it was very common in the midwest, american folk art. there's quite a lot of that. the fire tornado is a special case. is one of the most freakish events not just about american meteorology but never reported on the planet and for a long time people, there has the huge controversy as to what really happened. in my book i have for reconstruction of what the eye witnesses said but as i point out that is not necessarily scientifically accurate. the thing is gigantic fire storm that formed in forests create their own weather. they do create thunderstorms. we are not aware of it because the heat of the fire usually raises the rain before it reaches the ground but a creative self sustaining weather system and there have been a few instances where these stores were so severe that they spawned tornadoes and the one that happened in wisconsin, the same night as the great chicago fire there was a huge drought in the midwest and fires broke out in several areas, an immense thunderstorm formed over this intense forest fire the tornado was spawned at the heart of the storm and t

. >> i am from the midwest and would not and have dreams about volcanoes. all dreams are about tornadoes. i thought when i was growing up by had recurring nightmares about tornadoes and started to ask my friends and discovered all my friends were from the midwest you dreamed about tornadoes. my own childhood is in the '60s at a time where this is before video footage of tornadoes. you can go on nine now there is a whole genre of tornado footage where you can see an hour after hour of tornado footage none of that existed you never heard about i mean you never saw them you did not see it clear photo of one. but as part of the texture of our lives we did get tornado training is in school. we were told to sayings one was high in the southwest corner of the basement and again, the other is open all the windows. those are the worst advice on possible. they told us that i think because they were trying to give us a feeling that there was something that you could do. but they knew nothing. there is a tendency certainly among american governments, schools, instit ut

. >>> at least three dead as floods overwhelm sections of the midwest while hundreds rush with sandbagso elevate flood walls. >>> plus, government spending cuts hit air traffic controllers with the real test of delays coming today. >>> actress reese witherspoon's bizarre confrontation with police over a dui. >>> and fear strikes thousands celebrating a marijuana celebration in colorado. good morning to you. i'm betty nguyen. the fbi's investigation into the boston terror attack is picking up steam as the city prepares to mark one week since the bombings. here's what we know this morning, suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev remains in serious condition at a boston hospital with gunshot wounds including one to his throat possibly from a suicide attempt. he has yet to be charged in connection with the attack or been notified of his miranda rights, however, this morning officials tell nbc news he's awake and using pen and paper to answer questions from investigators. all of this as the fbi says it has obtained surveillance footage showing tsarnaev putting down his backpack near the finish line just m

midwest flood watch. terrell brown follows the cresting waters across nine states. inside the oyster war on one of america's most scenic coastlines. john black stone with environmentalists taking sides against each other. and meet the young innovator who's working to develop new sources of sustainable energy under her bed. >> as human beings, we are scientists because we're curious. we question. that's what science captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. the federallationave administration is ordering all its air traffic controllers back to work. the f.a.a. says control towers will be fully staffed again by tomorrow night. this follows a rough week on runways across the country. more than 5,000 delays and hundreds of cancellations. 15,000 air traffic controllers had been furloughed after mandatory federal budget cuts known as the sequester, and there simply weren't enough of them to handle the volume. as carter evans reports, congress' solution to this problem may create plenty of others. >> reporter: it

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we are talking about possibly significant snow for you in the midwest.eful on the roadway as we head out to work. the snow should last even as we head into tomorrow. winter weather advisories and snow is expected across sections of the midwest couple of inches for most of you. on the warm sector there's a severe weather rift in kansas and oklahoma. not widespread but a chance some of you could see a tornado damaging wind gust or large hail 1-2 inches of rainfall possible in sections of the midwest that are dealing with the river flooding right now and have flood warnings in effect. otherwise take a look at some of the temperatures. not bad in texas 80 degrees for the high temperature in san antonio. >>> now it's time to entertain this. she holds the loyal baby bump. six months into her first pregnancy kate middleton is finally showing. this photo taken over the weekend at an event over the weekend. offering one of the best glimpses yet. justin bieber and selena gomez are back together. the pop star posted a picture of them getting cozy on insta gram and

brew a better day. >>> overflowing rivers in the midwest have flooded streets and homes.ago. the school bus was seen plowing through one of the flooded roads. a bus company spokesperson says no students were aboard and the driver has been suspended. >>> heavy rain last week is what's pushed rivers in at least six states above flood stage. in clarksville, missouri, the mississippi river overflowed its banks leaving neighborhoods under water. the flooding is blamed for three deaths. as matt from our st. louis affiliate reports, even more rain is on the way. >> reporter: it has literally taken an army of volunteers, the national guard and even prisoners to do everything they issocl keep the water out of but as the mississippi river rises on the other side of that rock and sand wall, the concern is still growing on this side that the river will win out and flood this small town. in the overnight hours, volunteers have been working hard to shore up and strengthen that floodwall which has shown signs of weakening and even leaks. clarksville is like many towns along the mississi

ines ferre for cbs news, new york. >>> now to the flooding in the upper midwest. it's nothing new along the red river in fargo, north dakota, and this year is no different. more rain is expected and the river is still raising. the national weather service says it's expected to crest in fargo at about 19 feet above flood stage early wednesday. terrell brown reports. >> reporter: the city of fargo has built a wall of sandbags along jim lapine's home. more than 130 bracing for floodwaters. >> i've lived on the river for 40 year, and this will be the fifth time we've put sandbags in 40 years. >> reporter: the city endured the worst ever flood in 2009. there's been a major flood ever since. in north dakota that melting snow is turning into rushing water. those living along the mouse river in logan had little warning. >> between the hours of 1:00 and 2:00, there were six inches going in my basement windows over here, and it's nonstop. >> reporter: it's also been a spring of record rainfall that's caused flooding in ten states including tennessee over the weekend. in far

flowing across parts of the midwest.t ask for a more appropriate name than grand rapids, michigan, these past few days. >> never seen anything like this before in my life. and just was intrigued at how high the water was. and just how bad everything got flooded. >> reporter: a familiar refrain across the region. >> we lived here 50 years. we come downtown to walk a lot -- at least a couple times every week. and never have seen anything like this. >> reporter: the flooding is the worst in recorded history in some areas. >> came in like a water fall. >> reporter: that was before more rain came pouring down tuesday in desplains, illinois. >> we were bailing it and urging it down the drainpipe. until the window burst. the basement window burst from the water. people parading outside. >> reporter: four dozen counties in illinois have been declared state disaster areas. the worst is not over for some areas. there is rain in the forecast for six states in the midwest. water levels could rise in the dakotas and minnesota when th

in the midwest, though, chilly.tures below average across the entire northern tier of the country, even in the plains. normal highs in the low to mid-70s and we'll only be in the 60s this afternoon. there you see all those flood warnings posted all across michigan, wisconsin, down through i willinois and especia missouri we're kaepg an eye on for the potential of moderate to major flooding as we head into early next week. now we are seeing some showers redevelop especially back across iowa. unfortunately this is rain that that area does not need and it's not going to be too, too heavy but it's still more rain nonetheless so that is going to be an issue across iowa, eventually moving into wisconsin and northern illinois as well. temperatures today will be on the cooler side, only in the 40s and 50s in the northeast. 50s and 60s across the midwest with more lighter showers moving in. snow is going to develop back through montana and the dakotas and we are looking for, again, those temperatures to stay on the cooler si

and the frightening links to iran. >>> the midwest flood zone.eer in broadcasting now gone viral. and overnight, the late-night comics just couldn't resist. >>> good tuesday morning, everybody. we begin with boston's return to normalcy. >> today, more of the blast scene will reopen to traffic. and police begin returning personal items left behind. >> overnight, a glowing sign of the city's unity. a unit number 1 illuminating the prudential center, representing the 1 fund. >> let's begin with devin dwyer and what investigators are now revealing. good morning, devin. >> reporter: good morning diana and john. authorities are learning details on how this attack was carried out. but authorities this morning are still searching for why. this morning, the accused teenage terrorist behind the boston bombings had the right to remain silent. now, formally charged with using a weapon of mass destruction. but authorities say the 19-year-old dzhokhar tsaranev wounded in the neck, with limited ability to speak, has started to answer questions, reportedly telli

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major garrett reports and fighting the flood in the midwest. dean reynolds is on the scene. Ñiçsx scene. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. another difficult day for boston. the city said good-bye to two victims of the terror attacks. there was a private funeral for eight-year-old martin richard whose childhood innocence we will never forget. sean collier achieved his childhood dream when he became a cop. an army of officers attended his funeral today. we learned why collier was executed as he sat in his patrol car. more about that in just a moment. but first bob orr has information about a shopping trip one of the suspects took to buy explosives. >> reporter: on february 6, ten weeks before the marathon bombings, tamerlan tsarnaev walked into the sea brook new hampshire fireworks store and bought two lock-and-load mortars kits. each kit cost about $200 and contained 24 pyrotechnic shells. investigators now are trying to determine if the brothers used the black powder from those fireworks

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the most severe weather across the plains and into the midwest. skies will be mostly clear.he east coast, there will be clear skies and some rain in the florida area. >> temperatures there and across most of the south will be in the 80s. low 60s from the d.c. area up to new york city. 50s in the northwest and the nation's heartland. >>> still to come, two rival teams up for a rare partnership. what ford and general motors plan to develop. that will put them on the cutting edge of auto technology. >>> and later, chicago's wrigley field has looked pretty much the same for nearly a century. that will soon change. we'll tell you about the $500 million plan to make it a lot more modern. stay with us. >>> deadline day for filing taxes. in most cases, you need to have them postmarked or electronically sent by midnight tonight. as many as 100 million filed early. 90% of them sent those returns electronically. this year's average refund is $$ $2755. if you're not ready to file today, send in a form, form 4868. that's for an extension. if you're in massachusetts, you have until tomorr

we are not into a drought situation any more athe midwest because of all of the rain. this region actually could use the moisture. so there is a silver lining. >> harris: you are the silver lining. >> aah. >> thank you. good to see you. >> good to see you any time. >> harris: the senate recently voted down his plan to extend background checks for guns. today one lawmaker says the fight is far from over. why the showdown over the second amendment could be heating up again. >>> and they are the suspected faces of terror. one question looms large was the plot in boston too sophisticated for these alleged killers to pull it off on their own? through this institute as a new you grandfather urine wha, whae world that you hope to continue to build for her? >> i hope that little mila who i got to hug last week obviously grows up in a world that is peaceful. the museum talks about history and lessons and how to make decisions but also is hopefully an inspiration for somebody toy a better place. and i hope little mila grows up in it and i think she will. >> i think she will. >>

. >> and midwest flooding, rain and snow soaked the country's midsection and the worst may be yet to come for businesses and farmers. >> and hollywood's new courtship. why the movie industry is seducing aging baby boomers. all of that and more on "nightly business report" for tuesday april 23rd. good evening, everyone. tyler, what a day. a lot of drama, a lot of suspensisu spen suspense. there was that surprising sell-off on wall street and the apple earnings after the market closed and. >> and yet when all was said and done the markets gaining for the third straight day, despite a mid-session sell-off on a fake tweet that spooked already jittery traders, but the big story right now is apple's second-quarter earnings and the news was mostly good. apple beat on the top and bottom lines on strong sales of the iphone and the ipad tablet. it's increasing a stock buyback program by a staggering $50 billion, spending some of its sh hrd and it's beg. >>ing up its dividend 15%, but apple did lower its guidance for the current quarter and that disappointed wall street just a touch. seema modi

snowshowers are possible in the upper midwest. denver gets some well-deserved sunny skies. >> temperatures in the midwest about 15 degrees colder than usual. the northeast will warm up to the 70s today. pleasant and warm in the pacific northwest, with portland hitting almost 80 degrees. >>> coming up, the best and worst jobs of the year. >>> plus, the hoax that crashed the stock market. what we learned from yesterday's instant 143-point drop. >>> and on a train platform, a police officer to the rescue. we'll be right back. >>> a computer hack on twitter reveals how fragile wall street can be. the dow jones fell 143 points yesterday, moments after a false tweet by the associated press. a hacker sent a message saying two explosions injured the president at the white house. computers searching the internet for key phrases reacted to that tweet. after the error was corrected, all three major indices finished the day with big gains. >>> big changes for apple after quarterly earnings dropped for the first time in more than ten years. ce

. >>> when "nightly news" continues on this sunday, rising floodwaters in the midwest where many are bracing for the worst. >>> and later a deadly weekend in ski country. we'll go to colorado where the avalanche struck. >>> states of emergency in the midwest tonight as dozens of rivers have overflowed their banks triggering deadly flooding. nbc's john yang has the latest from clarksville, missouri. john, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. so far, this round of the river versus man is going to the residents of clarksville, missouri. four days of furious sandbagging have kept the water from inundating downtown. >> okay. ready? >> reporter: trish connelly had planned to open a new fine arts gallery in clarksville's historic downtown this weekend. instead, she's been sandbagging to try to save it. >> everybody's pulling and helping. we could just still use more help. >> reporter: this town 75 miles north of st. louis has flooded at least 4 times in the last 18 years. this year, it's come early. the high water forced the army corps of engineers to close locks and halt traffi

even the midwest, we're cold today by the weekend, even minneapolis could be mid 70s. i really think this is it. i've been saying that for, like, three weeks. it's bad. >> you're finally doing your job. thanks, bill. bringing us good weather news. >>> major airport delays have transportation secretary ray lahoud calling the sequester a dumb idea. >>> plus how the rich got richer and marilyn monroe as you have never seen her before. [ female announcer ] what makes you walk a little taller? where does goddess begin? it begins with your skin... revealed by venus for a confident glow the whole world will notice. venus & olay -- gently exfoliates with 5 blades. plus olay moisture bars help lock in moisture for less dryness. only from venus & olay. any venus cartridge fits any venus handle. that's the beauty of venus. bikes and balloons, wholesome noodles on spoons. a kite, a breeze, a dunk of grilled cheese. catches and throws, and spaghettio's. that's what happy kids are made of. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. let's say you pay your guy around 2% to manage your

what it will do is divert oil to the midwest, increasing oil prices in the midwest. the only thing to understand about the gulf coast refineries are exporting a significant amount of their product. 3 million barrels a day was exported from gulf coast refineries in december 2012. >> can anyone else into that question? how will the keystone pipeline effect domestic gas prices? >> i would be happy to give a brief comment on that. mr. swift did make an accurate characterization with respect to right now. because there is a lack of ,ipeline capacity in the u.s. recently crude oil prices in the u.s. midwest have been lower than they have been on the gulf coast. that is being solved by our gulf aast project, enterprise has project, and it has a project, that bottleneck is being removed. this keystone product is only from alberta to cushing. it is not going to exacerbate or change that problem. that difference between coastal prices and midwest prices are going to be removed by the products that are under construction. one point i would say is the fact there have been well p

if you are in the midwest you will say oh it's not really that warm out. high temperatures in the 50s or 60s in minneapolis or the city of chicago. stay tuneed by tomorrow temperatures much warmer. high temperatures tomorrow even as we head into the weekend saturday and sunday high temperatures staying in the 70s. even the though lps not that bad. some places could have issues due to the warming out here across places like far go north dakota. warm temperatures over the weekend that could cause flooding out here. flooding as we head into early next week along the red river which will be a big issue and a big story as we head into next week. across the mississippi river impacting places across illinois and even river flooding in places like indiana. we are anticipating water levels will be increasing and we could be looking at flooding there coming up in the days to come. otherwise showers in parts of the northeast. not a huge deal. it will be coming up soon. >> maria molina, thanks. >> time to entertain this. mark burnett says he's far from done with the b

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we expect another round of snow as we head across parts of the upper midwest. that area the daut coat t dakot records set as far as how much snow was picked up. they picked up over 17 inches of snow. as we head into the later month of spring is the snow melt could cause river flooding. that is something we will keep an eye on over the next several weeks. i want to mention over parts of the dakotas, the atlantic we have light showers to deal with. the snowstorm that brought snow across the midwest still doing so across north dakota and sections of minnesota. still dangerous traveling conditions out there. winter storm warnings are still in effect and gusts could be 20-30 miles per hour at times. the warm sector, that time of the year we see severe weather. we have a slight chance to see severe storms from parts of illinois, missouri even into oklahoma. this is a slight chance. damaging wind gusts large hail being the main concern. temperatures warm in texas of course in the 70s by friday. >> 70s in florida. that looks nice. >> maria, thank you. >>> the time now

yes, it's spring, but a big, new blast of winter is clobbering midwest, while the south remains on alert tonight for more tornadoes. >>> balancing act. a new look tonight at whether women really can have it all. >>> and flying high -- at 90 years old, fulfilling a life-long dream of one last flight into the wild blue life-long dream of one last flight into the wild blue yonder. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. there are mixed messages coming out of north korea tonight where it is already monday morning and the start of that country's most important holiday -- the anniversary of its founding, which is why western intelligence analysts have monday circled on their calendars as the most likely time for north korea to back up some of its recent inflammatory rhetoric with a test launch of its most powerful missile. tonight secretary of state john kerry remains in the region still working the diplomatic options, but vowing once again that the u.s. will protect its allies. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is traveling with the secretary in

rain in the forecast and parts of the midwest we are hearing. >> good morning everyone. are tracking areas of rainfall early this morning. it is across sections of missouri and kansas. as you head out the work this morning you are going to need to grab the umbrella. the area of rain moves further off to the east across parts of kentucky, indiana, illinois. there is still a number of flood warnings in effect out there due to river flooding. as far as this afternoon and this evening we could see strong to severe thunderstorms firing up across sections of oklahoma and also texas. keep that in mind if we get any warnings make sure you heed them otherwise temperatures on the rise for a large section of the country including parts of the midwest into the northeast. you are talking 70s in some places that haven't seen those temperatures since last year in october. the bad news is we could be seeing river flooding across places like far go and north dakota due to rapid snow melts. >> thanks maria. it's time to entertain this. more bad news for justin bieber. the tour bus was pul

the giant storm system hundreds of miles long, that dumped ice and snow on the upper midwest. grandparents' home on a dangerous boat ride to cuba. >> we want them to get back to be a normal everyday schedule and just be carefree little boys again. >> the trouble the boys' parent face in the kidnapping case that captured worldwide attention. it is friday, april 12th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning. i'm john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. happy friday. >> tgif. you made it. >> we made it. >> did you enjoy your week? >> so much fun. >> fun day, grilled cheese. all kind of good things. >> my stomach is growling. >> let's get to news. secretary of state john kerry arriving in seoul there for high level talks with south korean leaders. later heads to china, north korea's top ally. >> we learn new details about the nuclear threat from the north. abc's bob woodruff reports from seoul. >> reporter: we believe that north korea is readying more missiles, a barrage of smaller ones. this as a new intelligence report assessed with

and what that will do is drive up the price of oil all along the pipeline route including in the midwest where a lot of oil is where. you're exactly right people in the midwest could actually see their gasper go up if that was built rather than go down so this argument that it's good for gas prices are good for energy security is completely bogus it's good for neither so it's keystone of really going to impact our dependence on foreign oil do you think well if anything it keeps of hooked on oil instead of really putting money towards the types of solutions that could get us off oil and really solve that problem like this oil is designed to go to the international market and the price of oil is that there will be more pipelines won't really be much too much of that goal the real way to do is to move towards clean energy amy we have to leave it there thank you that was jamie han communications director at three fifty dot org. well the senate finance committee met today to talk about the opportunities and upcoming challenges the u.s. faces when it comes to the trans-pacific partnership now

yes, it's spring, but a big, new blast of winter is clobbering the midwest, while the south remains onalancing act. a new

cheryl: cold, rainy weather heading for the midwest.th is live with the trade today. >> cheryl, this is no exaggeration, that there are extreme weather forecasts here and they're playing out in the pits of the c.m.e. this is actually the live cattle and hog pick. you don't see these very often but this is where everything from the hamburger meat to pork meat that goes on the grill this summer, prices are determined here and what's happening is there's a lot of cold, wet weather setting in, in the midwest in the coming days. even though it's very warm now, that's expected to change. so we do have live cattle and hogs back up in today's trading session but yesterday, huge concern about this weather, how it's going to affect the animals and how it will affect the grilling season. if we have cold, wet weather, people aren't out in the backyards cooking things up and also construction affected by the weather. lumber futures selling off, suffering largest streak of losses since 1999 and this is not only the housing market continues to struggl

gas prices for midwest consumers. it's led to higher margins for refiners that have been benefiting by that. so to suggest that any of those projects will increase gasoline prices would be incorrect stack or two lower than? >> i would just say on balance, what keystone xl in his adding another source of supply to a finite demand and it's been a long time since i took economics that typically when you add in criminal supply to a finite demand, the impact should be to reduce prices. but i don't think anyone is suggesting it would be a very significant reduction. >> mr. swift, how much more carbon is emitted per unit of gasoline reduced and sold to a consumer from the keystone tar sands, not keystone, tar sands versus conventional oil spent i think state department estimates were somewhere up to 70% as far as the lifecycle emissions per unit of gasoline. >> does that include energy required to get the oil out of the ground? >> i believe it does. i believe it does, but much of that is from the production side of things. >

parts of the midwest, chicago, over 5.5 inches of rain in one day. that's more than they usually get for the month of april. right now we have flood warnings. river flood warnings and flash flood warnings in effect for much of the midwest and there's more rain going on. you can see it pushing toward the east and so we are looking at a risk of severe weather along the southeastern atlantic coast. rainfall amounts generally about a tenth to a half inch but some areas will be picking up along the southeastern atlantic coast up to an inch of rain. we're also getting reports of levee breaks along river banks in the chicago area. we'll continue to track that as well. we'll get your local forecast in just a moment. first, this message. before the three- and four-star ratings... before local farmers and employees became secret ingredients... before rock star chefs were playing to packed houses every night... two restaurateurs sat down with our banker and transformed some chicago neighborhoods into culinary meccas. that's the power of connecting a vision into

. >>> record rainfall causing a big mess in the midwest. have an extended update on the forecast just ahead. tonight's dare? give your hair some beauty sleep. with pantene's new overnight miracle repair serum. 8 hours of repair while you sleep. with no residue on the pillow. dare to sleep on it. new overnight miracle from pantene. >>> floodwaters have thousanded thousands to evacuate their homes around illinois. >> we check in with meteorologist alexandra steele in atlanta to get some sense of when that area might dry out. >> the upper midwest and flash flooding isn't the concern, it's this river flooding we're seeing and what we're going to see is these rivers really peak at historic levels from north to south, the cascading effect as all that water goes downstream. this is showing you where all the flood wrngz are, we're seeing flooding now or flooding is eminent. it's really illinois, indiana and lower michigan the biggest concerns. we've seen homes evacuated, shelters open, roads closed, the edens, kennedy, all the expressways were clos

95% of the midwest still has snow on the ground.clouds still cross our area this morning. we will get a few sunbreaks this afternoon. our next call front will approach to keep the active weather pattern this week and there's a chance of showers by tomorrow afternoon. today looks pretty cloudy with temperatures in the 70's this afternoon. here comes the cold front. just a few scattered showers expected after the noon hour on wednesday. today, mostly cloudy with patchy morning drizzle possible. that's mostly outside the metro. 70-75 degrees. mostly cloudy tonight, 54-59. warming up through the rest of the week. and storms late friday into saturday morning. then the drop in temperatures. sunday afternoon, 58. now, jamee with traffic. >> a quiet start. crossing the woodrow wilson bridge and the entire beltway, no problems. and across the american legion bridge and through bethesda and silver spring, all is quiet. parkway, no problems. virginia 95, and leading stanford to the beltway, volume forming. out of the greenway engle road, dulle

they knew that was going to hit the midwest hard. and temperatures are insanely crazy. right now it is 71 in st. louis. it is eight degrees in denver. i mean, that's an incredible temperature difference just for a short period across the middle of our country. and areas like dallas and abilene, temperatures have plunged. it was 93 yesterday in abilene, texas. this morning they're down to about 20. here's a look at the storm itself. it's moving out of the rockies into the middle of the country. so it's left all of the west alone. as that storm moves away, we do have another cold front pressing in on washington state. it looks like we're just now starting to pick up rain over vancouver island. expect a brief period of rain throughout your morning. seattle to bellingham all along i-5 to portland a little later this morning. again, it's only going to last for a couple hours, but there will be a moderate burst where we could get up to a half inch of rain. more towards bellingham. the front will cross the cascades. behind it, it will be windy and breezy. that's what's going t

. >> back in the midwest, looks like. >> you are back in the midwest and it's not a coincidence mike nicco are s back to work and we have thunderstorms. >> i think he brought it with him. >> it seemed like san francisco except for the rain where i was and should have been warm and dry but it was cold and wet. we're back and now we are going to take care of you this morning. you can see a little bit of fog hanging around. definitely low clouds and patches of rain. here is a look at the entire bay area. let's zoom in on concord, pleasant hill, you see down to walnut creek, heading over to vallejo. also up towards, say, fairfield, better radar returns and 237 down to the south bay and dumbarton bridge, that is where the best radar returns. they are green and fairly light. yellows are over so the steady heavier rain is starting to taper but keeping the roads wet. temperatures today are going to be rather nice once again. most of us in the low to mid-50s look at that, 52 is as cold as it gets around santa rosa and up around san rafael. 58 at half moon bay, low to mid-50s around the baysho

the midwest are the ones paying for it with severe storms later tonight. >>> let's turn to sports.hey're already calling it one of the best title games of all time. the result, louisville's college basketball's national champion. early on it didn't look good. strong moves from trey burke. nice hang in the lane. there louisville was down as many as 12, the tournament's most outstanding player, he moves at 5 miles per hour but is deadly. luke hancock. he hit three after three. that got louisville back in the game. michigan cut the lead to one. this is the controversial play. burke was up high. did he get him with the body or was this a clean block? big turning point. that's a tough call. that did go against burke. that and the foul shots put up louisville by five. they held on to win from there. it's the cardinals first championship since 1986. that's the first year that the ncaa adopted the three-point shot. the story of the tournament is kevin ware. he had that horrible injury earlier in the tournament and they lowered the backboard and he cut the net. coach rick pitino spoke about

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. >> reporter: steady downpours across the midwest have swollen streams, creeks and rivers beyond their banks. four people, in three states, have died in the floodwaters. >> woodruff: and margaret warner gets two views on whether food sent overseas to helporeigners in need should be bought from u.s. farmers and shipped on u.s. vessels. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support f the instutions and fouatns. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: federal investigators pieced together more of the boston bombings puzzle today, as one of the victims-- a policeman-- was honored. the service featured a mass turnout by other police officers. police officers by the hundreds lined up in the late morning sun to pay respects to sean collier, the m.i.t. officer shot and killed last thursday night, allegedly by the bombers. the college canceled classes for the day as t

if you are looking for winter, look ahead to the upper midwest were temperatures are only in the 30s. compare that to the 60s to the south of us. now this has moved off the coast and we are watching the system from the south and west. it will bring us a chance for a few showers later on tonight and into the day tomorrow. it's only about a 20-30% chance. north dakota, it is still dealing with snow blizzard warnings. parts of north dakota haven't 12-182-8 -- have seen inches of snow. it will have no impact on us across the mid-atlantic. but the clouds will increase as we move through the overnight. here are the showers, very spotty. mars high temperatures should approach 70 degrees. then we will keep the showers tuesdayforecast for with daytime highs around 70-75. , a littleudy skies bit cooler off to the west in the mountains with wind out of the southeast. waking up tomorrow morning, you shouldn't have any problems in terms of the ring showers. most will see anything at all. mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the upper-60s to the lower-70s. as we move through the middle of april

cold air remains in place across the upper midwest. 90% of the midwest is still under a snowpack.start today here. in a satellite picture, to break up the clouds already. i think we will get sunshine especially this afternoon. a cold front across the great lakes will be approaching by tomorrow and bringing a chance of showers. what kind of chance and what kind of timing? just clouds and 70 this afternoon. cold front approaching by tomorrow morning. it will fizzle a little as it moves over us. best chance of showers will be after the noon hour. today mostly cloudy with patchy light drizzle possible? . 72 to 76. chance of rain on and off through the better part of the week. warming up by friday. then cooling down for the weekend. back to you. >> thank you. we are all over the place. and our coverage of the boston marathon bombings continues at 6:30. first we want to get to your business headlines. >> the dow jones suffered its biggest loss of the year. john miller explains. good morning. wall street has its biggest loss of the year after the boston marathon ami bera the dow jones lo

severe flooding to blame for deaths in the midwest.eavy rains caused lakes and rivers to overflow their banks. >> there is more bad news. more rain and snow could cause problems today and tomorrow. let's go to maria molina for an extreme weather look. >> good to see you. we have another storm system that will be dumping more rain and snow across sections of the midwestism pacting places like indiana, illinois even into sections of missouri. i want to start out with the temperatures. producing that precipitation is bringing in record cold temperatures early this morning across sections of the plains. 14 in sue faioux falls and extr cold still gripping sections of the plains and as far as the high temperatures not that much warmer only 34 for the high in denver 43 in kansas city. parts of texas were in the 80s. today in dallas we are going to make it in the 60s. we are still going to have flood warnings across illinois, indiana and advisory as well that has been issued as far south as mississippi. we are expecting water levels to continu

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gabe gutierrez, nbc news, west, texas. >>> in parts of the midwest tonight, flood season has arrived with a vengeance, leading to at least two deaths and putting thousands of homes and businesses under water. not far from chicago in des plains, the river hit record levels, forcing dozens of evacuations and causing floodings in more than 700 buildings. >>> up next here on "nbc nightly news," the spirit of boston, in this city and beyond. >>> in another time, it was the 11-month siege of boston that marked the beginning of the revolutionary war. tonight, this city has emerged from another siege, showing the world it won't back down from another challenge in this day and age. nbc's anne thompson joins me tonight with the spirit of boston alive and well tonight. >> it certainly is lester and you know how boston loves its traditions from the marathon to the swan boats to the songs they sing at fenway park. well, this week, the nation adopted some of those traditions and it's helping the city move forward. today, boston looked the same, but it is not the same. children still flocked to mrs

back to the midwest, still raining from indiana back to south of st. louis.hat's where it will be rainy day. winter is still in full effect from the northern plains through denver. windchills this morning are in the 20s. even there, there's good news. the midwest who suffers through the snow and cold even worse than new england, this weekend in minneapolis, a pair of 70s. we're turning the corner. >>> thanks, bill. now to sports. lance armstrong may have to pay the piper, or at least repay the postal service. the u.s. justice department officially filing its lawsuit against the disgraced scyclist. it said armstrong was unjustly enriched while performing in the tour de france. the department is seeking triple damages assessed by the jury, but it has a heavy burden of proof. it must prove not only was the postal service defrauded but also damaged. armstrong contends the usps profited from the deal. >>> warriors/nuggets, game number two. steph curry heating up. third quarter, curry nails another three. warriors in control. in the fourth, curry ended up with 30 p