winter storm warnings around minneapolis. minneapolis you're looking at a wintry mess. snow over to sleet and freezing rain and then it looks like back to snow probably on the backside. a messy, icy storm for you. as far as the snow totals go, the highest totals definitely to the north of minneapolis. the south side of town probably getting more icy but we could see as as much as a foot between fa fargo and minneapolis. east coast you're okay today. just showers around atlanta. the big storm hits the middle of the country this afternoon. your early morning business that's a look at the national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. >>> we watch areas late tonight and more towards the overnight hours around birmingham, alabama, memphis and little rock. the always best chance of seeing strong storms and maybe an isolated tornado or two. interesting. we haven't had many big winter storms. >> no. >> this is in the northern half of the country but high impact. >> affecting some folks voting in michigan? >> michigan probably okay in the daylight hour

we could see as much as a foot there between fargo and minneapolis. also near bismarck.hat's where you'll see the amazing pictures of the snow blowing all over the place. east coast, you're okay today. just showers around atlanta. that's a look at your national isolated tornado or two. it's interesting. we haven't had many big winter storms. this one is on the northern half of the country, but will be high impact. >> affecting some folks voting in michigan. >> they'll be okay during the daylight areas. arizona, a little in the morning. >> good stuff. no excuse. get out there and vote in michigan. appreciate it. >>> home sales surge and a new study giving rich folks a bad wrap. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> angelina jolie is used to turning heads, but this time it's one of her high profile limbs that has everybody buzzing. >>> coming up, the sacramento kings get a new home, and without a doubt, the strangest crash you will ever see in the daytona 500. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm richar

paul's academy high school in minneapolis, the twin cities. then to princeton. >> right. >> studying what? >> well, just politics. >> from princeton to the university of california. >> yes. >> and then to new richmond to practice law. >> yes. >> harold tyler calls on the phone, what was his job at the time? >> he was with the department of justice. he couldn't get anybody to take the job of his first assistant. >> he had only six months left in the eisenhower administration. >> right. that's not a very attractive time to come to washington at the tag end of an administration. and he contacted his friends in the law schools and called harvard and yale and lawyers he knew, and they gave him a list of people that he ought to contact, and

>> you know, ed, i was out tonight in the western suburbs just west of minneapolis. what would be left of the moderate republican party, if there is such a thing anymore. if romney would win anywhere, it's there. the biggest thing is there were very few people there. we had a smaller turnout than four years ago. there's a huge enthusiasm gap for romney. the others can't decide where to go, and the fact of the matter is the single best organized campaign is not romney or santorum or gingrich, it's barack obama. the obama campaign never gave up the grassroots. we had a great turnout again here tonight, and we're going to do what we did four years ago. look people in the eye and do what mitt romney can't do. we'll weir going to tell him the truth and deliver and win. >> what about rick santorum as a -- is this a night that might put him on the ticket in one way or another? i mean, we're seeing mitt romney not being able to score in the middle of the country, and if he wins in colorado tonight this, of course, will give rick santorum more states than anybody else as far

we will watch that in areas like minneapolis but temperatures warm-up it shouldn't cause too much of an issue on the roads. >>> if you're watching on wwlt in springfield, massachusetts, use beads, feathers and sparkles to create a sparkle for your mardi gras celebration at the mardi gras mass. that is your "early today" event of the today. >>> here is an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. >>> chris brown and rihanna has united in twitter. the former couple exchanged tweets yesterday when he wished her a happy birthday and then she thanked him. they also released collaborated remixes of two of their songs. it's one of the first times the pair have addressed each other via twitter since brown's infamous 2009 pregrammy assault on her. >>> a study of academy award awart voters it's not a divorce group that hands out the honors. the "los angeles times" found 94% of the academy's voting percentage are white and 77% are french. access hollywood confirmed that lindsay lohan to play elizabeth taylor in a made for tv movie about her stormy romance with actor richard burto

near 40 in detroit. 27 in minneapolis. just 19 in fargo. 50s in the pa sis i have northwest. phoenix, 75, sacramento. 71. >>> soda revolution. the phew brand gnat is low cali but not diet. >>> china comes to the u.s. to find pilots? major hiring fairs. >>> a helicopter disintegrates on landing. h@h@ababababababababb >>> welcome back, everybody. overseas markets were mostly higher on positive economic news from europe and the u.s. tokyo's nikkei average gained 52 points. hong kong's hang seng added 26. on wall street, the dow rose 46 points yesterday. not enough to close above 13,000. meanwhile, the nasdaq index was up 24. >>> for sale signs are going up on some sears stores. the retailer needs cash after reporting a big loss last quarter. selling the stores could race $800 million. sears was mum about how it would lure shoppers back into remaining stores. >>> and ten chinese airlines are aggressively recruiting u.s. airline pilots. more than 1,000 people have signed up for the job fairs. china needs as many as 18,000 pilots and the salaries are competitive. the job fair moves

see in to minneapolis, temperature 33 degrees.he further to the south, temperatures are more mild and this is going to move in to our direction. we look at the bigger picture here, and across the middle of the nation in to minneapolis, dealing with snow. we are also dealing with rain, line of rain showers moving in, across the area. i don't believe this will get to us, it's going run in to some mountains and also some dry air. right now , the satellite and radar, not picking up on a lot this morning. mostly clear skies, mostly sunny skies, but the clouds will increase as we go throughout the day. that's what we have to contend with. our celebrations should stay dry this evening. rain in the forecast, for you. i'm going to talk about thra in a second. weather pattern has the high pressure in control for today. this will slide towards the east, we will be in between the two systems and we will start to get that warm air e verdicting the mild air from the south in to the area. future trend picks up on the fact we have showers in the

rybak, the major of minneapolis.itizens united ruling is coming under heavy scrutiny and that's coming up this is countdown south carolina. forgot the name of the show p.m. protect medicare and rebuild the middle class. >> steve israel runs the dccc, appreciate. >> thank you. twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. ♪ >>> we have had some more incite today into the dark world of super pacs which are the shadowy organizations helping to fund this year's presidential campaigns. the los angeles times are reporting that some of the people running the super pacs are now paying themselves six-figure salaries. and funneling the money into their own pockets. that's what we want to talk about right now. today protesters -- assemble outside of the supreme court last week. and the justices granted a stay on a montana state court ruling which challenged the citizens united decision. and that sets the stage for our u.s. supreme court to actually potentially review it's a own case. very interesting. there's another way to undue the

even areas like minneapolis, 45 was great, billings at 51. wasn't many areas of the country where it didn't feel like the first real spring day. it will slowly go back to winter but will be slow. not going to see anything dramatic the first week of february. we have a little bit of light rain today, not going to be the beautiful blue skies and sunshine like we had yesterday in the eastern half of the country. but it's light rain will be scattered as we go throughout the morning commute. light rain along the new york state thruway. p pittsburgh, ground is wet. not a lot of wet weather, you need the windshield wipers and don't want any rain drops on you bring the umbrella from new york to philadelphia, baltimore, d.c. and hartford around boston. rain in west virginia and kentucky pushes to the east. louisville and lexington most of the day should be dry. same for you in nashville. one area of the country seeing the worst area weather is louisiana, strong thunderstorms on interstate 55 south of jackson, good storms with lightning strikes. that i

. >>> 37 in minneapolis, 55 in chicago. 57 in kansas city. 70s from dallas to atlanta. and 47 here in new york. >>> coming up, apple appears ready for another major announcement, it's just days away. >> get in line folks. >>> and then the latest on the crippled cruise ship making its way to shore. >>> and two different sports but so much in common. the new bromance between tim tebow and jeremy lin. >>> overseas markets were higher overnight on good news from the u.s. after the dow closed above 13,000 for the first time since the start of the financial crisis back in 2008. tokyo's nikkei average was up less than a point today. hong kong's hang seng did better with 111. in london, the ftse opened higher. the dow picked up 24 points, above 13,000, a good sign for everybody. the nasdaq gained 21 for its highest close in get this, 11 years. >>> the greek parliament has pafed the way for a second round of rescue loans. earlier, it made some deep cuts to the country's minimum wage. >>> apple is holding a media event next week. it's all but certain the company will announce its

winter storm watch from minneapolis to rapid city. looks like des moines to chicago, you'll be on the warm side of this storm, but the back side is going to be very oppressive. we're looking at an area of snow here, a widespread 6 to 12 inches. some areas could get a little more than that. it's going to be windy, blowing, it's going to be cold. this will be your classic northern plains winter storm as we go throughout tomorrow into wednesday morning, so keep that in mind for travel plans in that region. otherwise, what a beautiful day once again today for the mid-atlantic up into new england. enjoy it. we've got some rainy weather heading our way later this week. that's a look at your nam national forecast. now here's a look outside your window. baltimore, maryland today, 60 degrees and sunny. what a beautiful, springlike day for you. detroit cooler, only 40. miami will have the chance of some showers, and many areas of the southern half of the country, including texas and the gulf coast, will have a chance of showers. so, that storm'

icy on i-84 from minneapolis to chicago.wet on i-10 from houston to tallahassee and i-20 into atlanta. >>> if you're flying today, airport delays possible in mipts, chicago, kansas city, new orleans. >>> a shocking school shooting near seattle. the victim, an 8-year-old litdle girl. >> she was air-lifted to the hospital with a gunshot wound to her some ak. another third grader brought the gun to school. they believe it accidentally went off. the school was locked down just as parents rooifed to pick up their children. grief counselors will be on hand today. >>> panel of medical experts have voted to recommend approval for a promising new drug to fight obesity. it's a prescription pill called qnexa. most patients reporting a 10% weight loss. two years ago, qnexa was denied because of safety concerns. now they say the benefits outweigh the risk. >>> the owe what administration has laid out gna new plan of attack declaring alzheimer's one of the most feared conditions for americans. find effective ways to help families overwhel

ice and fog on i-35 from kansas city to minneapolis.w on i-25 from cheyenne to denver and colorado springs. >> if flying airport delays possible in miami, kansas city minneapolis and chicago. >>> reward money has been pouring in for a teenager missing from become become. samantha koenig, her father sent out a message pleading for her safe return and the reward is now over $40,000. >>> jury selection is set to begin forward the university of virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend. george huguely allegedly told investigators that he kicked in yeardley love's door and shook her. causing her head to repeatedly hit the wall. her attorneys blamed the death on a mix of alcohol and drugs. >>> 19 americans are facing trial in egypt in despite of the threat to cut $1.5 billion in aid. the americans are accused of using foreign funds to stir up unrest in egypt. the charges all come as turmoil continues to grow a year after the fall of egyptian president ho hosni mubarak. >>> and a stomach virus has sickened three cruise ship

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around minneapolis up through the northern plains.s you'll be the first to experience some of that cold air coming down. your high temperatures, which is still above average, goes back to where you typically should be late february with highs only around the freezing mark. you could get a little bout of snow. it will mostly be confined to the northern plains and also through the rockies. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> coming up, adele lifts more than just trophies at last night's bring the awart awards. charlie sheen has a rare stroke of conscience. who would have thought it? your first look at entertainment is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. ah, welcome to hotels.com. i get it...guys weekend. yeah! if you're looking for a place to get together, you came to the right place. because here at hotels.com, we're only about hotels. yeah! yeah! noooo. yeah! finding you the perfect place is all we do. welcome to hotels.com and they make my life just perfect. we were having too much fun, we weren't thinking about a will at

minneapolis, 41. 50s in the pacific northwest. 68 in phoenix. >>> coming up, the body blow thousands of american airlines workers as the company announces massive layoffs. >> rough news there. >>> plus, this morning, the multimillionaire in hot water who, get this, has now adopted his girlfriend. some legal experts are calling it a brilliant move. >>> and on this groundhog's day, when groundhogs go bad. we're right back. >>> welcome back this thursday morning. facebook's initial public offering filing yesterday gives us a glimpse inside the company. including what worries the social network. the number of new users could level off. facebook ads have not been that effective so far. some of the employees will make so much money off the ipo, they may leave. next year, founder mark zuckerberg will be paid just $1. i think he'll be all right. >> yeah, no one's crying for the facebook staff today. >>> there's turbulence ahead for american airlines employees. the bankrupt airline wants to slash 13,000 jobs. that's about 15% of its workforce. they want to end the pension plans and cut health

blizzard conditions likely between bismarck and fargo, outside of minneapolis. minneapolis by the way, you'll start as snow, probably get 2 to 4 inches, and then sleet, maybe freezing rain, kind of messy for you. but the worse worst of it, this spring stripe. and that will include many inches for vermont, massachusetts. so here's the forecast today into tonight. bismarck to fargo the heaviest snow. chicago, no snow for help. just rain. so a major winter storm, but it wouldn't be affecting the primary states today. >>> home sales surge, and a new study that's giving rich folks a bad wrap. your business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, the kings get a new home and without a doubt the vankest crash you'll ever see in the daytona 500. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made? [ club scene music ] [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. [ female announcer ]

minneapolis has a chance of 6 to 12 inches. it's go to be a close call to see fitz all snow or snow mixed with sleet and ice. as far as snowfall totals, 6 to 12 inches through the plains and then into wisconsin. green bay could get a good snowstorm. michigan is going to be messy, an ice storm for areas of grand rapids and north of detroit. today, beautiful weather, carolinas northward. rainy along the southern half of the country. we'll wait for that snowstorm in the plain tomorrow, lynn. looks like in new england could have a couple inches of snow to deal with come wednesday. >> thanks so much. >>> coming up, gas prices soar. data pours in. and folks in greece have some fun at their leader's expense. your "first look" at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> and upset in college basketball, an all-star game shootout and unbelievable goal from the pitch. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for excellent fru

and as is the condition toward minneapolis. we're seeing these conditions. the transition, with a jet stream kind of rolling right up through the middle and twisting all of that air around is creating tornadic activity, across parts of the midwest. blizzard-like conditions toward the great lakes. and what we're getting out of this is some rain. we're getting a decent amount of rain. getting two inches below on the month. this batch here is going to take us down about 1 inch. this wave moving through now is going to move on out of here. it's moving across the eastern shore. and now we'll get a bit of a break. and another wave is going to move through here late tonight. that could come with rumbles of thunder. high pressure goes back tomorrow. temperature goes right back up and we'll be in the mid-60s as march starts off like a lamb or lion, mary. we'll have to talk about that. 11:56 is your next high tide. small craft advisory tomorrow. evening thunderstorms. do not be be surprised to hear a rumble of thunder. and tomorrow, 64 degrees. could be a little highe

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blizzard conditions up towards the dakotas towards minneapolis. it could be their biggest snow of the season, and you can see the trailing cold front with some severe weather and even a couple of tornado watches down to the central part of the country. it is all moving our way. we will not stee any of that snw or severe weather. what we are going to see is the potential for heavy rain during the day tomorrow. it will move in quickly. i'll show you when it moves in and when it moves out. what comes next as we head towards the weekend in my forecast in a minute. >>> tonight a large crowd lined up to ask questions and make their opinions known about a proposed casino in prince georges county. the county executives want to bring a $1 billion las vegas style gambling and entertainment facility. he said it could create 35,000 jobs and generate millions of dollars in tax revenue. some said county residents should vote on whether it happens. >>> today a judge delayed two trials involving the deadly met row rail crash in 2009. two families filed wrongful d

minneapolis mayor and the huffington post howard fineman are here on the state of the race.he president outlines his political priorities as he sends his budget to the congress and calls for more stimulus. >> when we're creating jobs at a faster clip, we have to do what we can to keep the recovery on track. >> republicans can caving on the payroll tax cuts. we'll have the latest with vermont senator bernie sanders. >> in this country the government doesn't tell you or your organization what your religious views are. >> the republican war on women's health continues as they misrepresent the president as anti-religion. >> it will not go away until the administration simply backs down. >> joan walsh and crystal ball weigh in. tonight we take a look back the at the storied rise and tragic fall of whitney houston. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. rick santorum has been hiding in plain daylight for conservative the voters. they finally get a good look at him and find what they say. the average of recent national polls give santorum a slight lead over m

in kansas city expect 47 degrees for a high today. 39 in minneapolis, 50 degrees in billings. 41 in salt lake city. 60s in san francisco, 75 in los angeles. 55 in seattle. 54 in portland, 51 in dallas, 53 in memphis, and miami going to 80 and 47 the high in new york, boston with 35. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we're talking mitt romney now, he did really with most groups in nevada but what about tea party supporters? i tried we. but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's new glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have 6 grams of sugars. with 15 grams of protein to help manage hunger... look who's getting smart about her weight. [ male announcer ] new glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three

. >> your votes today were not just heard loud and wide across the state of missouri and minneapolis but they were heard loud and louder all across this country. >> early voting meanwhile is under way in ohio and main main is holding a week-long caucus. the candidates have a three- week break until the next big don contest in arizona and michigan at the end of the month. >>> a look at the morning's other top stories. opening statements are expected to begin this morning in the murder trial of george huguely a huguely a former la crosse star at the university of virginia is accused of killing his girl freend yeardley love. fox 5's paul wagner will join us live from charlottesville coming up in our 9:00 hour. >>> sentencing is set today for i aformer suburban hospital employee convicted of murdering his supervisor. roosevelt brockington, jr. was found dead in the basement of the hospital on new year's day in 2011. keith little allegedly stabbed him to death after receiving a bad performance review. little was convicted late last year. >>> a new element in the gay marriage debate. >> wh

ellison of minneapolis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for four minutes. mr. ellison: you know, mr. speaker, i stood on a highway called highway 7 on friday at a bridge that was rated a 23 out of 100 scale. that bridge, 73 years old, in desperate need of repair, designated, structurally deficient -- designated structurally deficient. but i could go to another bridge over the mississippi river, only a few blocks from where the bridge fell down only a few years ago. but that would be on plymouth avenue and people who know the area, they know plymouth avenue. that bridge, mr. speaker, was and is shut down, you cannot drive a car over it. now, that would only be about 1,398 other bridges that are structurally deficient in minnesota, that need repair right now. you know, i'm sensitive to bridges that need repair. because it wasn't in somebody else's district that i-35 bridge fell. it was in my own. 13 minnesotans went to their reward, 100 had severe back and other injuries. i

many from the minneapolis area have gone missing in recent years, believed by u.s.ls to have been recruited by al shabab to fight in somalia. some have been killed. when we investigated those recruiting cases, we spoke with a minneapolis activist who lost his nephew. do you know about their methods? do they come in and talk to these young men inside the mosque? outside? do they call them on cell phones? i mean, do they kidnap them? >> they kidnap in the sense of mental kidnapping, not physically, but they play a role of a meant ore. >> reporter: while some have been arrested. peter king says al shabab still has recruiters operating in minneapolis as well as boston, seattle, san diego, washington, columbus. experts say the group also has supporters in toronto. there are two concerns. that al shabab might simply get its supporters already in those cities to attack or -- >> we have a group that's recruited from places like minneapolis, and brought these young men to somalia, where they have been trained by extremists in terrorist trayen camps in militant tactics, becom

your travel may be compromised in places like houston, minneapolis, and miami.due to a mix of showers and fog. in orlando near the mouse house along i-4 it's going to be a day where you are going to see plenty of rainfall, but i'm telling you, the heaviest rainfall as you go south towards miami, it's going to get steadily more intense. as intense as what you'll see in houston or places like south padre island or corpus christi. we'll see the rain through a good part of the day. it's a trailing end of a cold front that actually circles back all the way on the eastern seaboard. we're seeing rain this morning in raleigh and back on parts of 64, and then north of washington we see light snow. heavy accumulation. not in the cards, but we still have a light dusting of that wintry precip as we make our way through the rest of sunday. in terms of the action for the central plains, in terms of rough weather, we're not going to see it because this area of high pressure is going to keep all precipitation limited for the most part keeping it to the east or the south. as we

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