. so we have a little bit of a break. today will be a day with a good deal of sunshine as long as you're away from the on shore flow from the coast, you'll have a good deal of sunshine. pacific meft lonorthwest looks . high pressure overhead. and there's those low clouds. the next storm system probably won't move in until saturday temperature it, th

thailand broke spain's old record and bill karins, saying this to you, when we finally get some goodeather here in new york i am going to challenge you. >> to a water gun fight. >> absolutely. >> i will get you one of those tiny guns and a big super soaker. >> a big super soaker, that's exactly what i thought you would say. time for a look at some of the stories we'll follow on nbc. >>> a house panel will hold a hearing to discuss accountability at the arlington national cemetery. the cemetery has been engulfed in the scandal after the revelation of unmarked and mismarked graves. talks expected to resume in the nfl lockout. a judge has ordered them to meet a mediator over a new collective bargaining agreement. today marks the anniversary of the titanic disaster. on this day in 1912 the luxurious ocean liner was on its maiden voyage when it crashed into an iceberg and sank, claiming 1500 lives. >>> all day long stay on top of the latest developments and those and others as they break on msnbc. tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news". and finally, here's a look

. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with your forecast. good morning, bill. >> good morning, lynn. welcome back to you. our friends on the west coast had a decent weekend. heat wave was over with in many areas. cold front has gone through. middle of the country, that's where the severe weather is this morning. if anyone is flying across the country, maybe a lot of airport delays, especially from the dallas area northwards up into the great lakes. now as far as our weather in the west coast, recommendtively calm. the cold front has shifted through now all the way down to much of arizona. we do have moisture up there in the pacific northwest. this storm system is going to linger over the next couple of ç days. it's not a big robust storm, but there's going to be some areas of rain and also mild temperatures. we we want from hot to mild, and i think many people will take it. as far as the radar goes, there is light rain out there this morning from portland northward to olympia, and a lot of heavy rain up in the mountainous

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a little bit of emotion and a political rally by just taking the audio from dean's microphone and karine known or very little of the crowd noise was the media that made it look like dean was leaning into a quiet room it made him into a buffoon even though there wasn't a shred of truth to it as joel roberts from c.b.s. news said about the coverage of the dean rally what you are not hearing is a room with thousands of people screaming and cheering what you are not seen are hundreds upon hundreds of american flags waving but you are not hearing are members of the audience shouting out state names urging dean to listen or what you are not seen is the way dean supporters were lifted out of their slump by the speech in a nutshell you are not seen the dean speech that the tone of the room as you can see coverage of an event can make someone look really good or really bad and unfortunately for howard dean the need you chose to use only his close in microphone audio to make him look really bad and to derail this presidential campaign. now back to sarah palin check out how the media covered her ra

bill karins, the check of the weather. bill? >> happy birthday for jason.birthday. i love the enthusiasm. talk about the forecast. a lot of bad weather in the middle of the country. minneapolis, severe storms locate there had in rochester today. the severe weather threat is going to continue right through the weekend. tornado outbreak as we head through areas of wisconsin, iowa, lit be the >>> good morning to you, chilly morning at that, we're seeing temperatures in the 30s and 40s as we head towards lunchtime, we should get into the 60s with the showers now out of the bay area, as we wrap up the weekend, we will see a couple of clouds spilling in for sunday. dry for the rest of the weekend before the showers do dropback in, especially for the north bay. temperatures finally getting closer to average for this time of year. those highs inland in the 60s in your seven-day. > -- nice. that's the end of my weather segment. i have to split, banana. back to you, amy. >>> the "idol" shocker that sent front-runner pia tescano home. it's a stunning upset and sent th