forecasters expect rick to lose steam and turn toward baja, california, then toward mainland mexico later this week. rick is the second strongest hurricane ever in the eastern north pacific. in 1997, winds from hurricane linda topped 185 miles per hour. >>> more than 3,000 u.s. troops scheduled to go to iraq are staying home. a unit based in ft. drum, new york, was supposed to relieve another combat brigade unit in january. military officials say iraqi security forces will be able to handle that patrol. getting political factions to compromise. >> reconciliation is a difficult business. they don't like each other, you have to get them to work together, get them to understand their futures are together. and then you have a bombing, which make it is even tougher. again, iraqi people have really signaled that they are really sick and tired of this stuff. >> yesterday's iraq security forces were the targets of militant attacks. at least nine people were killed. four soldiers died in an assault against an iraqi army convoy outside fallujah. in ramadi, a suicide bomber blew up a key highway bri

forecasters expect rick to lose steam and turn toward baja california and then toward mainland mexico later this week. now rick is the second strongest hurricane ever in the eastern north pacific. in 1997 winds from hurricane linda topped 185 miles per hour. >>> more than 3,000 u.s. troops scheduled to go to iraq are staying home. a unit faced in new york was supposed to relief another unit in january. military officials say iraqi forces will be able to handle the patrol. >> reconciliation is a tough business. i mean, i've been in some of these meetings with people. they don't like each other. you have to get them to work together, get them to understand their futures are together. then you've got a bombing which makes it even tougher. again, i think the iraqi people have really signaled that they are really sick and tired of this stuff. >> yesterday's iraq security forcesor were the targets of militant attacks. at least nine people were killed, four soldiers died in an assault against an iraqi army convoy. in ra mahdi, a suicide bomber blew up a key highway bridge. the u.s. military

forecasters expect rick to lose some steam and turn towards baja, california, and mainland mexico later this week. right now rick is the second strongest hurricane in the eastern north pacific in more than a decade. hurricane linda's top winds hit 185 miles an hour in 1997. >>> a suicide bomber killed at least 29 people in iran today, including five senior commanders of the country's revolutionary guard. the ground forces was one of them. state-run media says a man wearing an exclusive belt blew himself up during a conference between shia and sunni groups in southeastern iran. no one has claimed responsibility, they are accusing a group of carrying out that attack. >>> fighting between rival drug gangs turned into a gun fight that lasted for hours in reo d s reodetia nero yesterday. the police who died were onboard this helicopter that caught fire when it was hit by gun fire. the chopper eventually crashed into a soccer field. rio was selected as the host city for the 2016 summer olympics. >>> the parents of the so-called balloon boy could be going to jail, but what charges they're like

forecasters expect rick to lose steam and turn toward baja california and mainland mexico later this week. right now rick is the secondest strongest hurricane ever in the pacific. in 1997, winds from hurricane linda topped 185 miles per hour. >>> more than 3,000 u.s. troops scheduled to go to iraq are staying home. a unit based in ft. drum, new york, was supposed to relieve another brigade in january, but officials say iraqi security sforss will be able to handle that patrol. one lingering challenge is to get iraq's political factions to compromise. >> reconciliation is a tough business. i mean, i've been in some of these meetings with people. they don't like each other. you have to get them to work together, get them to understand their futures are together. and then you've got a bombing which makes it even tougher. again, i think the iraqi people have really signaled that they are really sick and tired of this stuff. >> yesterday's iraq security forces were the targets of militant attacks. at least nine people were killed, four soldiers died in an assault against an iraqi army conv

not california as in the united states, still in mexico, not expected to affect the u.s. mainland for the time being. that is some good news. meanwhile for the rest of the nation, a chance of snowfall across parts of pennsylvania, even into portions of new york. could see anywhere from two to four inches of snow in the highest elevations. in the valleys rainfall. mostly cool in the southeast with splash and dash showers. high pressure in the midsection which will give you dry conditions and warm in the desert southwest. look for rain north of san francisco to salgs. in terms of your temperature today, take a look at this. as we take a look at parts of the northeast especially into boston, new york, highs in the 40s, 44 in washington, 52 in atlanta, 74 in tampa, 85 in miami, 90 degrees for las vegas. 101 in phoenix. with those temperatures you're seeing in parts of new england, temperatures in the 40s, look out for the possibility of seeing heavy rainfall at times and of course the snowfall mentioned parts of the highest elevations of the northeast. that's a look at your forecast.