is where the sediment from the mississippi river has been taken all the way to this fill site. this is where the coastal erosion fight is happening right in front of our eyes. >> in my opinion if we can accomplish the master plan and the projects in the master plan and go beyond it and rebuild south louisiana, and protect it, and restore it i think by the end of the century people will look back and say this is one of mankind's greatest achievements in this century. >> this section of reclaimed land is just one small piece of a plan to spend $50 billion over the next five decades. the only problem: louisiana doesn't have that kind of money. >> we can't protect everyone from everything, and there's an inherent vulnerability living with the coast, it's just the reality. >> jerome zeringue is head of the state's coastal restoration program. >> louisiana is doing what it can to participate and protect this valuable resource but it's a national issue and a national concern we need national interests to support us as well. >> while the state struggles to fund its plan, a question rem

there's western tennessee, between the tennessee and mississippi rivers. ere's middle tennessee, which is known for the tennessee river and also bluegrass country. and then the great smoky mountains are in the eastern part of tennessee, and that's what the third star is meant to represent. >> the design celebrates unity by enclosing all three stars within a circle. and the red, white, and blue colors celebrate tennessee's unity with america. a distinctive blue edging ensures that the flag can be easily recognized, even on days when there's no breeze to unfurl it. with "flag facts," i'm harry. >> coming up, i'll show you how to go from the fleece of a sheep to the wool of a scarf. selling cookies is about... -the big picture. you have to have a goal. -a big goal. something you and your team... -want to do in the world. we choose... -where the money goes. a trip. -an adventure. helping people out. -helping a lot of people out. something never been... -done before. we have to decide. -make a plan. we all... -have to agree. it's not always easy. and about the m

goh, the mississippi river gulf something or other, when it was closed by the corps of engineers, the beaches began to decrease. >> this is mr. green and that is mr. goh, that is not at all adequate for that. >> i understand that, sir. my point is that, what has happened there has taken many years. and it has been the result largely of how we have channelized the mississippi river as you brought out in your comments. we certainly support gulf coast restoration. we're working on gulf coast restoration. this is a proposal by the administration for consideration whether the revenues from the outer continental shelf that are national assets should be focused on four states or should be broader applied and certainly -- >> we're over time. let me conclude by pointing out that the last three years, all the states have received $22 billion, and the four gulf coast $4 million. now we're talking about $375 million, out of $22 billion. it doesn't seem much to ask. thank you. i yield back. >> thank you, madam chair. senator from louisiana, i can assure you that this is very important to all of us

army and navy take the mississippi river and cut texas off. when that happens, there is no way to move cattle unless you move them by railroad, but as you know, the confederate railroads degraded in enormous we quickly and you can't move cattle out of the confederacy by 1865. by 1855, there are eastern armies starving to death living on parched corn. there is such a problem in texas with cattle that the people who are still trying to ranch and handle cattle in texas, they write to jefferson davis, and they say, please, take our cattle, we will give you our cattle because there are so many cattle in texas that we don't go quail hunting because we are going to get killed by these things, so please take them away and jefferson davis writes them back and says i can't, or is no way to get them. so there is so much beef in texas that they don't know what to do with it. these are not bossy -- this isn't some little cow in a stable somewhere. these are longhorn cattle, no these are 20 century pictures, so this is how that we have bred them to be. i do

louis to perform work on the mississippi river. during the mexican-american war he put his skills to work because engineers play an important role where armies could go and lee recognizes he can seek routes around the mexican army others cannot see. but his background as an engineer comes out with the early campaign we have this image of him being a really successful but that is not true. is first campaigns were disasters he was sent to western virginia and he has a very elaborate battle that requires them to converge at the same moment in the plan is a failure in the newspapers actually say robert tv is too much of an engineer to command. we'll be the right now is fighting and. in asia is 62 when lee chases mclellan off the peninsula there speaking very differently. >> what was grant's personal opinion? >> grant writes about this moment and says lee is almost impossible to read his facial expressions because of ultimate defeat of lee he holds itself together with complete self control and grant notes that. also what is interesting

and you know, they've been told by their parents don't get on the mississippi river.rcoming a fear like that and getting in the canoe, and then to have people come and appreciate what you're doing is a life-changing experience. but within that is this incredible bright and beautiful spirit that is intact in the delta. >> sweet potatoes, greens, into the dutch ovens. throw on the corn when getting close. finally, on the wet logs on top of glowing coals, lay some steaks, some pork loin and pork tenderloins right on there. just keep an eye on them. we have full spectrum steaks. potato's perfect. >> corn on the cob. >> yeah. hunk of bread. living large on the mississippi. and yes, there is too much food for two people. and yes, that is a whole hell of a lot of meat. and i know it would be awful to waste all that extra. but don't worry. [ bird call ] because these gentlemen are tired and hungry. welcome, gentlemen. >> right on, quapaws. come on. corn on the cob here. greens. >> i'll be cookie. have a little more of this. oh, looking good. i don't want to say i'm good, but

feet of snow to the colorado rockies and a very treacherous ride, we think, tomorrow across the mississippi riverlley. so we have winter weather advisories posted for millions of folks here. dallas texas overnight tonight into tomorrow, we'll be worried about a freezing mess for you. and we have freezing rain advisories for parts of louisiana, mississippi and alabama as we go through the overnight and into tomorrow. as you can see a lot of snow happening for the texas panhandle up towards new mexico and colorado. we'll get a lot of moisture from the gulf of mexico but that pink area is where we're going to see the mixture of ice into the morning commute and into the afternoon across the mississippi river valley and that's going to be ongoing until tuesday. so there's a look at your forecast precipitation. a lot of snow for the colorado rockies, over two feet we think, with that upslope flow skpchlt thenflow. and then a potential for ice in portions of texas and louisiana on tuesday. a dangerous commute certainly. we'll keep you up to date from the fox supreme weather center. 26 days officially on

is unrelated from this 40 -- no 80-year process, totally unrelated. >> and if i may, sir i've mississippi river -- whatever it is -- the beaches began to ecrete. and i saw it down there with the chandelier islands and so on. >> and this is mrgo. this is not at all adequate for that >> i understand that sir. my point is what has happened there has taken many years and it's been the result largely of how we have channelized the mississippi river, as you brought out in your comments. we certainly support gulf coast restoration. we're working on gulf coast restoration. this is the proposal by the administration for consideration about whether the revenues from the outer continental shelf that are national assets should be focused on four states or should be broader applied and certainly -- >> we're over time so let me just conclude by this. thank you for your indulgence. i'll point out the last three years all the states have received $22 billion and the four gulf coast $4 million. now we're talking about $375 million out of $22 billion. doesn't seem much to ask. thank you. i yield back. >> thank y

they sent they sent him to go to the mississippi river to do some work. i mentioned that tonight because it is actually river, a different river river that brought me to robert e lee's story. i confess that on the surface i seem like an unlikely person to write a biography about robert ely. i grew up in the suburbs of washington dc and spent most of my adult life working in that city. they assume you're going to write about a union general, not a confederate general. they certainly don't expect you will write about that confederate general. the old model himself robert e lee. for a long time i avoided explaining myself. i did what you expect someone to washing washington -- from washington to do, i ducted. no more. tonight tonight i want to explain myself. what 1st drew me to robert ee lee was probably what you least expect, simple geography. simply put we grew up along the same river the potomac. first, when we think of of the potomac river i think especially out here in kentucky you probably imagine a a polluted stream of political corruption. sometimes

louis to perform some work on the mississippi river. during the mexican-american war he puts his skills to work because engineers played an important role in deciding where armies can go and lee has what is called then a peculiar talent for topography and recognizes he can see routes around he mexican army, but his background as an engineer comes back during lee's early campaigns in the civil war. we tend to have this image he was immediately successful in the civil war. that's actually not true. his first campaigns were disasters. he was sent to western virginia in 1861, and he has a very elaborate battle scheme for what will happen and requires independent columns to converge all at the same moment, and the plan is just a complete failure and newspapers in the south actually say, robert e. lee is too much of an engineer to be able to command. he is not a soldier, and what we need right now is fighting men. now, of course in 1862 when robert e. lee chases george mccell land off the peninsula those damn newspapers are speaking very diff

funded by the lower mississippi river delta initiative, the piece is titled "score for unity."ill be performed publicly for the first time. please welcome composer michael reiner and the new york -- new orleans center for creative arts jazz ensemble, as they perform excerpts entitled "andrew jackson, hero of new orleans," "day of wrath," "war no more," and "unity theme." ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ [applause] [laughter] >> michael other -- michael reiner and the complete composition entitled "score for unity." it will premiere in new orleans in navy week in april. thank you again. [applause] that will put warmth in your heart, won't it? more than 50 years ago, the state of louisiana formed a commission to work with the national parks service to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the battle of new orleans. so much of the landscape we see today was shaped by that commission and with similar foresight, louisiana formed a bicentennial commission. here to talk about the goals and outcomes of this group is the louisiana lieutenant governor and the chairman of the louisiana bat

louis they get distributed largely a long the mississippi river and largely through the south. what happened of course during the war is that texas gets cut off from the west -- from the rest of the south. the mississippi river isolate texas from the confederacy for the first time with sherman and have it isolated again during the second march to the sea. and there is no way to move cattle unless by railroad, but as you know, the confederate railroads degraded in enormous we quickly and you can't move cattle out of the confederacy by 1865. by 1855, there are eastern armies starving to death living on parched corn. there are people who are still trying to ranch and handle cattle in texas, they write to jefferson davis, and they say, please, take our cattle, we will give you our cattle because there are so many cattle in texas that we don't go quail hunting because we are going to get killed by these things, so please take them away and jefferson davis writes them back and says i can't, or is no way to get them. so there is so much beef in texas that they don't know what to do wi

the cenpeco to the mississippi river to do some work. i mentioned that because it was a river, different river that originally brought me to robert e. lee's story. i confess that on the surface i seem like an unlucky person to write a biography about robert e. lee. i grew up in the suburbs of washington d.c. and spent most of my adult life working in that city. and around those parts when you tell people people that you plenty to write a civil biography, they assume that you're going to write about a union general, not a confederate general. and they certainly don't expect that you will write about that confederate general the old general himself, robert e. lee. for a long time i avoided explaining myself. i did what you do expect some of the washington to do when confronted with a tough question, i ducked it. [laughter] no more. what first drew me to robert e. lee was probably which would least expect, simple geography. simply put lee and i grew up along the same river the potomac. now, that sounds so surprising for two reasons at first

the largest crowd ever to watch a hockey game west of the mississippi river. the ice, we believe, will be installed next week. >> hopefully it doesn't go into overtime. or extra time. it is going to melt. >> a bunch of ice there. >> the outdoor air conditioning not helping ats all. >> this is your fault here jeff. >> a 53-foot refrigerator truck helping keep the ice cold. the biggest problem they face is any kind of rain fall and it doesn't look like that will be happening. here at loam it has been unreal in terms of temperatures. feel like summer all around. whether you're at the coastline or interior strallys. or peninsula. temperatures run 70s to 80s. gilroy 81. the warmest. napa at 80. check it out. 76 degrees walnut creek also 75. we start off in tiburon. we take out to south and it gets even better in the outer sunset. brilliant blue skies. sunset is typically one of the foggiest locations but you can see no fog tonight. we take you out south and this th explains the weather today. folks out here enjoying the beach and beach umbrella. chairs out. water t

. >>> for just about everybody on this side of the mississippi river there's no escaping the cold. the big apple more like the frozen banana. new york city set a record low temperature yesterday, 2 degrees. it was so cold in boston a giant six-story icicle keeps getting bigger and snowplows in nashville hit the highway hoping to clear away a storm from earlier this week before the next storm moves in. >>> in fairfax county police believe a woman hit and killed by a car may have had trouble crossing a snowy street. the 85-year-old was found unconscious on stone road at stone crossing court yesterday evening. she lived just down the street and walked in the area all the time, but detective believe some snow on the shoulder of the road might have caused her to fall just before she was hit. the driver didn't stop. anybody has information, fairfax county police would love to have it. >>> today a judge sentenced maureen mcdonnell to one year and one day in prison for her corruption conviction. that extra day could allow her to get the sentence reduced for od behavior. >> peggy fox was at

watching it today and overnight today and tomorrow with the dry parts of dallas in through the mississippi river valley. very dangerous conditions as this next winter storm moves through. the potential for icing tomorrow morning in the dallas-ft. worth area. arthel, we have our hands full. back to you. >> definitely prepared and safe as they watch out for the black ice down there. >> got it. >> thank you, j.d. >> it could be dangerous. >> definitely. >>> a film has been captivating audiences across the country, "american sniper." >> the man accused of killing the navy s.e.a.l. and his friend chad littlefield is playing out in the real world. >> i was just protecting my guys. they were trying to kill our soldiers and i'm willing to answer to my creator and answer for every shot that i took. you get sick you can't breathe through your nose suddenly, you're a mouth breather. a mouth breather! well, put on a breathe right strip and shut your mouth. cold medicines open your nose over time, but add a breathe right strip and pow, it opens your nose up to 38% more. so you can breathe and do the one thin

water vapor that stretches for thousands of miles and carries 15 times as much water as the mississippi river. >> they are responsible for 50% of the rain in california. >> the ship will monitor the atmospheric river and launch weather balloons to study it. >>> californians have met governor brown's call to reduce water use by 20%. in december, water use was down by 22% compared with the same month a year before. the state water board says californians may have been aided by above average rainfall which reduced the need to water lawns. water use numbers are not in yet for january, which had almost no rain. >>> 4:33. the rain is coming sometime tomorrow morning and really rain by noon. >> overnight tonight into the early-morning hours in the far reaches of the north bay, and it's going to be a north bay event on thursday. on friday it begins to come south and that's when we'll get hit in the metropolitan area of san francisco. so by lunch everybody will be gusty wind and heavy rainfall and then it moves south towards the evening commute. good, rise and shine out the door. here's san jose under

100 kilometers per hour and rain to the south and then freezing rain from texas into the lower mississippi riverley that could cause slippery roads. now, as we go in to monday and also tuesday and going to the rest of the week temperatures will not warm up as we can see minus 24 degrees is your expected morning lows on monday in toronto. minus 16 degrees in new york on monday. very cold conditions likely to continue throughout the day. because the temperatures have been much lower than freezing point, snow hasn't melted. and snow plows are working and i think this is the most unique snow plow in the world. take a look at this fun video. after a very busy winter in maryland, some people just got sick and tired of plowing snow the same exact way. david cooper decided to change it up a bit by building a motorized toilet snow plow. this vehicle is called the head's up lucy and the creator said the environmentally friendly as well as fun. thankfully it's serving just as a seat. no word if the seat is heated. here's the extended forecast. >>> and that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in toky

reporter: there is no escaping the brutal cold sweeping across just about every state east of the mississippi river. >> i'm 55 years old and i ain't never felt nothing like this in my life. >> reporter: the temperature dipped to 2 degrees friday morning in new york city. a record low for this date. windchills hit 19 below. >> i've been here in the snow time and in blizzard of '94. been here a lot of blizzards but this one never seen cold like this. >> reporter: it's the same frozen forecast for millions. >> the eastern half of the u.s., we're running at least 20 degrees below normal. i'm talking from maine all the way down to florida. >> reporter: it is so cold in boston that a giant six story icicle formed on a building. and in philadelphia, the city's 311 call center has been flooded with complaints from residents without heat. normally times square would be teeming with tourists but only the bravest are taking in the sights on this bitter cold day in manhattan. >> it really is cold. that's new york and -- i'll come back in the summer. >> reporter: more bad weather is forecast for the south. in n

this is the first place east of the mississippi river to legalize marijuana. >> it is a huge deal.it's a fight that's been in progress for a while. >> i want to help and make sure people are legally allowed to do what they can do. >> republican lawmakers threatened to throw officials in jail, arguing the federal government already passed a measure that bans legalizing marijuana in the district of columbia. >>> levi stadium preparing to host the super bowl next. coming up, the next event they have their sights set on. >> and bus drivers who shuttle tech workers have a big decision to make. what they are fighting for and the vote set to take place. >> the morning commute off to a decent start here. if you're driving on the san mateo bridge, there will be waiting to do. >> little warmer with higher clouds helping there, beautiful sunrise here. we'll get to the 70s today but a big drop in temperatures for the weekend. bulldog: oooh! mattress discounters' $197 mattress sale! television announcer: get a serta mattress any size for just $197 each piece when you buy the complete set. the $

the district becomes the first place east of the mississippi river to legalize marijuana. >> this is deal. it's a fight that's been in progress for a while. >> we're going to help make sure people are allowed and legally capable and doing what they believe they can do. >> republican lawmakers threatened to throw d.c. officials in jail for allowing that initiative to pass, arguing the federal government already passed a measure that explicitly bans legalizing marijuana in the district of columbia. >>> a san mateo woman battling cancer is pushing for a right to die law in california. she took the message to a class at uc berkeley. jennifer glass has been fighting lung cancer for two years and is urging people to contact california lawmakers to pass and aid in dying law. oregon and four other states allow people to help end lives on their own terms. she's hoping people will support the bill in the senate. >> i think it's exciting that it's come this far and i feel optimistic about the support we have seen. >> the bill is expected to come up for a vote in the next few months but there is

that's coming down at a good clip in saint louis nashville and the mississippi river valley. last week, we were watching and waiting, watching for that area of low pressure to develop off the coast. where was it going to track. this is completely different. as you just saw this storm is developed and racing east across the country. we'll not miss out on this one the only question that needs to be area where will the rain snow line set up. if temperatures were cold enough and it were to move in we would all see snow. later this evening it's cold enough to support snow at the on set, but later on tonight numbers shoot into the 40s south of philadelphia. by midday, this particular model, look at these numbers, i don't think we'll hit 46 degrees, but you get the idea we'll be in the upper 0s and low 40s. north an east you're not so lucky, i'll talk about what you can expect up there i'll have a cold seven-day forecast curming curming -- coming up in ten minutes. >> because of the winter storm "action news" will care on air a half-hour early join david karen, tam and matt at 4:00

texas, louisiana, arkansas, oklahoma, in towards the mississippi river valley and atlanta, georgia you're and tuesday. snow developing in and around the atlanta area. remember a couple of years ago when they had an inch of snow on the roadways, shut things down. so you need to be prepared because we could get several inches, certainly north of the city and east of the city dealing with the potential for ice and then the cold air -- i know i'm a broken record -- tuesday into wednesday and thursday. there is a little built of relief on the horizon. we think long range into monday, neil so that's the good news. let's change topics here and let's talk about collecting snow. this is one of my favorite videos so far of snowfall measurements. it's a bottle of wine. right? talk about wanting to chill your wine. it would take a long time. this is frederick, maryland, and the bottle i am told is 12 inches tall and it looks like they're going to get just about 12 inches. >> wow. >> very nice. don't you think? >> that was my bottle. i could see the twist-off cap. all right. >> i knew that would warm

ice that's going to move through oklahoma and arkansas, across the tennessee river valley the mississippi river valley the ohio river valley, and then we're going to watch this potentially develop into a nor'easter on tuesday and wednesday for the northeast. but the takeaway here is we're going to see incredible amounts of snow in areas that don't typically see the snowfall. this is one of our forecast models showing in excess of 6 to 12 inches in these areas and we could see measurable ice tomorrow into tuesday across these southern areas, so that's going to be really dangerous, leland, and shannon, we will continue to monitor it from the fox news extreme weather center. back to you. >> you know, janet sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. this is what shannon did when she heard your forecast. that works, too. janet stein, stay with us. thank you. >>> are you in the northeast in the path of the latest storm? if you are, we want to see your weather pics. we're going to show you some of them later on the broadcast. >>> coming up, congress leaves town for another holiday week without ham

there have been brutally cold wind chills everywhere east of the mississippi river. feeling like 30 below in syracuse, new york, 14 below in boston and 5 below as far south as raleigh, north carolina. >> so far last year there was a lot of snow, we got a lot of flow but this year it's really cold and the wind is merciless. >> boston is still digging out from its latest snow storm. to date 99 inches have fallen only nine inches away from the record. more snow is on tap for the weekend. what is all these record snows from siberia into the united states. while many are digging themselves the out the west coast is experiencing temperatures ten to 20° above normal. >> both the dogs and i have absolutely been loving it. flowers in february and the sun is shiek and shining and couldn't ask for better. >> the other side of the warm air in the west coast is it's not helping drought conditions. getting back to the next system, mississippi, missouri, tennessee, kentucky reporting some ice and i would say tennessee is the bull's eye. places could pick up a quarter-inch. those pr

and it has been the result, largely, of how we have channelized the mississippi river, as you brought out in your comments. we certainly support gulf coast restoration. we're working on gulf coast restoration. this is a pro po poe sal by the administration about whether the revenues from the outer continental shelf that are national assets should be focused on four states or should be -- >> we're over time so let me conclude by this. thank you for your indull jenls. >>> i will point out that for the last three years all the states have received $22 billion and the four gull coast, 25 million, now we're talking 375 million out of 22 billion. it doesn't seem much to ask. thank you, i yield back. >> thank you, madame chair. senator from louisiana, i can assure you that this is very important to all of us in the country. i have good friends environmental friends and family in louisiana and i know that the loss of koegscoast down there is an extremely serious problem. i appreciate you raising that issue. madame secretary, just to get back to the budget for a minute, how does this budget li

they had sent him to go to the mississippi river to do some work. i mention that tonight because it's actually a river, different river that originally brought me to robert e. lee's story. i confess that on the surface i seem like an unlikely person to write a biography about robert e. lee. i grew up in the suburbs of washington d.c. and spent most of my adult life working there and around those parts when you tell people you are planning to write a civil war biography they assume you are going to put right about begin in general not a confederate general and they certainly don't expect you to write about that confederate general, robert e. lee. for a long time i avoided explaining myself. i did what you expect someone from washington to do when confronted with a tough question, i ducked it. [laughter] no more. now i want to explain myself. what first drew me to robert e. lee was probably what you would least expect, simple geography. simply put lee and i grew up along the same river, the potomac. now that sounds for two reasons personally think of

ethanol tank cars ended up in the mississippi river leaking so it's not just about the oil industry but ethanol as well. >> and the companies responsible for transporting the ethanol or whatever they're transporting and certain circumstances. the railroad lines seemed determnant. we saw this in west virginia a horrific snowstorm, and suggestions that that might have played a role in the derailment. but can you talk about the pressure that they're under to move the product from point a to b? >> the railroads have always been about efficiency, and they measure that by the speed of their trains. so they want to keep their trains moving, and we have seen the railroads from effectively moving no crude oil in the united states just four or five years ago to where they're moving roughly 8,000 barely els a day which is 9% of all u.s. crude production. it's an incredible increase in their tank car movements and obviously they're under pressure to keep those moving. but as i said before, they have to get safer there's no other option here. >> robert bryce, for energy and policy and environment. t

period of time in the federal navy where the army were manning gun boats particularly on the mississippi river. that's kind of like the first introduction of the first wolverine warfare. a lot of reasons why a lot of blacks chose the navy over the army. but primarily i would say this previous experience. >> thank you, sir? >> i can answer his question or that one right there. they have one right there. the american navy -- the veteran, by the way, the war before yours, the american navy has been integrated since the revolution. my question for you is would your group -- are there connections to other groups around the country. there's groups like yours? >> yes, sir. i will clarify one thing though. yes, the navy was integrated. it was integrated up to the spanish-american war when certain rate ss were closed down to blacks who previously had professional opportunities. quarter masters gunners' mates. after the spanish-american war, a lot of black sailors were relegated to commissary and stewards duty. messmen. that went all the way up to the outbreak of the korean war. or just after the korean

it will develop across parts of the tennessee valley and parts of the mississippi river.we'll see the storm system developing out here. temperatures will be cold in some spots for possible winter weather. wintery mix coming down, freezing rain. that will be a big issue on the roadways. that system continues tracking eastward. coming up for the weekend, another day where we could look at heavy snow across portions of the senator east. i-95 corridor will be a tricky forecast again. we're looking possibility warmer temperatures mixing in. that could make things tricky, is it going to be freezing rain or all snow in those big cities? forecast low temperatures jon, stays cold as we head into saturday morning. by sunday, warmer temperatures in the 30s in new york city. upper 20s in boston. that will feel great after the temperatures we've seen lately. jon: when you're getting excited about 30 degrees, that tells you have a bit of a rough go. maria molina thank you. >> thank you. >> another big story for is today. isis is garnering a lot of headlines but there are big developmen

ribbon of water vapor that travels thousands of miles and carries 15 times as much water as mississippi river they are responsible for 40 to 50% of the rainfall in many areas of california. >> the ship will monitor the atmospheric river the team will also launch some weather balloons to study how it works and if it brings rain here that's a good thing, i think. >> you're going to be blogging about this later? >> yes. it's what we refer toes at pineapple express. a year ago on february 6 we had the pineapple express over the bay area and received over a foot of rain in kentfield after four days and then it shut off after that. we are experiencing the same thing again a year later. we are anticipating up to 8" of rain easily in the northern portion of the bay area perhaps 10" in the highest elevations by monday. so let's get to it now. partly to mostly cloudy skies. areas of dense fog primarily around the santa rosa area, visibilities down to a half mile. a mile visibility in livermore through pleasanton back through danville into blackhawk right around the mount diablo area. hayward has fog. f

if you follow it far enough back into the upper mississippi river valley, you'll find a cold front. that will come through our area thursday morning with a chance of a few flurries or snow showers. this is the current look at temperatures to the west and not surprisingly behind that next front, temperatures are a bit colder. st. louis at 50 right now. asheville at 46. get that one day push of milder air. futurecast shows a little bit of cloudiness going through the area overnight. no precipitation and through the day tomorrow a few passing clouds and a lot of sunshine but it's brief because on thursday morning, the cold front comes in. that little blue line indicates the possibility of a few snow showers or flurries in this simulation of the weather for thursday and then breezy conditions kind of gusty through thursday afternoon with falling temperatures quiet but cold weather into friday. so we'll check out the forecast through the day tomorrow. nothing but sunshine and a few clouds. as we head through the next seven days we'll kind of cool back down again on thursday and friday. s

. >> a mile and a half from the banks of the mississippi river, what appears to be a toll booth is the entrance to the elayn hunt correctional center. this all-male facility houses more than 2,100 inmates. >> every monday and tuesday the reception process will start at about 5:30 in the morning. the inmates will come from the various parish prisons and other d.o.c. facilities and they will all pool here. >> the men arriving today have been convicted of a wide range of crimes, everything from marijuana possession to murder. >> i'm here for one count of rape, three kidnappings, and aggravated burglary. >> we have a lot of inmates come up to us and said i didn't do it, they got me wrong. we're not here to judge. we're just here to make sure you serve your sentence out. >> new inmates are given a white jumpsuit and lined up single file for a medical evaluation. >> what we're doing this morning is we're drawing blood for sexually transmitted diseases, syphilis, gonorrhea, that type of thing. >> prison policy mandates that all incoming prisoners have their heads shaved and all facial hair re

the mississippi river frozen over. this was taken in lacrosse wisconsin on sunday. wow. picture tells 1,000 words there. >> yes it does. >> that happens sometimes. i remember times when the chesapeake bay was frozen or big chunk of the shoreline was. that happens every now and then not necessarily this winter. i'm glad that real intense feel of winter is out of the air this morning. let's start with this image here. live picture from our weather bug camera in alexandria. what a beautiful late afternoon. clear skies. good look at the full moon later this evening and just to the left of the full moon you may be able to make out that bright object in the 8:00, 9:00 position to the left of the moon, that's the planet jupiter. watch for that in a couple of hours. temperatures below average but again, when you take away the strong winds it just was not all that uncomfortable outside. will it get uncomfortable tonight? not so much given the date of february 3rd. we're only going to drop into middle to upper 20's for overnight lows. that because of southwesterly wind that's goin

game is expected to draw 6,000 fans the largest crowd ever to watch a hockey game west of the mississippi river. >>> the naming rights for the new transbay transit center are up for sale. there are a variety of options for those who want to make a big splash. a company could get its name on the whole thing. or maybe the playground. or maybe one of the numerous parks. there is a bidding process, and applications will be scrutinized. $4.5 billion project is supposed to be done 2017. >>> some new lighting along the san mateo bridge. solar power l.e.d. lights are being installed at the top of 15 electric transmission towers over 200 feet. the new lights are to make sure pilots flying into and out of sfo don't crash into the towers. pg&e workers are scaling the structures working from a nearby barge. >>> we have to be ready to go when we get here and then to get off so we don't get stuck. >> structures built before 1960 like these towers are exempt from regulations on lights. pg&e is doing this voluntarily. >>> traditionally it is a big ski weekend in the sierra nevada. for those resorts. but the wa

on the west bank of the mississippi river is one of the oldest prisons in the country, iowa state penitentiary. there is a separate facility at iowa state penitentiary called ccu. the inmates who are considered mentally ill are housed here. lieutenant john fedler oversees the correctional staff at ccu. >> the staff have been through specialized training to be able to deal with the mentally ill inmates. >> up to 200 men can be housed at ccu. most of them reside in single cells in one of the four general population pods. >> i'm here for depression. i was out on work release. i escaped from a work release center because i couldn't find a job. i robbed a bank in my hometown where the work release center was. i got in a high-speed chase with state troopers of missouri and local law enforcement. i hit one of the state troopers head-on, trying to commit suicide. and i killed the state trooper. i got 20 years fed, and five years for escape. i got a detainer in missouri for -- >> open 11. >> 22-year-old caleb etter's physical appearance is a testimony to his many crimes, beginning with an addiction to

from the locks to the ports themselves and, you know obviously i would be very focused on the mississippi river because of where i live and where i have grown up and where we are today but the inland ports also serve a geographic area twice as big as the coastal ports because you serve a geographic area both ways. i hope we can begin to focus more on those ports. the other question i had for ms. farmer i think you all have been trying for a long time to do a california project the california international gateway permitting delays have been a big problem there. iex i'm working on legislation to try to stream line permitting for railroad projects. do you want to talk about the kind of problems you have had trying to serve that market in a better way. >> absolutely. so southern california and international gate way would be the greenest intermodal facility when built. we've been working for a decade when trying to do this. we face i would say that is indicative of what we see across the country. we really are in favor of permitting reform. i appreciate your leadership this area and extending the

the federal navy where the army were manning river boats and gun boats, particularly on the mississippi river. and that was kind of like the first introduction of a river marine type war father because they were using vessels that were contracted to the navy but they were putting soldiers on them with sea experience. and it was kind of rough on them. they couldn't handle it. but there were a lot of reasons why a lot of blacks chose the navy over the army. but primarily i would say it was previous experience. >> thank you. >> sir? >> i can answer both his question and that one up there. or one up there. the american navy as a veteran navy veteran by the way, the war before yours, the american navy has been integrated since the revolution. but -- and my question for you is with your group, are there connections to other groups around the country? and is there a national organization of groups like yours? >> yegs. i want to clarify one thing, though. yes, the navy is integrated. it was integrated up until the spanish american war. when -- when certain rates were closed down to blacks, that previ

louis to perform some work on the mississippi river. during the mexican-american war he puts his skills to work because engineers played an important role in deciding where armies can go and lee has what is called then a peculiar talent for topography and recognizes he can see routes around he mexican army, but his background as an engineer comes back during lee's early campaigns in the civil war. we tend to have this image he was immediately successful in the civil war. that's actually not true. his first campaigns were disasters. he was sent to western virginia in 1861, and he has a very elaborate battle scheme for what will happen and requires independent columns to converge all at the same moment, and the plan is just a complete failure and newspapers in the south actually say, robert e. lee is too much of an engineer to be able to command. he is not a soldier, and what we need right now is fighting men. now, of course in 1862 when robert e. lee chases george mccell land off the peninsula those damn newspapers are speaking very diff

the district becoming the first place east of the mississippi river to approve the use of the drug. >this is a huge deal. it's a fight that's been in progress for while. >> it will help make shear people are allowed and legally capable and doing what they believe they can do report roar initiative which was passed by dc voters in november, allows possession of up to 2-ounces of pot and permits users to grow three plants but residents can only light up at home. they cannot smoke marijuana in public nor by or sell the drug. that portion is something advocates hope to change. >> if the nation's capital will legalize the possession and growing why would you not push forgetting attacks. colorado made exact million dollars in taxes last year report roar despite the initiative kicking in today congressional republicans are threatening city leaders with the possibility of jail time for implementing it. they are argue the federal government already passed a measure that explicittedly bands legalization in the district the city should have stopped the measure from going through. but the mayor s

this storm is crossing the mississippi river into tennessee and kentucky.entucky, boy, they're going to get pounded. they're looking like eastern kentucky could get a foot, foot and a half. the snow in southwestern virginia, from all indications little if any of it is reaching the ground yet but it is a sign the moisture is moving in. it is very cold and dry here so we may have a couple of flurries with you that's it for now. again, beautiful outside. our weather headlines, snow develops mid- to late afternoon, 4 to 5 in d.c. 6 up in baltimore. maybe 1 to 3 shenandoah valley out to the the blue ridge. generally 4 to 8 but there could be areas south of town locally a foot of snow. snow showers return on wednesday. these could be heavy ones like saturday. behind that, arctic blast number three. this one looks even colder than the first two. the dark blue 4 to 8. along i- 66 rveght up i-95, north of frederick to hagerstown, martinsburg, less snow there. you're further away from the snow so 3 do to 6. but south of d.c., south of easton and culpeper, fredricksbu