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

weakened slightly but still powerful enough to cause some more flooding rainfall across the lower mississippi river valley up into the ohio river valley into the next couple of days. flooding is going to be a very high concern in this area as well. but temperatures are quite warm so most precipitation should be rain. 23 degrees for the high with thunderstorms, 11 in new york. boston 7 degrees but sunny conditions so snow will continue to melt. now, before we wrap up i want to show you this video from massachusetts. a dog has been reunited with his owner in massachusetts on sunday from an icy river. police and firefighters responded to reports of a dog stranded on ice in the charles river. cooper was on a large tree in the river which was partially frozen over ice and was unable to swim to shore on his own. cooper warmed up in a fire engine before heading home. all right that's it for now. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm miki yamamoto in tokyo. we'll have more news for you at the top of the hour. thanks for watching nhk world. ÷ after two choppers co

valley and especially the mississippi river valley those will stay in place we think at least for next week. over the next couple of days the heavy rain we just saw is going to be making its way over here towards georgia and south carolina. we do think thunderstorms could be embedded in this so it could bring the visibility down just a bit. and then as we go towards tuesday rain will be coming into the central plains and then that rain will get a little bit heavier as it makes its way a little bit to the east. temperatures, monday new york at 37 and atlanta at 61. >> all right kevin thank you. >>> environmentalists in the philippines are warning, it is the residents that are getting the blain. >> reporter: blame. >> home to hundreds of threatened species. tens of thousands of tourists across the world come here for its pristine beaches. but just a few minutes from coran bay this is the scene. robin has been a fisherman all his life. his home since the 1970s. back then they were the bay's first residents. but they may not be living here much longer. this part of the bay is unhy

they run along the mississippi river. train was all oil, 105 cars, 103 of which were carrying crude oil. we don't know much about the type of oil, where it was coming from, where it was going to, or what kind of oil train or stanger cars these were. it derailed about 1:20. in five minutes the galena firefighters were there. they were there on site within a half hour trying to put out the flames, but the firefighters had to pull back. by 3:20 they pulled back and left the scene. the captain saying because of the intensity of the fire, that local firefighters had to make a tactical decision to leave and they have now decided that what they're going to do with this oil train derailment is let these cars burn itself out. the local captain telling the paper that they had to evacuate quickly, and they left, they left behind all of the equipment they brought out there. we left about $10,000 worth of equipment behind. we can replace equipment, not manpower. so again, a 100 car oil train caught fire near galena, illinois. we do no

tonight worried that oil and contaminants could get in the mississippi river. now investigators are trying to piece together how this happened. >>> tonight we're still feeling the impact of the winter storm at philadelphia international airport. more than 500 fights canceled today. hundreds of others delayed. >> amtrak is also cancelling a handful of trains coming and leaving from 30th street station tomorrow. there are delays because of overhead wire problems from the snow. the big weather story tonight is the refreeze and the bitter cold on the way. >> sheena parveen has a look at what's ahead. >> we're talking about much colder testimonies tonight, causing that refreezing to be taking place. as we go through the overnight hours, some of the cold could be record cold by early tomorrow morning. this will cause any snowy roads to become icy roads by tomorrow morning. maybe if your street was plowed the cars are driving over it it could be a sheet of ice by morning. they start to kban more sunlight in the afternoon. temperatures now north and west we're getting

3-d, you can see the moisture moving across the ohio valley and points to the south and the mississippi riveras well. this makes its way from a southwest to northeast direction as we get closer to midnight and the first half of our weekend. we'll talk about what is ahead. sun gives way to increasing clouds and it will look like a soggy start to our saturday. the big question is will that rain continue for the second half of the weekend. the answer is coming up in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> be sure to check the 6 abc storm tracker app along with live radars you can report what you are seeing in your area, the 6 abc storm tracker app is a free download for your mobile device. still to come on "action news" this noon, a young driver takes the family car on a 20 mile joy ride and police say he was just 8 years old. also romanced and robbed. what this woman allegedly did to her dates. and find out the average cost of the american wedding. >>> transit police shot a man in the d.c. tunnel. at the potomac stop, officers responded to a call for a trespasser on the tracks it's uncl

totally unrelated. >> if i may sir, i've seen where the mississippi river gulf something or other when it was closed by the corps of engineers the beaches began to ecrete. i saw that when i was down there with the islands. >> this is mr. go. that is not at all adequate for that. >> 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 about whether the revenue 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 conclude by this. thank you for your indulgence. i'll point out through 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'll yield back. >

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because a lot of these flow to the mississippi river. it's spring. >>> the news now, it's happened again. another deadly accident at a railroad crossing in this country. sheinelle's been following that. >>> safety at the nation's rail crossings is at issue again today. two people are dead in kentucky. these are graphic images. a train approaches saturday and suddenly a car comes speeding over the tracks. the train pushed the car a half-mile after the impact. two people were killed and two more are in critical condition. >>> air passengers are safe this morning after some scary moments in the sky. we have dramatic video from two emergency landings on saturday in denver and chicago. >> reporter: the crew of a united flight directed passengers into the crash position. this as a passenger captured the plane touching down at denver international saturday. its tire shredding on impact. the 71 passengers broke into applause after landing safely. in chicago, a go jet plane made an emergency landing without its nose gear in place. air controllers

finally, the last big issue is british navigation of the mississippi river and american use of the fisheries off new england and newfoundland. american and british negotiators cannot agree on that either. they say, we will just leave that out of the treaty. both sides aren't compromising. the remaining sticking point they put to the side. why do they drop these issues? what is great britain retreat from their demands? -- why does great britain retreat from their demands? here is a british view of a sketch of the regions [indiscernible] here is great britain, here is james madison being led by napoleon, and who is this? it's the devil. nice. that is the british view, that the americans are under the thumb of napoleonic france, and satan. the british aren't interested in negotiating. here is the american view. the british are insistent on a native american buffer zone out on the western frontier. that will not fly. they see the british actively using native americans to resist westward expansion. there was no thought that the native americans might be actors for their own benefit. two things t

they sent into the mississippi river to do some work. i mention that tonight because it is a different rivers that originally brought me to robert e. lee's story. i confess that on the surface ice seemed 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 in that city and around those parts when you tell people you are planning to write a civil war biography they assume you will write about a union general, not a confederate general and certainly don't expect it you will write about that confederate general. 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. no more. i want to explain myself. it was what you would least expect. simple geography. simply put, robert e. lee and i grew up along the same river, the potomac. that sounds uprising for two reasons. when we think of the potomac river i think especially out here in kentucky probably imagin

no one was hurt but there is concern that the oil might end up in the mississippi river. so far no word on what caused the derailment. >>> now the winter's brutal last. hundreds of drivers stranded on a highway. some forced to get create i for food and water. >> there has been no assistance with food or water. so i have been melting ice and snow to drink. >> you got to feel for them. the national guard finally called in. they rescued more than 200 motorists and in maryland snow sealed roads caused this. a trailer halling cattle overhurricaned and the truck hit a car causing it to turn over. some of the cattle did die but the driver was fine. >>> in d.c. families went sledding. the no sled ban has been in effect since 1976. this week they asked capital police to lift the ban for a few days but they refused. didn't stop the kids though. let's get down to business now. >> good morning to you. your next i phone may be water proofer. several apple blogs say the company is working on coding the internal parts to make them water proof instead of using a water resistant case. thi

the flooding thread is and flood watches are covering western kentucky all the way down the mississippi riverhrough the new orleans area. the yellow is 1 inch. orange around 2 inches. the snow melt and the rain a couple days ago and now this rain on top of it. a lot of rivers are going to be up into flood stage. in at this point not major but still problems. nice in the west. getting very warm. l.a. 87 and new england a little chilly. unfortunately, new england may especially northern new england may get snow sunday. not everyone is done with winter, but in florn new england, you know that. >> yes, and it's still to be expected through easter and then the snow boots go away. now more new protests over the fraternity members at the university of oklahoma chanting racial slurs, this time in front of the dallas home of one of the people in the video. next generation network peacefully protested in front of parker rice's home last night. rice apologized on tuesday but one protester only identified as mall ri said rice shouldn't hide behind that. >> you were man enough to chant hateful words. step

and active weather is happening across the mississippi river valley on wednesday.e have numerous reports of hail in this area some of them are as large as ping pong balls. now, again, this is cold air from the north and warm air from the south. severe weather will likely happen in a similar locations on wednesday. watch out for tornadoes, thunderstorms, and large hail too. thunderstorms are happening over wide area over the southeastern corner of the united states. but across the west because of dry weather, and strong winds, the risk of wildfires is quite high across this location. dry weather for most parts of the west coast of the u.s. but getting quite wet over british columbia. you can see a flow moisture coming in from the pacific, and rainy weather will likely continue in to the weekend. temperatures are going to be quite high for this time of year. it's more like summer in l.a. 27 degrees for the high with abundance of sunshine. quite hot in the southern plains, as well, in the mid to higher 20s. but just to the north, only 6 degrees for the high in denver

increasing clouds and this is the northwest your we are tracking now in the ohio valley and the mississippi riverll. this takes over the eastern third of the nation and it comes in from a northeast direction, if you are traveling today high temperature is coming in at 46 degrees down the shore if your destination takes you there temperatures will max out pretty close to average for this time of year, sunshine to clouds and not as windy and 45. we have morning sun giving way to late day clouds and high temperature of 52 degrees, we track the moisture that moves in with periods of rain for saturday, anywhere from a half inch to inch of rainfall with the high temperature coming in at 58 degrees thanks to the southerly winds. the rain is heavy in the morning and the clouds taper off as we get into the afternoon and evening hours. here is the exclusive accuweather forecast, today sun to clouds and a high temperature of 52 degrees and then overnight tonight into saturday we have the rain that is steady for a good chunk of the day and high temperature coming in at 58 and the rain starts to wane and tape

of ground to cover before it gets to us, a lot of moisture lifting up through portions of the mississippi river valley, st. louis down no portions of southern mississippi louisianna. little rain starting to work its way into kentucky, again a lot of ground to cover before it gets us to. looking at generally mostly sunny friday, clouds will increase by the late afternoon hours. colder start to your morning than yesterday and the day before it, having temperatures in the 40's in the morning now talking below freezing, many locations, 30 allentown 30 in reading and 31 in wilmington most of the area dried out yesterday with the gusty winds, but if you see anything that looks like water on the roads expect it to be ice this morning still few patchy areas of that. you can see the rain comes through during the day tomorrow. then we try to clear it out. good news for sunday for the st. patrick day parade. put it on a loop. see most of saturday is wash out. good news is watch what time this gets in here. not until about midnight, 1:00 a.m. tonight and that means, we got nice day to look forward to until

when they built the levies to hold back the huge mississippi river floods that happened every year the floods plains and marshes dried up

that's on top of what's been occurring across the mississippi river valley.re's flash flood watches and warnings in effect for this time. we'll continue to track towards the northeast, though. temperatures look like this. houston with a high of 21. atlanta at 19. new york you'll be seeing some warming trend here in the next couple days as well. a 9 there for your high. and los angeles, look at that 28. actually record-breaking temperatures over the coming weekend expected out there for you. and then let's wrap things up here into east asia. we have this area of low pressure over northern japan. it's been bringing that rough weather. well, the good news is that it's tapering off by saturday, sunday we could still see flurries, but for the most part seeing -- clearing conditions with high pressure ridging in from the west. seoul, sunny skies there for you. tokyo 14 on your thursday. here's your extended outlook. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. steves: the dramatic rock of cashel

meanwhile, flooding rains happening across the southern plains and the lower mississippi river valley. some areas may get up to 100 to 150 millimeters of rain in the next 24 hours. that is quite a lot for this region, so flash floods are very high concern. and, in fact about 140 people are killed due to flash floods every year on average in the u.s. it's very dangerous conditions could happen across the south. but especially texas you have been dealing with lack of rain so hopefully that will improve the drought conditions. now temperatures have fallen. 16 degrees in houston with rain on monday. still sunny in l.a. with high of 24 degrees. and 15 degrees for the high in seattle. now finally over in europe we still have a cutoff low over the eastern and central parts of the mediterranean countries causing gloomy conditions. the highest concern is large hail as well as heavy precipitation for the south of italy and the balkan peninsula. and then we have a windmaker coming in to the british isles. 130 kilometers gusts could happen in ireland and this system will likely move into moreway

the small town marks the spot where the mississippi river empties into the gulf of mexico. locals call it the end of the world. >> everybody knows everybody's business pretty much, good and bad. and some people like it, and some people don't. i tend to like it. >> many people in venice make their money trawling for shrimp. it's hard, dangerous work. the sea can either be friend or foe. >> it's rough, and the people there are rough. it's not a genteel community. there's friction there. there's friction there between the pleasure fishermen and the workaday fisherman that does it for a living. >> in july of 2000, a storm battered the louisiana coast while the fishing boats were still at sea. all the boats somehow made it back safely, all except one. captain raymond leiker, otherwise known as tinky, and his deckhand alvin latham were missing, along with their shrimp boat named "the bandit." the coast guard was notified. they searched the area in the gulf where tinky had made his last radio transmission but found nothing. 14 hours later, a vietnamese fishing trawler picked up a

louis to perform some work on the mississippi river.it's during the mexican-american war that he really puts his skills to work because engineers play an important role in deciding where armies can go, and lee has what's called then a, quote, peculiar talent for topography, and he recognizes he can see routes around the mexican army that other people can't see. so he plays an indispensable role in that. but his background as an engineer actually comes back during lee's early campaigns in the civil war. we tend to have this image that robert e. lee was immediately successful in the civil war. his first campaigns were disasters. he was sent to western virginia in 1861, and he has a very elaborate battle scheme for what's going to happen, it 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, he is not a soldier, and what we need right now is fighting men. now, of course, in 18

but there is concern that some oil might end up in the mississippi river. so far no word on what caused that derailment. >>> now to winter's latest brutal blast. snow-covered kentucky this hundreds of drivers stranded for more than 15 hours on a highway forcing some to get creative for food and water. >> there had been no assistance with food or water. i have been melting ice and snow to drink. >> the national guard was finally called in. they rescued more than 200 motorists. >>> in maryland a storm caused a trailer hauling cattle to overturn. the truck hit a car, causing it to slip. the driver was fine but some of the cattle died. >>> on capitol hill families went sledding despite a ban. yes, the no-sled ban has been in effect since 1876. this past week d.c. congressman eleanor holmes norton asked capitol police to lift it for a few days. but they refused, making all of this fun illegal. so look at these cute little scofflaws. >>> congress' approval rating dropped from 5% to 2%. >> exactly. >> all the snow might be over but the cold seems to be here to sta

two to four inches of rainfall from the ohio and mississippi rivers ss and extending into the northeast. out west where they need the rain just a heat waive.ve. near 90 in los angeles. 80s across parts of northern california. and the pat earn continues for the next two weeks, above average across the west cooler than average across the east. something we've seen all year, david. >> a tale of two countries again tonight. rob, thank you. and the milder temperatures the rain creating a new problem for drivers. an epidemic of pot homes across this country. tonight, where one pothole was so large, it was deadly. so our team has ricked a camera to take us on the pothole patrol again this year. and abc's david kerley with just how much this is costing some american families. >> reporter: they surevived the brutal winter but come muters are waking up to nightmare rods. >> a lot of potholes all across the region. >> reporter: in nashville, a motorcyclist hit a pothole, thrown from his bike and killed this week. many roadsides littered with broken down cars. >> monster pothole. i knew immediately

we have seen a 25 increase in oil and gas coming down the mississippi river than just for five yeaears ago. >> thanks very much. we will be back in a moment w with more with the coast guard commandant. i stood outside, assessing the situation. i knew it could rough in there but how rough? there was no way to know for sure. hey guys.... daddy, it's pink! but hey. a new house it's a blank canvas. and we got a great one thanks to a really low mortgage rate from navy federal credit union. pink so she's a princess. you got a problem with that? oorah oorah open to the armed forces and their families for over 80 years. navy federal credit union. >> we are back with the commmmandant of e united states coast guard. i want to starart off with infrastructuture quickly. you talked about the state of shore infrastructure that the coast guard has. been have about -- you have about $40 billion available. how you addrs the challenge given these facilities are critical for you to be sure ships and aircraft on? >> with the $1 biion acquisition budget, $40 million is all i can afford. a $1 billion acquis

the south and west, you can see a lot of moisture with the system as it lifts right along the mississippi river valley. it will be headed our way again, starting at about midnight tonight. temperatures in the meantime, want to start you wolf this. look at the difference. yesterday we were generally mid 30's, low 40's in the morning. today, seeing 20's out there. while everything is pretty dry now things to the wind wet spots on the roads i went under overpass this morning that still had dripping water coming down, temperatures in the 20's, below freezing, do you have to watch for just isolated icy spots here this morning. temperatures about ten to 15 degrees colder, now than they were at this time yesterday. so, your day planner chilly start to the morning we will be around 35 at 9:00 a.m. need heavier coat than you've needed the past couple every days. by noon at 44, then clouds start to thicken up by this afternoon, 49 degrees, at 3:00 p.m. so sunshine to start the day. then watch this afternoon how clouds start to stream in about 4:00 p.m. it is cloudy at 7:00. then the rain arrives by midni

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 accrete. 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

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a look at storm scan3, it shows our next weather maker a lot of moisture moving through the mississippi river valley. already sneak nothing western virginia, these won't get here, rain won't get here until late tonight. so today is actually kind of like a bonus day. living on borrowed time. talking about rain. the rain doesn't get here until nighttime. actually going to see some sunshine to start the day. it will be a real nice first half of your friday, then clouds start to roll in. but, look at these temperatures, down to 26 in allentown right now pair of two's mount pocono, not great poker hand, not great temperature wake to up either. 29 degrees in reading. twenty-nine in wilmington. it is only 27 degrees in atlantic city. still sitting at 34 at the airport. i do think we'll go below freeze being before the morning is through. but, your day planner, warms us up pretty quickly. temperatures not quite as mild as yesterday not as mild as wednesday. 49 degrees by 3:00 p.m. with that being said, yesterday we had a lot of winds. that made it feel much colder than the thermometer indicated. toda

from the rio grande to the mississippi river. and as spring arrives, let's tuke about the spring outlook. cool conditions in texas, and above average temperatures out west. two inches in central park, hello spring. >> hello. all right, rob, thank you so much. >>> and to the story in texas, the manhunt after a possible road rage attack. a young woman battling rush hour traffic, shot in the head and managing to call 911 herself. ryan owens now. >> reporter: just after 7:00 a.m. height of the morning rush. 28-year-old kay hafford is on her way to work in houston. she never makes it. >> one suv run off the road and shot at her window. she's bleeding from head. thinks she's been shot. >> reporter: hafford is shot in the head but doesn't even realize it. somehow she manages to get off the interstate and call 911. she's mostly incoherent but she says it started just as she pulled onto interstate 45. she says she honked at the driver of the white suv she says cut her off. he started taunting her, ultimately pulling up right next to her,

well as in arizona, new mexico heavy rain extends into texas and oklahoma and showers over the mississippi riveralley. also showers for much of the southeast. >>> temperatures will reach the low 50s in the midwest and southeast. nearly 80 along the gulf coast. the west northwest will be in the 60s. >>> still ahead, the alzheimer's test that researchers say can predict the disease a decade before the first symptoms. >>> a campus community outraged and the uproar growing louder overnight as a student says he was beaten during an arrest. the video and pictures that sparked it all. >>> a man snorkeling in the fight of his life. new details just in about a shark attack. >>> wall street opens higher this morning after word that the federal reserve will raise interest rates but not right away. the dow jones gained 227 points yesterday on the news closing well above 18 thousand though. the fed signaled it needs a better job market and inflation to rise above levels above low levels before it begins nudging borrowing rates up. >>> target is agreeing to pay up to $10 million for its data breach. it will b

floods possible ohio mississippi river valleys. louisville to cleveland. showers in the mid-atlantic. rain at philly new york. ahead of next week's, yeah a cold front coming. >> in the southwest. 80s in los angeles, phoenix. sets of, 60s, seattle. minneapolis. washington, d.c. 40s in atlanta. new york. boston. >> all right. kentucky. prides itself on bourbon. so, crime against bourbon is a special sort of violation. maybe that's why, sheriffs got tipped off about where they might find five barrels of booze worth $30,000. deputies found guns, drug pair paraphernalia paraphernalia, and steroids in a home near the distillery. arrested him. he pleaded not guilty. >> quite a sur pry.i surprise one guy in georgia, got. all the wood frames might not look like much. a big deal. >> put back to gets we could all see it is a house known as tara. in the classic movie "gone with the wind." you might say tara is in tatters. >> the set taken out of hollywood in the 1950s. later purchased by a couple who hid it away in their old barn. the guy who bought the barn just want

heavy rain extends into texas and oklahoma then showers over the mississippi river valley.here will also be showers for much of the southeast. >> temperatures will reach the low 50s in the midwest and southeast. nearly 80 along the gulf coast. the west and northwest will be in the 60s. >>> well, still ahead, the alzheimer's test that researchers say can predict the disease a decade before the first symptoms. >>> and a campus community outraged and the uproar growing louder overnight after a student says he was beaten during an arrest. the video and pictures that sparked it all. >>> plus, a man snorkeling suddenly in the fight of his life. new details just in about a shark attack. get tested for colon cancer? i don't have any symptoms. [female announcer] of cancers affecting both men and women colorectal cancer is the 2nd leading cancer killer in the united states. and it doesn't always cause symptoms especially early on. but i'm only 53. i'm too young. [announcer] screening is recommended for men and women beginning at 50. but no one in my family had colon cancer. it doesn'

saw warming temperatures and melting snow, we're seeing a major problem along the ohio river mississippi river valley, as well as iowa and illinois. the river is also 57 feet, five feet above flood stage. we do have a lot of levees on the river so that's holding back some. it's going to be a very long process as it makes its way down to parts of the mississippi and we do expect to see more rain later in the week. boston has broken a record because of this snow added on top of what we had before. now we're being looing at a record 108.6 inches of snow and winter is not done yet thomas. we could see more snow -- they have seen that much in april right? >> that's going to do it for tonight pnl thanks for joining us. i'm thomas drayton stay tuned the news continues have a safe night. >>> the u.s. says it will have to negotiate with president assad to end the war in syria. hello. live from doha. also coming up in the next 30 minutes: >> we do not know if our families are safe or not. as a leader of the nation my whole heart is for the whole people of the nation. >> vanuatu says years have been -- o

in fact parts of the mississippi river have seen the waters rise on the order of a foot every singlegoing on ten days. impressive sight when it comes to all of this happening rapidly. there you go. we had 3% of the united states with snowfall on the ground as of the 1st of march. the seasonal maximum in place. fast forward to the 15th of march, has dropped down to 10% snow cover. all of that, of course having to go somewhere, goes down the ohio river valley and mississippi where the water levels have ballooned. you compare the sun angle back on the 1st of winter december 21st. sun angle considerably lower. fast forward to the middle of march, it get up higher in the sky. more effective in melting the snow off. that's happening with warm temperatures that are pushing in. that has been the trend. cooler weather yet again in the forecast across the eastern half of the country while above average temperatures expected to continue. so look at this, in denver from nearly 80 drops to 59. cooling trend in oklahoma city also significant, kansas city. look at areas in and around dallas dropped

happened in a rural area of illinois near the mississippi river. cars jumped the track and two bursted into the flames. no injuries have been reported. officials suggested everyone within one mile evacuate due to a propane tank being in the proximity. >>> republican leaders are planning a replacement for obamacare as many fear the gop will take the blame for problems that would ensue if the president's health care law unravels. the supreme court could strike down subsidies for millions of americans who bought policies n on the health care website. the administration is saying they have no plans to replace obama. the health and human services secretary testified as such. is it congress' job to have a backup plan ready? >> absolutely. it will be a political disaster for the party if the subsidies go away and millions are left without insurance and the gop don't do anything. the republicans have been behind the effort to dismantle the law and talk about repealing and replacing the law. but up until recently there hasn't been a push to have cohesive pl

seeing snow and ice in the lower mississippi river and then stretches northeast. this is a southern storm. and central jersey through pennsylvania and down to west virginia and kentucky. and pay attention to the line here. it is a tight gradient from the areas that see significant now and significant icing. we could see the spots from memphis down to little rock and see a quarter of an inch of ice. and we'll see a swath of 8- 10 inches of snow and overnight tonight turning in to snow in new york city. and points south and dc. and they may see six inches of snow or so in march. a big temperature gradient here and this is the cold front that moves through for the day tomorrow. and temperatures are plummeting 40 in dallas and 56 in new orleans. cold air comes back and this is one of the last gasp of cold air which people will be happy about. we'll warm up in boston. and we'll see temperatures in the 40s for a number of days which is good news. >> we may see boston under all of the snow. >> thanks. >> and north korea boasting of a preemptive nuclear test. they test fi

and 21 cars of an oil train derailed near the mississippi river. and not just six. and garrett?on could have ended much worse. the train was carrying 103 tanker cars filled with crude oil. it is just what five of those cars caught fire. and that is just outside of the town of galenna. and crews are getting them under control and investigators are trying to figure out what happened. >> and this is the latest in a series of accidents. and it adds to the growing concerns of how safe that is. >> and since 2013 there had been ten major accidents in united states and canada and involving trains carrying crude oil. last month in west virginia a derailment forced hundreds of families to evacuate. and the train cars are supposed to be a newer and stronger model of train cars and they are still too low though. and the department of transportation are are pushing the white house and it is not clear if they will approve those and a decision is expected on that in may. >> thank you, garrett. >> and that is joined by the host of fox news analyst howard kurtz. >> you are looking at the hillary

that includes the mississippi river as well as the ohio valleyriver valley. 21 million people effected by the flash flood warning or watch. the low pressure system slides to the eastern half of the united states bringing rainfall to the east coast. with a rain/snow mix to boston. perhaps 2 to 4 inches from new orleans to jacksonville and lesser amounts to tallahassee. look for the flood risk in the ohio river. look at the temperatures for the st. paddy's day parades. back to you. >> i'll take that. >>> isis embracing a new partnership as they look for control on a crucial city. we are live after the break. everyone loves the way dark clothes make them feel... and no one wants that feeling to fade. that's why there's woolite darks. without harsh ingredients, it keeps darks vibrant for over 30 washes. so your love for dark clothes doesn't have to fade. for the love of darks. woolite darks. >> technology gives you security. technology gives you control and now technology gives you home security and control in a new and revolutionary way. introducing plug & protect from livewatch security,

the only state in the top ten east of the mississippi river.d took 32nd, a few places behind florida, which is much lower than you might expect. west virginia close to the bottom of the list. at number 47. d.c. unranked. it you're making plans, we highlighted the states that made the top ten right on this area here. you can see, all of them other than virginia are out west. wyoming took spot number one. right here. and then here's virginia. we had said this was number five. colorado and utah in second and third. bankrate.com says it looked at lots of different factors to decide including cost of live, health care and crime, however low taxes were really what put these states on top. >> wow. sprooiding. ing surprising. we didn't see anything on florida. >> warmer places. when it comes to saving money, going out west. >> saving money, too, out does the heat the warmth. >> beautiful views. wyoming, wide open stays spaces. >> thanks erika, for that. >>> back in 60 seconds with a look at the last king of england killed in battle >>> welcome back. it

and needs to travel all the way down the ohio - that's where we get the crests and down to the mississippi river. it's down towards the south. anywhere from parts of texas to louisiana, and arkansas that we are now dealing with major flooding as well. flood warnings are in effect flood watches in effect we had flash flood warnings but they were dropped in this area. we'll watch the area over the next couple of days because we may see a repeat of what they saw. now the rain event will head to the east. as we go towards wednesday, across the river valley, we'll see more rain in the forecast. so the clean up they need to do noods to happen now. >> thank you. >> the illegal gold trade is a multibillion business. the countries where mining happens don't see the money. they are negatively impacted. "techknow"'s phil torres is in peru to vet the ra. practice. >> reporter: the only way in to this spot is on the back of a motorbike. the going is tough. and wet. and makes sure bridges don't always hold up. these illegal mining operations extend for miles and miles, and we have been on these bikes for half

five or six of the 103 cars carrying oil derailed near the mississippi river. was they're illinois city yesterday afternoon. there is some concern that oil could end up in the river. everyone within one heil was asked to evacuate as a precaution. no one was hurt. >>> following a developing story, are the map who attacked the u.s. ambassador to south korea in court today to fight charges, attempted murder charges. this is the video. you see the man here kim kim jong being wheeled out. he looks like he's in terrible pain. not sure why. the suspect reportedly cut the ambassador on the face and wrist and he was streaming that the rival koreas should be unified. as for ambassador mark lippert, he does have some stitches to his face. sdwrs saying he also suffered some nerve damage to his left finger. that should heal in abou. >>> it's 5:20. lawyers for both sides return to court today ahead of the jesse matthew murder trial. matthew will be tried for the murder of hannah graham. the trial has been delayed, a new date will be set on may 5. >>> the wheelie reston east